Join the dynamic leadership and teaching of Dr. Creflo and Taffi Dollar.
Closed captions
Show Timecode
Creflo Dollar | Creflo Dollar - How To Guard Your Heart From Offense | July 7, 2026
- ...
- 00:00:00.633 --> 00:00:00.346
- Male announcer: this program is brought to you, in part,
- 00:00:01.581 --> 00:00:03.283
- By the partners and friends of creflo
- 00:00:03.416 --> 00:00:05.151
- Dollar ministries.
- 00:00:05.285 --> 00:00:06.920
- Announcer: coming up next on "changing your world."
- 00:00:08.154 --> 00:00:10.690
- Creflo dollar: the way you guard your heart
- 00:00:11.758 --> 00:00:13.193
- From offense, pray for those who hurt you.
- 00:00:13.193 --> 00:00:18.898
- Man, listen to this, pray for those who hurt you.
- 00:00:18.898 --> 00:00:23.269
- Prayer softens your heart towards the offenders.
- 00:00:23.269 --> 00:00:28.174
- Female announcer: inspired, empowered, connected.
- 00:00:32.245 --> 00:00:34.881
- It's time to take your faith to the next level
- 00:00:34.881 --> 00:00:36.916
- With the "changing your world" podcast
- 00:00:36.916 --> 00:00:38.518
- With creflo dollar wherever life takes you.
- 00:00:38.518 --> 00:00:41.221
- At the gym, in your car, or on your morning walk,
- 00:00:41.221 --> 00:00:44.524
- You can stream powerful, uplifting messages
- 00:00:44.524 --> 00:00:46.759
- That will keep god's word front and center.
- 00:00:46.759 --> 00:00:49.095
- Every episode is packed with fresh revelation
- 00:00:49.095 --> 00:00:51.531
- And practical wisdom to help you live
- 00:00:51.531 --> 00:00:53.666
- In the fullness of god's grace.
- 00:00:53.666 --> 00:00:55.702
- Hit subscribe on apple podcasts, spotify, or wherever you listen.
- 00:00:55.702 --> 00:01:00.540
- ♪ this is your world, ♪
- 00:01:02.375 --> 00:01:05.345
- ♪ so let's vow to make it a better place. ♪
- 00:01:05.345 --> 00:01:10.550
- ♪ let every heart that needs to know, ♪
- 00:01:10.550 --> 00:01:15.588
- ♪ your love is here to stay. ♪
- 00:01:15.588 --> 00:01:18.057
- ♪ oh-oh, it's time we live a new life. ♪
- 00:01:18.057 --> 00:01:22.028
- ♪ oh-oh, let his love shine bright in you. ♪
- 00:01:22.028 --> 00:01:25.999
- ♪ oh-oh, we're saved by his grace, ♪
- 00:01:25.999 --> 00:01:29.335
- ♪ so we embrace your love today. ♪
- 00:01:29.335 --> 00:01:32.739
- ♪ we are changed. ♪♪
- 00:01:32.739 --> 00:01:36.843
- Creflo: number five, keep your focus on christ
- 00:01:38.344 --> 00:01:41.381
- And not on people.
- 00:01:41.381 --> 00:01:45.385
- Keep your focus on christ and not on people.
- 00:01:45.385 --> 00:01:48.721
- People will fail, but jesus never does.
- 00:01:48.721 --> 00:01:54.060
- Keep your focus on christ and not on people.
- 00:01:54.060 --> 00:01:57.697
- Whoo, with the introduction of social media platforms
- 00:01:57.697 --> 00:02:04.938
- And comments and stuff like that.
- 00:02:04.938 --> 00:02:09.042
- I think at the end of the week,
- 00:02:09.042 --> 00:02:10.410
- Don't it give you the screen time?
- 00:02:10.410 --> 00:02:14.280
- Look at the amount of time you spend
- 00:02:14.280 --> 00:02:16.316
- On the screen versus the amount of time
- 00:02:16.316 --> 00:02:18.251
- You spend with him.
- 00:02:18.251 --> 00:02:19.619
- Focus more on christ and not on people.
- 00:02:22.722 --> 00:02:27.160
- We're still focusing on people.
- 00:02:27.160 --> 00:02:29.462
- You can have 50 great comments and let
- 00:02:29.462 --> 00:02:31.598
- One comment--and watch you take offense.
- 00:02:31.598 --> 00:02:33.766
- Oh no, you didn't, you start looking
- 00:02:33.766 --> 00:02:35.401
- Around how you can respond back to him.
- 00:02:35.401 --> 00:02:37.570
- I don't know who you think you're talking
- 00:02:37.570 --> 00:02:38.905
- To, but i'm not the one.
- 00:02:38.905 --> 00:02:40.273
- You know, you got your secret account
- 00:02:40.273 --> 00:02:41.975
- With your secret name baybey so you can cuss a little bit
- 00:02:41.975 --> 00:02:44.911
- Without the church--everybody following you
- 00:02:44.911 --> 00:02:47.380
- Can't--don't know who baybey is and you--this
- 00:02:47.380 --> 00:02:54.387
- Is so, so very important, ladies and gentlemen.
- 00:02:54.387 --> 00:02:57.390
- People fail you, jesus never does.
- 00:02:57.390 --> 00:03:01.761
- Hebrews chapter 12 and verse 2
- 00:03:01.761 --> 00:03:04.030
- In the new king james version.
- 00:03:04.030 --> 00:03:05.665
- Hebrews 12 and verse 2, look at what he says here.
- 00:03:05.665 --> 00:03:11.070
- He says, "looking unto jesus, the author
- 00:03:11.070 --> 00:03:14.140
- And finisher of our faith, who for the joy
- 00:03:14.140 --> 00:03:18.077
- That was set before him endured the cross,
- 00:03:18.077 --> 00:03:23.283
- Despising the shame, and has sat down
- 00:03:23.283 --> 00:03:28.154
- At the right hand of the throne of god."
- 00:03:28.154 --> 00:03:32.859
- Let me read that again, wow!
- 00:03:32.859 --> 00:03:35.895
- "looking unto jesus," who?
