I Don't Dislike You, I Discern You | Offended | Part 4 | Jerry Flowers

This message teaches how offense can quietly steer your life if you don’t discern it. Using Jesus’ response in Matthew 21–22, it calls believers to stop taking the bait, release bitterness, and respond with spiritual maturity. It’s a reminder that growth requires discernment, not reaction.

We live in a world full of noise, opinions, and commentary that can quietly shape how we think and how we see ourselves. This message challenges the influence of outside voices and calls for a return to discernment, identity, and spiritual clarity. It’s an invitation to be mindful of what you’re listening to and to live rooted in calling, not the crowd.

A timely word of hope and perspective for anyone navigating uncertainty during the storm. This message reminds us that obedience doesn’t cancel trouble and that God often uses uncertainty to strengthen trust and reveal what’s in the heart.

Many of us are carrying pain that never makes a sound, emotions we suppress or manage while life keeps moving. This message confronts the danger of silent suffering and reveals how unaddressed pain can shape our faith, relationships, and inner life. Healing begins when what has been buried is finally brought into the light and entrusted to God.

Offense is everywhere, but how you respond determines whether it hardens your heart or propels your growth. It calls for self-control, spiritual maturity and a willingness to surrender reactions rather than be ruled by them. It's critical that we learn how to stay spiritually warm in a cold world and represent God well, even when surrounded by offense.

As we step into a new year, this message reminds us that growth isn’t just about setting new goals, it’s about letting go of old patterns. Real healing begins when we’re honest about what we keep carrying with us.

God didn’t withhold the miracle, He refused to perform it the way you rehearsed it. Healing, freedom and peace are found when expectation is submitted to trust and obedience.

Offense isn't just an emotion, it's a device the enemy uses to build strongholds, distort truth, and divide the Body of Christ. Freedom begins when offense is no longer allowed to control us, and we choose to forgive, letting go of bitterness before it takes root.

We cannot live out our purpose or even enter the Kingdom of Heaven if we do not forgive.

This is bold message calling us, like Caleb, to live with a different spirit and refuse a life of spiritual sameness.