Church and Stuff
Weekly messages from our Sunday message as well as organic and unedited episodes discussing everything church related from the why's to the how to's and the stuff of life and all that comes a long with it. We hope to provide both spiritual and practical insight that will lead you to Victory in every area of your life. Church and Stuff is a podcast of Victorious Living Church.
Church and Stuff
The Thief of Offense: When Wounds Become Walls
The message explored how offense is gratitude's silent killer and one of the enemy's most effective weapons against believers. We examined how offense disguises itself as justified anger or righteous indignation, but actually builds a prison of bitterness around our hearts. Drawing from 1 Thessalonians 5:18 ("In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you"), we discovered that gratitude and resentment cannot grow in the same soil. The message challenged us to recognize that offense doesn't protect us—it poisons us. It steals our peace, short-circuits our praise, and shuts down our ability to walk in the fullness of what God has for us. Most importantly, we learned that the enemy uses offense to keep us from becoming the ambassadors of reconciliation God has called us to be.