- 00:03:35.895 --> 00:03:39.165
- Who?
- 00:03:39.165 --> 00:03:40.633
- Somebody said, "well, where he at?
- 00:03:40.633 --> 00:03:42.001
- I can't find him."
- 00:03:42.001 --> 00:03:43.336
- Thank god that "in the beginning was the word,
- 00:03:43.336 --> 00:03:44.871
- And the word was with god, and the word was
- 00:03:44.871 --> 00:03:47.040
- God, and the word became flesh
- 00:03:47.040 --> 00:03:48.408
- And dwelt amongst men."
- 00:03:48.408 --> 00:03:49.742
- How many know when you get in this word and you come
- 00:03:49.742 --> 00:03:51.411
- In you get in teachings like this, you're looking
- 00:03:51.411 --> 00:03:53.813
- At jesus, all right?
- 00:03:53.813 --> 00:03:55.481
- He's "the author and the finisher
- 00:03:55.481 --> 00:03:57.350
- Of our faith, who for the joy
- 00:03:57.350 --> 00:03:59.619
- That was set before him, he endured the cross,
- 00:03:59.619 --> 00:04:01.921
- Suffering, despising the shame, yes,
- 00:04:01.921 --> 00:04:03.923
- And has sat down at the right
- 00:04:03.923 --> 00:04:05.325
- Hand of the throne of god."
- 00:04:05.325 --> 00:04:07.560
- And then in psalms 118, verse 8--i
- 00:04:07.560 --> 00:04:12.832
- Could probably get a lot more emotional
- 00:04:12.832 --> 00:04:14.567
- Response if i just leave the scriptures out
- 00:04:14.567 --> 00:04:15.968
- And just go ahead and just go with it.
- 00:04:15.968 --> 00:04:18.237
- No, i can't do that in this day and time.
- 00:04:18.237 --> 00:04:21.641
- You gotta know what's in the word
- 00:04:21.641 --> 00:04:23.009
- And you gotta know what's in the word, okay?
- 00:04:23.009 --> 00:04:26.546
- Verse 8 says, "it is better to trust
- 00:04:26.546 --> 00:04:28.214
- In the lord than to put confidence in man."
- 00:04:28.214 --> 00:04:32.051
- "it is better to trust in the lord than
- 00:04:32.051 --> 00:04:34.020
- To put confidence in man."
- 00:04:34.020 --> 00:04:35.355
- We put too much confidence in man and not enough trust
- 00:04:35.355 --> 00:04:40.560
- In the lord.
- 00:04:40.560 --> 00:04:42.929
- We put too much confidence in what man can do
- 00:04:42.929 --> 00:04:45.865
- About this situation or what man has to say
- 00:04:45.865 --> 00:04:48.501
- About this situation.
- 00:04:48.501 --> 00:04:51.003
- And when offense comes, you got to put your trust
- 00:04:51.003 --> 00:04:53.840
- In god, not in people.
- 00:04:53.840 --> 00:04:56.676
- You know what, they may never change.
- 00:04:56.676 --> 00:04:59.912
- They may never change.
- 00:04:59.912 --> 00:05:01.581
- That this is just--this is just--this just
- 00:05:01.581 --> 00:05:03.449
- May be how they are.
- 00:05:03.449 --> 00:05:06.819
- And you continue to pray for them, that god
- 00:05:06.819 --> 00:05:09.021
- Will bless them, but there may come a time
- 00:05:09.021 --> 00:05:11.791
- Where god will say to you, you know, i designed you
- 00:05:11.791 --> 00:05:15.294
- For a time with them for this time.
- 00:05:15.294 --> 00:05:17.563
- Now you can grow and i need you to move here,
- 00:05:17.563 --> 00:05:19.766
- But don't stay stuck.
- 00:05:19.766 --> 00:05:22.168
- Don't chase people that god only used for a season.
- 00:05:26.038 --> 00:05:35.148
- It's just too much of that.
- 00:05:38.785 --> 00:05:40.153
- And the only reason you're chasing people
- 00:05:40.153 --> 00:05:41.487
- Because you settled.
- 00:05:41.487 --> 00:05:42.822
- That's about the only friend i'm going to have
- 00:05:42.822 --> 00:05:44.190
- In my whole life.
- 00:05:44.190 --> 00:05:46.092
- Well, why is--why is he not, or she,
- 00:05:46.092 --> 00:05:47.660
- In your holies of holies?
- 00:05:47.660 --> 00:05:51.631
- You know, the lesson i've learned,
- 00:05:51.631 --> 00:05:53.032
- It's been a--it's been a very, very--not a difficult
- 00:05:53.032 --> 00:05:56.836
- Lesson, but it's a lesson that had to come over
- 00:05:56.836 --> 00:05:58.671
- And over and over again?
- 00:05:58.671 --> 00:06:02.175
- People don't value what costs them nothing.
- 00:06:02.175 --> 00:06:05.311
- Think about what i just said, they don't.
- 00:06:09.148 --> 00:06:14.420
- When you keep making it easy for them and--you know,
- 00:06:14.420 --> 00:06:18.090
- I have--i have--i've given--me--taffi and i
- 00:06:18.090 --> 00:06:20.660
- Have given houses and cars and money and favor.
- 00:06:20.660 --> 00:06:26.899
- And in a month or two, these jokers act
- 00:06:26.899 --> 00:06:29.035
- Like they don't v--they don't value nothing, why?
- 00:06:29.035 --> 00:06:34.507
- Because it didn't cost them nothing.
- 00:06:34.507 --> 00:06:36.776
- And when i learned that lesson,
- 00:06:40.246 --> 00:06:42.415
- We talked even about our own kids.
- 00:06:42.415 --> 00:06:44.717
- I--listen, i want to give my kids everything.
- 00:06:44.717 --> 00:06:48.354
- And i realized they're not going
- 00:06:48.354 --> 00:06:50.156
- To value anything if you keep giving
- 00:06:50.156 --> 00:06:52.892
- Them everything.
- 00:06:52.892 --> 00:06:54.260
- I'm just saying.
