How To Overcome Offenses | A Christmas Carol: Part 1

When someone hurts or offends you, how do you handle it? Do you hold a grudge or learn to overcome offenses? Take this example from the classic tale A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. The main character Ebenezer Scrooge is an old miser who experienced a string of hurts in his life. Scrooge’s chains to his past led to him becoming a bitter, lonely old man. Like Scrooge, we all have things we become offended by - but if you don’t learn how to overlook and overcome hurt, you can end up like Scrooge - haunted and chained up to the ghosts of your past. In this message from Part 1 of Liquid Church’s “A Christmas Carol” series, Pastor Kayra Montanez teaches us how to overcome offenses like David did in 1 Samuel 17 of the Old Testament. In this famous Bible story we learn that David overcame offenses from his family, authority and enemy intimidation to defeat the Philistine giant, Goliath. See, David knew that life is too short and his CALLING was too great to stay chained to the past. He did not allow others’ offenses to drag him down. With God’s guidance and the Holy Spirit’s help, you too can learn how to overcome offenses. We can forgive because God forgave us! A Christmas Carol Series| Pastor Kayra Montanez | Liquid Church #OvercomeOffenses #HowTo #AChristmasCarol #EbenezerScrooge #Scrooge #Christmas #ChristmasSeason #CharlesDickens #NJChurch #NewJerseyChurch #LiquidChurch #Christianity #ChristianChurch