When we let offense set in our hearts, it can become deadly. How you handle opportunities to be offended will determine whether you continue to grow spiritually. Offense can trip us, cause us to stumble, and ultimately entice us into sin. Offense is something we need to eliminate. Ask the Lord if there is any area where you have been offended, and if there is, repent until you feel that area is cleared up. 

It is time to overcome the past disappointments in your life. Peter 2:6 tells us, "He who believes in Him will not be disappointed." Subconsciously, we can become disappointed with God, and it sets us up to stumble. God wants to deal with all the areas of disappointment. The first step to getting rid of the disappointment is to actively trust God again in the same area where we have been disappointed. 

Pride is the covering that keeps deception hidden in our lives. If we are going to stay out of deception, everything in our lives must be backed up by the Word of God. We cannot live our lives based on someone else's word or beliefs. Truth must become personal to us as we humbly search out the Word. In the end, everything we believe and live by must line up with the Word of God. 

Do you know the fullness of God's love? 1 John tells us that God is love. He wants His love to be tangible in our lives. We can miss the fullness of God's love when we fall for the world's substitute. When Jesus healed the multitudes, the Bible says He was moved by compassion. God's compassion is greater than the "love" or empathy we are used to. We often mistake human empathy or sympathy for love; however, Jesus' compassion is so much more than the world's empathy.  

Jesus came to carry our load. Often we are carrying weight that Jesus promised to carry for us. Sin, sickness, and everything that came as a consequence of sin fell on Jesus at the cross. We don't need to keep paying for things Jesus paid for on the cross. Jesus died so that we might live. He carried what we deserved in order to break the power of the curse so we can live a life of freedom. 

Once you receive wisdom, guard it. Even godly wisdom can become corrupted. The Word tells us these 4 things can corrupt wisdom: pride, sin, alcohol and drugs, and compromising the Word.

What is wisdom? There is a godly wisdom and a natural worldly wisdom. James 3:15 says the world's wisdom "is earthly, natural, demonic." The world's wisdom sounds good; there is a seduction to it, but it leads to a demonic end. True wisdom comes from above and is more precious than gold. 

Unfortunately, today there seem to be so many people serving the great I was. But that is not how God revealed Himself to Moses. God revealed Himself as the great I AM. God is working and moving NOW in the present, not just in past history. The problem with faith is that God confirms His Promise to us after we step out in obedience, not before. So we will never fully see the result of God's Promise until we fully step out in obedience to His Word. 

The potential of the anointing in our lives is limitless, but we must protect what God has given. Humility before God is the key to protecting the anointing. We cannot operate in the anointing and do it our own way. Samson failed to seek God in his years of strength. It took him being imprisoned before he cried out to God. We can save ourselves a lot of trouble by crying out to God and seeking Him every step of the way. 

It's important that we don't waste what God has given us. When we don't value the anointing and call God has put on our lives, we end up taking what is most important for granted. Whatever we take for granted, we waste. God has put His anointing on us for a purpose to see His kingdom grow throughout the earth.