- 00:06:57.463 --> 00:06:58.831
- What cost you something.
- 00:07:02.101 --> 00:07:03.469
- And now we live in a generation
- 00:07:03.469 --> 00:07:06.105
- With technology and stuff.
- 00:07:06.105 --> 00:07:07.507
- Our parents, it cost, it cost.
- 00:07:07.507 --> 00:07:11.844
- When they brought a bag of groceries
- 00:07:11.844 --> 00:07:13.179
- In, it cost something.
- 00:07:13.179 --> 00:07:15.882
- Going to work, working two or three jobs,
- 00:07:15.882 --> 00:07:17.416
- It cost something.
- 00:07:17.416 --> 00:07:18.784
- Yeah, but it ain't like that now, yeah,
- 00:07:18.784 --> 00:07:20.753
- Because you don't value nothing.
- 00:07:20.753 --> 00:07:23.422
- Well, i'm not going to say that because i'm telling you,
- 00:07:23.422 --> 00:07:24.891
- I still believe the greatest generation
- 00:07:24.891 --> 00:07:26.759
- To ever hit the earth is the one that--that's
- 00:07:26.759 --> 00:07:29.462
- Coming up right now.
- 00:07:29.462 --> 00:07:30.830
- I believe that with all my heart.
- 00:07:30.830 --> 00:07:32.932
- I--you can't see it yet, but i can.
- 00:07:32.932 --> 00:07:35.801
- These kids right now, they are going
- 00:07:35.801 --> 00:07:38.671
- To take this thing--it's like the last
- 00:07:38.671 --> 00:07:41.374
- Leg of the relay, they are going
- 00:07:41.374 --> 00:07:43.409
- To give the devil his own hell.
- 00:07:43.409 --> 00:07:45.745
- You watch what i tell you, they are going to wreck him up.
- 00:07:45.745 --> 00:07:51.551
- And that's why i am preaching in the future.
- 00:07:51.551 --> 00:07:59.992
- Whatever.
- 00:07:59.992 --> 00:08:02.595
- When your eyes are on christ,
- 00:08:04.564 --> 00:08:06.732
- You won't stumble over people.
- 00:08:06.732 --> 00:08:10.803
- When your eyes are on christ,
- 00:08:10.803 --> 00:08:12.138
- You won't stumble over people.
- 00:08:12.138 --> 00:08:15.575
- I'll never forget this.
- 00:08:15.575 --> 00:08:16.909
- I didn't have an opportunity to see this, but, you know,
- 00:08:16.909 --> 00:08:20.279
- Some people just feed people on thanksgiving,
- 00:08:20.279 --> 00:08:22.248
- And i'm so grateful for that.
- 00:08:22.248 --> 00:08:23.583
- Some people feed people when crises come up.
- 00:08:23.583 --> 00:08:25.818
- I--i'm so grateful for that.
- 00:08:25.818 --> 00:08:27.520
- But i'm so grateful for world changers,
- 00:08:27.520 --> 00:08:29.055
- We feed people year around, all the time, all the time.
- 00:08:29.055 --> 00:08:33.859
- All right, so here's my point.
- 00:08:33.859 --> 00:08:37.697
- I was told of a story of a--of a lady that came
- 00:08:37.697 --> 00:08:40.232
- In and she wanted a turkey.
- 00:08:40.232 --> 00:08:42.635
- And we had run out of turkeys,
- 00:08:42.635 --> 00:08:44.036
- But we had hams left.
- 00:08:44.036 --> 00:08:45.972
- And she got so angry, the food she got,
- 00:08:45.972 --> 00:08:49.008
- She threw it out the window.
- 00:08:49.008 --> 00:08:51.310
- That's what i said.
- 00:08:51.310 --> 00:08:55.114
- I--but i went a little bit farther.
- 00:08:55.114 --> 00:08:56.482
- I was like, ooh, the offense was there.
- 00:08:56.482 --> 00:09:03.155
- And i immediately wanted to tag her to punish her.
- 00:09:03.155 --> 00:09:10.963
- You ain't never ever, ever, ever, ever.
- 00:09:10.963 --> 00:09:16.602
- I thought that was so disrespectful
- 00:09:16.602 --> 00:09:19.405
- For the people who provided the money
- 00:09:19.405 --> 00:09:21.140
- To provide the food and just 'cause you
- 00:09:21.140 --> 00:09:23.509
- Weren't getting the ham, but what i found
- 00:09:23.509 --> 00:09:24.877
- Out is some of the people, because the tag was still
- 00:09:24.877 --> 00:09:26.679
- On, they were going to the store we got it from
- 00:09:26.679 --> 00:09:29.315
- And going back and taking it and saying, "give me
- 00:09:29.315 --> 00:09:31.817
- The money instead of the food."
- 00:09:31.817 --> 00:09:33.152
- I said, "got dog!"
- 00:09:33.152 --> 00:09:39.358
- And i had to just kind of like take a deep breath
- 00:09:43.396 --> 00:09:45.631
- Because i'm like, "oh god, all we--all we're trying
- 00:09:45.631 --> 00:09:49.101
- To do is help them cut their bills
- 00:09:49.101 --> 00:09:53.005
- By not having them to go and get groceries this week."
- 00:09:53.005 --> 00:09:56.575
- Again, didn't cost you nothing,
- 00:10:00.146 --> 00:10:04.417
- So you didn't see the value of turkey,
- 00:10:04.417 --> 00:10:08.120
- Of a--of a ham.
- 00:10:08.120 --> 00:10:10.022
- Because when i was growing up, you had that ham
- 00:10:10.022 --> 00:10:11.857
- For thanksgiving and you had it the next day
- 00:10:11.857 --> 00:10:14.293
- For sandwiches.
- 00:10:14.293 --> 00:10:16.829
- And you had it the next day for breakfast.
- 00:10:16.829 --> 00:10:20.166
- And the next day you fried that bad boy up.
- 00:10:20.166 --> 00:10:24.437
- And the next day you tore it up a little bit
- 00:10:24.437 --> 00:10:26.505
- And mixed it in with something else,
- 00:10:26.505 --> 00:10:27.873
- With some macaroni and cheese and ham.
