Watch Out! Offences Ahead Part 4

<p>DVD with Niyi Adekunle</p> <p><br></p> <p>&nbsp;Thursday 9th of September</p> <p><br></p> <p>Watch out! Offenses Ahead. 4</p> <p><br></p> <p>We have established the fact that offences are the breeding ground for unforgiveness. The presence of &nbsp;anger and provocation, is therefore a conducive environment for unforgiveness. However, it is important to note that we have the power to overcome whatever comes our way, including offences.&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>This brings us to the subject of choice; we may not be in control of how and when offences will come, but we can choose not to allow it rule us. We can choose not to allow offences complete its cycle by sowing the seed of unforgiveness. Cain the brother of Abel in the Bible is a classic example of someone in this situation. Here is what God told him in Genesis 4:6-7 (NLT)</p> <p><br></p> <p>“Why are you so angry?” the Lord asked Cain. “Why do you look so dejected? 7 You will be accepted if you do what is right. But if you refuse to do what is right, then watch out! Sin is crouching at the door, eager to control you. But you must subdue it and be its master.”</p> <p><br></p> <p>Cain and Abel his brother made sacrifices to God. God receives Abel's sacrifice and rejects Cain's sacrifice. This infuriated Cain and in anger and unforgiveness, he kills his brother Abel. But before Cain murdered his brother, God called on him to watch it, telling him that offences were trying to take hold of him but that he should resist it and master his negative emotion.</p> <p><br></p> <p>God is clearly saying to us, that offences can and will come. The problem is not in offences coming, but in our ability not to allow it pull us down. We are all emotional creatures and we are permitted to be offended but the Bible teaches that we should not allow it to take us down and affect other areas of our lives. We are to be on guard and overcome it lest we walk the rough road of unforgiveness.</p> <p><br></p> <p>My prayer today is that no matter what is causing offences and the grievo