- 00:10:27.873 --> 00:10:30.443
- You ate that ham to the bone, wasn't nothing left
- 00:10:30.443 --> 00:10:33.446
- But the bone.
- 00:10:33.446 --> 00:10:34.780
- And then you even used the bone, praise god, 'cause
- 00:10:34.780 --> 00:10:39.819
- You knew how much it took.
- 00:10:39.819 --> 00:10:47.827
- Some of y'all know what i'm talking about.
- 00:10:51.697 --> 00:10:53.032
- Some of y'all sitting up there like, "well,
- 00:10:53.032 --> 00:10:54.467
- Why'd you do that?"
- 00:10:54.467 --> 00:10:57.236
- Ain't nobody going around talking about,
- 00:10:57.236 --> 00:10:58.604
- "i don't like ham."
- 00:10:58.604 --> 00:11:02.007
- You remember the peanut butter that used to come
- 00:11:02.007 --> 00:11:04.276
- In the welfare package and it was in a silver can
- 00:11:04.276 --> 00:11:08.981
- With writing on it, numbers, us numbers?
- 00:11:08.981 --> 00:11:13.119
- And you cracked that thing open,
- 00:11:13.119 --> 00:11:14.487
- The only thing soft about it was a little oil
- 00:11:14.487 --> 00:11:16.589
- At the top, ah yeah.
- 00:11:16.589 --> 00:11:19.024
- Then once you got past the oil,
- 00:11:19.024 --> 00:11:21.160
- That stuff bent your--it just bent it trying
- 00:11:21.160 --> 00:11:24.964
- To get it up.
- 00:11:24.964 --> 00:11:26.398
- And we didn't call it peanut butter
- 00:11:26.398 --> 00:11:28.200
- And jelly no more, we called it a choke sandwich.
- 00:11:28.200 --> 00:11:31.470
- 'cause you ever eat that thing too much
- 00:11:31.470 --> 00:11:32.972
- At one time and you're like...
- 00:11:32.972 --> 00:11:36.542
- Or the power was off.
- 00:11:40.079 --> 00:11:43.983
- No, the gas was off, so the stove wasn't working.
- 00:11:43.983 --> 00:11:47.887
- So we used to take wax paper, plug the iron up.
- 00:11:47.887 --> 00:11:52.158
- Ah yeah, i feel that thing.
- 00:11:52.158 --> 00:11:55.127
- Plug the iron up, put some wax paper
- 00:11:55.127 --> 00:11:56.662
- On there betwee--yeah, yeah, cheese, cheese
- 00:11:56.662 --> 00:11:59.932
- And put that iron on top of that thing.
- 00:11:59.932 --> 00:12:01.934
- Somebody said, "what you doing?"
- 00:12:01.934 --> 00:12:03.269
- "i'm making me a cheese sandwich."
- 00:12:03.269 --> 00:12:06.238
- And we made sandwiches out of everything.
- 00:12:06.238 --> 00:12:08.107
- Y'all remember tomato sandwiches?
- 00:12:08.107 --> 00:12:10.609
- You remember mayonnaise sandwiches?
- 00:12:10.609 --> 00:12:12.178
- You remember when you ran out of kool-aid, sugar water?
- 00:12:16.315 --> 00:12:33.465
- Number six, the way you guard your heart
- 00:12:37.369 --> 00:12:43.108
- From offense, pray for those who hurt you.
- 00:12:43.108 --> 00:12:48.814
- Man, listen to this, pray for those who hurt you.
- 00:12:48.814 --> 00:12:53.152
- Prayer softens your heart towards the offenders.
- 00:12:53.152 --> 00:12:58.991
- Matthew chapter 5 and verse 44 in the new
- 00:12:58.991 --> 00:13:01.493
- King james version.
- 00:13:01.493 --> 00:13:02.928
- There's something about praying
- 00:13:02.928 --> 00:13:05.130
- For your enemies and something about praying
- 00:13:05.130 --> 00:13:07.266
- For those who hurt you.
- 00:13:07.266 --> 00:13:09.635
- It softens your heart.
- 00:13:09.635 --> 00:13:12.371
- He says, "but i say to you, love your enemies."
- 00:13:12.371 --> 00:13:15.641
- Dude, when i first read that, i'm thinking
- 00:13:15.641 --> 00:13:17.176
- This has got to be a mistake in the translation or something.
- 00:13:17.176 --> 00:13:21.347
- "love your enemies, bless those who curse you,
- 00:13:21.347 --> 00:13:26.652
- Do good to those who hate you, pray
- 00:13:26.652 --> 00:13:30.623
- For those who spitefully use you
- 00:13:30.623 --> 00:13:33.559
- And persecute you."
- 00:13:33.559 --> 00:13:36.161
- He's talking about people who have bitterness
- 00:13:36.161 --> 00:13:37.897
- On the inside of them.
- 00:13:37.897 --> 00:13:40.599
- See, if you're not careful, if you don't pray for them,
- 00:13:40.599 --> 00:13:45.337
- It won't soften your heart.
- 00:13:45.337 --> 00:13:47.773
- And you don't guard your heart from
- 00:13:47.773 --> 00:13:50.943
- The offense that's coming your way
- 00:13:50.943 --> 00:13:52.578
- Because somebody else has offended you.
- 00:13:52.578 --> 00:13:55.281
- I mean, when the lord told me
- 00:13:55.281 --> 00:13:56.615
- This, i'm just--got tired of getting
- 00:13:56.615 --> 00:13:58.317
- My feelings hurt because somebody's
- 00:13:58.317 --> 00:13:59.785
- Misunderstanding me or misquoting me
- 00:13:59.785 --> 00:14:01.787
- Or lying on me and slandering me
- 00:14:01.787 --> 00:14:03.756
- And i mean, you can't continue
- 00:14:03.756 --> 00:14:05.991
- To just get mad at everybody.
- 00:14:05.991 --> 00:14:07.359
- You get mad at people you don't even know.
- 00:14:07.359 --> 00:14:08.727
- And god said, "pray for your enemies,
- 00:14:12.364 --> 00:14:15.000
- Your slanderers, and those who
- 00:14:15.000 --> 00:14:17.169
- Despitefully use you."
- 00:14:17.169 --> 00:14:19.171
- And i paused, pray what?
- 00:14:19.171 --> 00:14:22.875
- Pray the blessing, pray that their lives
- 00:14:26.779 --> 00:14:29.381
- Will be open to the grace.
- 00:14:29.381 --> 00:14:31.951
- Pray that they will understand
- 00:14:31.951 --> 00:14:34.153
- That i love them.
- 00:14:34.153 --> 00:14:35.554
- The only difference between you and them
- 00:14:35.554 --> 00:14:38.824
- Is they're in darkness and you're in the light.
- 00:14:38.824 --> 00:14:41.894
- And since you've been in darkness, you ought
- 00:14:41.894 --> 00:14:44.096
- To be empathetic to those who are in darkness.
- 00:14:44.096 --> 00:14:47.066
- Pray so i can do something.
- 00:14:47.066 --> 00:14:49.301
- Pray so i can interrupt their lives.
- 00:14:49.301 --> 00:14:52.104
- Pray so i can visit them in the midnight hour.
- 00:14:52.104 --> 00:14:55.441
- Pray so that i can turn them because they're not mad
- 00:14:55.441 --> 00:14:59.011
- At you, it's the bitterness of something
- 00:14:59.011 --> 00:15:01.847
- That has happened to them.
- 00:15:01.847 --> 00:15:04.583
- When people dog you out, it's something
- 00:15:04.583 --> 00:15:06.719
- That happened to them.
- 00:15:06.719 --> 00:15:09.621
- You got to be empathetic.
- 00:15:09.621 --> 00:15:10.990
- When people are mean to you, that's how they
- 00:15:10.990 --> 00:15:13.025
- Treat themselves.
- 00:15:13.025 --> 00:15:15.394
- They treat you like they treat themselves.
- 00:15:15.394 --> 00:15:18.630
- And i sit back and i look at people,
- 00:15:18.630 --> 00:15:20.532
- I have a whole different attitude now.
- 00:15:20.532 --> 00:15:21.867
- When i'm doing the morning confessions
- 00:15:21.867 --> 00:15:24.003
- And somebody come on and i'm talking
- 00:15:24.003 --> 00:15:26.238
- And they're saying, "you're lying,"
- 00:15:26.238 --> 00:15:29.441
- I just laugh and i think, you know what, you know,
- 00:15:29.441 --> 00:15:33.412
- Something must have happened to them, god bless them.
- 00:15:33.412 --> 00:15:36.715
- God, take away the hurt, take away the bitterness,
- 00:15:36.715 --> 00:15:39.451
- Take away the pain that they see.
- 00:15:39.451 --> 00:15:42.654
- This move of god is going to happen with you
- 00:15:42.654 --> 00:15:45.524
- Or without you.
- 00:15:45.524 --> 00:15:47.393
- And i want you to be a part of it, amen?
- 00:15:47.393 --> 00:15:50.329
- I want you to be a part of this move of god.
- 00:15:50.329 --> 00:15:51.997
- It's getting ready to happen.
- 00:15:51.997 --> 00:15:53.832
- It's already started.
- 00:15:53.832 --> 00:15:55.801
- It's already started.
- 00:15:55.868 --> 00:15:59.571
- Prayer turns bitterness into intercession.
- 00:15:59.571 --> 00:16:05.477
- Let god turn your bitterness
- 00:16:05.477 --> 00:16:07.813
- Into intercession.
- 00:16:07.813 --> 00:16:10.282
- I would love to get up here sunday after sunday
- 00:16:10.282 --> 00:16:12.317
- And just have this big emotional pep rally.
- 00:16:12.317 --> 00:16:17.122
- And, you know, i don't know--i don't know
- 00:16:17.122 --> 00:16:19.058
- If i'm anointed to do that, and there's a powerful
- 00:16:19.058 --> 00:16:21.760
- Thing that happens when the presence of god
- 00:16:21.760 --> 00:16:23.362
- Comes in and you're just kind of going at it.
- 00:16:23.362 --> 00:16:26.165
- It's just not what he called me to do.
- 00:16:26.165 --> 00:16:27.633
- I'm--i have--i have been called
- 00:16:31.170 --> 00:16:34.773
- To teach this gospel of grace,
- 00:16:34.773 --> 00:16:36.575
- And i mean to teach it so that you can
- 00:16:36.575 --> 00:16:38.777
- Understand it and walk out of here and
- 00:16:38.777 --> 00:16:40.112
- When you get home, somebody say,
- 00:16:40.112 --> 00:16:41.480
- "what the preacher preach about?"
- 00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:42.815
- You ought to be able to tell, we talked about offense
- 00:16:42.815 --> 00:16:45.584
- And not let it be a bait.
- 00:16:45.584 --> 00:16:48.153
- And we learned how to cast thoughts down.
- 00:16:48.153 --> 00:16:51.423
- And we learned how to pray for our enemies
- 00:16:51.423 --> 00:16:54.326
- Because it softens our heart.
- 00:16:54.326 --> 00:16:57.096
- That kind of stuff getting on the inside of you
- 00:16:57.096 --> 00:16:59.164
- Changes you.
- 00:16:59.164 --> 00:17:01.366
- And oftentimes, it doesn't happen
- 00:17:01.366 --> 00:17:02.901
- In a loud atmosphere.
- 00:17:02.901 --> 00:17:04.903
- Now when i was in the baptist church
- 00:17:04.903 --> 00:17:06.338
- Preaching, if it was this quiet,
- 00:17:06.338 --> 00:17:08.574
- You flunking out.
- 00:17:08.574 --> 00:17:12.277
- You got to preach, you got to holler,
- 00:17:12.277 --> 00:17:14.746
- You got to rhyme and get loud.
- 00:17:14.746 --> 00:17:19.952
- And if that didn't work, you got the organ
- 00:17:19.952 --> 00:17:21.487
- To join you to see if that will help out
- 00:17:21.487 --> 00:17:23.055
- Just a little bit, da na nah, mmm, na, na, nah.
- 00:17:23.055 --> 00:17:29.695
- But then 100% of the time, most of the time
- 00:17:31.830 --> 00:17:33.665
- When i got out people asked them,
- 00:17:33.665 --> 00:17:35.300
- What did you preach about?
- 00:17:35.300 --> 00:17:36.668
- They didn't know, they just knew we
- 00:17:36.668 --> 00:17:38.003
- Had a good time.
- 00:17:38.003 --> 00:17:39.371
- We didn't--and i'm like, i don't want to stand
- 00:17:39.371 --> 00:17:41.640
- Before god and expect him to say, "my good
- 00:17:41.640 --> 00:17:45.410
- And faithful servant, well done."
- 00:17:45.410 --> 00:17:48.080
- And not hear that because i didn't abide
- 00:17:48.080 --> 00:17:50.349
- In my calling.
- 00:17:50.349 --> 00:17:51.683
- He's got people to do all kinds of
- 00:17:51.683 --> 00:17:53.051
- Wonderful things.
- 00:17:53.051 --> 00:17:54.386
- That's why you got to be careful not to talk
- 00:17:54.386 --> 00:17:55.721
- About another man's administration of the word.
- 00:17:55.721 --> 00:17:58.657
- Just pray for him and keep going,
- 00:17:58.657 --> 00:18:00.526
- And everybody abiding where they're supposed to be
- 00:18:00.526 --> 00:18:02.895
- And then we'll get it all fixed.
- 00:18:02.895 --> 00:18:04.930
- But i'm not going to walk out of my call
- 00:18:04.930 --> 00:18:08.400
- Just 'cause i can, you know, stir a crowd up
- 00:18:08.400 --> 00:18:12.037
- Or exciting a crowd and all that kind of stuff.
- 00:18:12.037 --> 00:18:14.740
- I don't count seats anymore, so it doesn't matter.
- 00:18:14.740 --> 00:18:16.909
- What matters to me is that the two
- 00:18:16.909 --> 00:18:18.944
- Or three people that show up wherever
- 00:18:18.944 --> 00:18:20.679
- I'm teaching can get an understanding.
- 00:18:20.679 --> 00:18:23.315
- "and in all your getting, get understanding."
- 00:18:23.315 --> 00:18:26.685
- Get understanding, all right, right?
- 00:18:26.685 --> 00:18:33.559
- Number seven, let the spirit be your strength.
- 00:18:33.559 --> 00:18:39.631
- Let the holy spirit be your strength.
- 00:18:39.631 --> 00:18:43.435
- You can't overcome offense in your own power,
- 00:18:43.435 --> 00:18:47.206
- It takes grace.
- 00:18:47.206 --> 00:18:49.641
- You're not going to be able to overcome offense
- 00:18:49.641 --> 00:18:51.543
- In your own power because that stuff hurts.
- 00:18:51.543 --> 00:18:55.714
- That stuff is painful.
- 00:18:55.714 --> 00:18:59.051
- That stuff lingers and sometimes
- 00:18:59.051 --> 00:19:02.187
- That same offense, it seems like it
- 00:19:02.187 --> 00:19:07.025
- Confirms the way you've been devaluing
- 00:19:07.025 --> 00:19:09.394
- Yourself the whole time.
- 00:19:09.394 --> 00:19:13.332
- Galatians chapter 5:16 in the niv and
- 00:19:13.332 --> 00:19:17.469
- Then romans 5:5 in the mirror, but first,
- 00:19:17.469 --> 00:19:19.705
- Galatians chapter 5:16.
- 00:19:19.705 --> 00:19:21.306
- Write these scriptures down so you have something
- 00:19:21.306 --> 00:19:22.841
- To think about.
- 00:19:22.841 --> 00:19:24.209
- He says, "so i say, walk by the spirit,
- 00:19:24.209 --> 00:19:26.878
- And you will not gratify the desires of the flesh."
- 00:19:26.878 --> 00:19:29.948
- People are looking for the supernatural,
- 00:19:29.948 --> 00:19:31.750
- You know, the supernatural is that spirit walk.
- 00:19:31.750 --> 00:19:35.454
- When you're walking by the spirit,
- 00:19:35.454 --> 00:19:37.055
- You're walking in the supernatural.
- 00:19:37.055 --> 00:19:39.858
- We keep thinking that we can do things
- 00:19:39.858 --> 00:19:41.493
- To make a miracle happen.
- 00:19:41.493 --> 00:19:43.829
- No, miracles are a sudden
- 00:19:43.829 --> 00:19:45.764
- Interruption of a natural event and that's on god.
- 00:19:45.764 --> 00:19:49.067
- It's just like the gifts of the spirit.
- 00:19:49.067 --> 00:19:50.702
- I can't advertise the gift of the spirit
- 00:19:50.702 --> 00:19:52.638
- That i might operate in this morning,
- 00:19:52.638 --> 00:19:54.506
- The gifts of the spirit worketh as the spirit wills.
- 00:19:54.506 --> 00:20:00.212
- And so what we do is we have a walking
- 00:20:00.212 --> 00:20:03.649
- Relationship with the holy spirit
- 00:20:03.649 --> 00:20:05.017
- And we trust the holy spirit is going to show us
- 00:20:05.017 --> 00:20:07.286
- And the holy spirit is going to begin to direct our lives.
- 00:20:07.286 --> 00:20:10.255
- Because what may not be an emotional
- 00:20:10.255 --> 00:20:14.693
- High thing, it could be so impactful just
- 00:20:14.693 --> 00:20:20.932
- Because they heard a sentence and it
- 00:20:20.932 --> 00:20:22.768
- Changed their way of thinking.
- 00:20:22.768 --> 00:20:26.738
- The holy spirit, you need god to get
- 00:20:26.738 --> 00:20:29.708
- Out of offense, to stay out of offense.
- 00:20:29.708 --> 00:20:32.944
- You need the holy spirit to forgive the hurt
- 00:20:32.944 --> 00:20:36.048
- And the pain and the violations
- 00:20:36.048 --> 00:20:39.351
- And the things--you need the holy spirit,
- 00:20:39.351 --> 00:20:41.320
- You need him to help you.
- 00:20:41.320 --> 00:20:43.889
- I mean, how do i forgive such an egregious act?
- 00:20:43.889 --> 00:20:48.460
- Holy spirit is going to help me.
- 00:20:48.460 --> 00:20:50.896
- I'm not telling you this is a simple thing,
- 00:20:50.896 --> 00:20:53.298
- I'm telling you this may be one of the most
- 00:20:53.298 --> 00:20:55.267
- Challenging things you've ever done in your life.
- 00:20:55.267 --> 00:20:57.135
- But you don't have to do it by yourself,
- 00:20:57.135 --> 00:21:02.741
- You need the holy spirit.
- 00:21:02.741 --> 00:21:05.010
- Need the holy spirit.
- 00:21:05.010 --> 00:21:06.345
- A little girl, you know, raped by her father
- 00:21:06.345 --> 00:21:10.816
- Until she was 15.
- 00:21:10.816 --> 00:21:13.752
- You need the holy spirit.
- 00:21:13.752 --> 00:21:17.389
- You have no idea what people have gone through.
- 00:21:17.389 --> 00:21:20.158
- You need the holy spirit to help you out of that offense.
- 00:21:20.158 --> 00:21:25.664
- And he's a very present spirit,
- 00:21:25.664 --> 00:21:27.966
- A very present help in the time of trouble,
- 00:21:27.966 --> 00:21:31.670
- And he will help you.
- 00:21:31.670 --> 00:21:33.972
- You know, i wanna--i--i'm gonna
- 00:21:37.309 --> 00:21:39.311
- Stop right there.
- 00:21:39.311 --> 00:21:40.679
- I want to do something.
- 00:21:40.679 --> 00:21:42.080
- People who are struggling with letting go of offense
- 00:21:42.080 --> 00:21:45.450
- And bitterness, can we have a--can we
- 00:21:45.450 --> 00:21:47.119
- Have a quick altar call right quick?
- 00:21:47.119 --> 00:21:49.154
- I ain't trying to rush now, i ain't got nothing to do.
- 00:21:49.154 --> 00:21:50.989
- There's--right now there's nothing
- 00:21:50.989 --> 00:21:52.357
- More important than you right now.
- 00:21:52.357 --> 00:21:54.893
- Would you join me at this altar?
- 00:21:54.893 --> 00:21:56.561
- Let's have an altar call right now.
- 00:21:56.561 --> 00:21:58.263
- I still believe that something still happens
- 00:21:58.263 --> 00:22:00.565
- At the altar.
- 00:22:00.565 --> 00:22:02.200
- I believe that change still happens at the altar.
- 00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:06.772
- I believe in the power of prayer.
- 00:22:06.772 --> 00:22:09.107
- I believe in the power of agreement.
- 00:22:09.107 --> 00:22:12.577
- I believe that there are things
- 00:22:12.577 --> 00:22:14.045
- That can take place at the altar and you
- 00:22:14.045 --> 00:22:16.481
- Can leave them here at the altar, praise god.
- 00:22:16.481 --> 00:22:20.051
- In the name of jesus.
- 00:22:20.051 --> 00:22:22.487
- I'm just thanking god that you don't have to put
- 00:22:22.487 --> 00:22:25.957
- Up with this offense, not another day in your life.
- 00:22:25.957 --> 00:22:32.063
- Let's trust god, let's believe god today.
- 00:22:32.063 --> 00:22:37.936
- Let's believe god today.
- 00:22:37.936 --> 00:22:40.138
- And today at this altar, you're getting your power back.
- 00:22:40.138 --> 00:22:45.477
- Today at this altar, you're getting your power back.
- 00:22:45.477 --> 00:22:51.183
- And i'm telling you, for some of you,
- 00:22:51.183 --> 00:22:54.519
- You got to forgive yourself.
- 00:22:54.519 --> 00:22:56.388
- Announcer: offense can get into the heart
- 00:23:00.292 --> 00:23:02.694
- And begin to affect your peace,
- 00:23:02.694 --> 00:23:04.663
- Your relationships, and the way you move forward
- 00:23:04.663 --> 00:23:07.399
- In life.
- 00:23:07.399 --> 00:23:08.767
- Today's offer is a special collection of digital
- 00:23:08.767 --> 00:23:11.369
- Resources featuring creflo dollar's new
- 00:23:11.369 --> 00:23:14.039
- Four-message series, "breaking free
- 00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:16.141
- From the trap of offense," along with the digital series,
- 00:23:16.141 --> 00:23:19.578
- "exercising godly emotions," and "how to experience
- 00:23:19.578 --> 00:23:22.848
- The love of god," and the e-book "healing
- 00:23:22.848 --> 00:23:25.417
- The brokenhearted."
- 00:23:25.417 --> 00:23:26.751
- To help you guard your heart from
- 00:23:26.751 --> 00:23:28.119
- Disappointment and forgive through grace,
- 00:23:28.119 --> 00:23:30.489
- Recover your peace, protect your purpose,
- 00:23:30.489 --> 00:23:33.425
- And learn to live free from offense
- 00:23:33.425 --> 00:23:35.327
- Through the grace and finished
- 00:23:35.327 --> 00:23:36.862
- Work of jesus christ.
- 00:23:36.862 --> 00:23:38.430
- Creflo: offense will open the doors
- 00:23:38.430 --> 00:23:40.732
- To betrayal and division, and it pulls people
- 00:23:40.732 --> 00:23:44.169
- Out of the will of god.
- 00:23:44.169 --> 00:23:46.438
- Announcer: for your love gift of $42 usd or more,
- 00:23:46.438 --> 00:23:49.474
- This collection can be yours today.
- 00:23:49.474 --> 00:23:51.743
- Scan the qr code, visit creflodollar.org
- 00:23:51.743 --> 00:23:55.113
- And click e-store, or call 844-30-grace.
- 00:23:55.113 --> 00:23:58.817
- Announcer: columbia and the midlands,
- 00:24:00.552 --> 00:24:02.020
- Prepare for a powerful encounter with
- 00:24:02.020 --> 00:24:03.755
- The message of grace.
- 00:24:03.755 --> 00:24:05.624
- Friday, july 24, the spirit and grace tour
- 00:24:05.624 --> 00:24:08.593
- With creflo dollar is coming to columbia, south carolina.
- 00:24:08.593 --> 00:24:12.297
- From blythewood in the north to cayce in the south,
- 00:24:12.297 --> 00:24:15.033
- From sumter to lexington, this is your invitation
- 00:24:15.033 --> 00:24:18.036
- To gather for a life-changing
- 00:24:18.036 --> 00:24:19.838
- Experience centered on faith, identity, and truth.
- 00:24:19.838 --> 00:24:23.742
- Come hear grace explained in a clear, practical,
- 00:24:23.742 --> 00:24:26.578
- And personal way.
- 00:24:26.578 --> 00:24:28.079
- Receive answers about the finished
- 00:24:28.079 --> 00:24:29.714
- Work of jesus, who you are in christ,
- 00:24:29.714 --> 00:24:32.384
- And how to live strengthened by grace every day.
- 00:24:32.384 --> 00:24:35.220
- Female: since the message of grace
- 00:24:35.220 --> 00:24:37.389
- Has been instilled into me by dr. dollar,
- 00:24:37.389 --> 00:24:41.026
- It has helped me to look at things differently.
- 00:24:41.026 --> 00:24:43.962
- Male: these meetings have greatly impacted my life.
- 00:24:43.962 --> 00:24:47.032
- We're standing in grace, walking in faith.
- 00:24:47.032 --> 00:24:49.301
- Announcer: register today, text spiritgrace
- 00:24:49.301 --> 00:24:52.470
- To 51555 or visit spiritandgracetour.com.
- 00:24:52.470 --> 00:24:57.576
- Announcer: you can interact with creflo dollar
- 00:25:01.179 --> 00:25:02.814
- Ministries anytime, anywhere.
- 00:25:02.814 --> 00:25:04.849
- Engage with christ on a deeper level,
- 00:25:04.849 --> 00:25:07.085
- Develop your walk with the lord,
- 00:25:07.085 --> 00:25:08.453
- And strengthen your faith.
- 00:25:08.453 --> 00:25:09.821
- All of this is at your fingertips
- 00:25:09.821 --> 00:25:11.456
- With our state-of-the art, custom-designed app.
- 00:25:11.456 --> 00:25:13.792
- Creflo: you got to come to the end of yourself
- 00:25:13.792 --> 00:25:15.427
- Where you recognize i need a savior.
- 00:25:15.427 --> 00:25:17.862
- I need an advocate.
- 00:25:17.862 --> 00:25:19.230
- I need a peace offering.
- 00:25:19.230 --> 00:25:20.765
- Announcer: with the broadcast feature,
- 00:25:20.765 --> 00:25:22.200
- You can access your favorite messages,
- 00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:24.135
- Sermon series, and more.
- 00:25:24.135 --> 00:25:25.804
- The app puts you right in the sanctuary
- 00:25:25.804 --> 00:25:27.606
- With live streaming of services.
- 00:25:27.606 --> 00:25:29.240
- You can receive practical advice
- 00:25:29.240 --> 00:25:30.775
- For applying the word of god to your life every day
- 00:25:30.775 --> 00:25:33.144
- With our daily devotionals.
- 00:25:33.144 --> 00:25:34.646
- Taffi dollar: there's something about
- 00:25:34.646 --> 00:25:36.014
- The mercies of god when others want
- 00:25:36.014 --> 00:25:37.849
- To count you out and stone you
- 00:25:37.849 --> 00:25:39.718
- And all kinds of things, or pointing fingers.
- 00:25:39.718 --> 00:25:41.886
- But thank god for jesus being right there.
- 00:25:41.886 --> 00:25:44.923
- Announcer: add events to your calendar,
- 00:25:44.923 --> 00:25:46.625
- Set reminders, get directions,
- 00:25:46.625 --> 00:25:48.760
- Share with friends, and even give securely
- 00:25:48.760 --> 00:25:50.996
- Through this platform.
- 00:25:50.996 --> 00:25:52.364
- Visit creflodollarministries.org/app
- 00:25:52.364 --> 00:25:54.966
- Or text app to 51555 today.
- 00:25:54.966 --> 00:25:59.270
- Creflo: we want to be sure we are
- 00:26:01.072 --> 00:26:02.440
- Living according to what god has taught us
- 00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:04.275
- About giving, and we understand
- 00:26:04.275 --> 00:26:06.244
- That giving and receiving is a spiritual law.
- 00:26:06.244 --> 00:26:09.514
- It's a reflex of god's love.
- 00:26:09.514 --> 00:26:11.650
- And i'm so glad that taffi and i began to understand how
- 00:26:11.650 --> 00:26:14.519
- To walk in this principle.
- 00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:16.054
- But we give not out of necessity,
- 00:26:16.054 --> 00:26:18.256
- We give out of a cheerful heart.
- 00:26:18.256 --> 00:26:19.591
- We give because we're grateful
- 00:26:19.591 --> 00:26:20.959
- And we're thankful to what god has done.
- 00:26:20.959 --> 00:26:23.128
- You know, i want you to pray about becoming
- 00:26:23.128 --> 00:26:25.964
- A giver into creflo dollar ministries today.
- 00:26:25.964 --> 00:26:28.967
- And if this ministry has blessed you in any way,
- 00:26:28.967 --> 00:26:32.637
- Consider sowing a seed of any amount
- 00:26:32.637 --> 00:26:34.506
- And we will greatly appreciate it.
- 00:26:34.506 --> 00:26:36.941
- Thank you in advance for your support,
- 00:26:36.941 --> 00:26:38.843
- And god bless you.
- 00:26:38.843 --> 00:26:40.612
- Announcer: your financial donations into
- 00:26:40.612 --> 00:26:42.347
- This ministry work all over the world
- 00:26:42.347 --> 00:26:44.716
- To change countless lives.
- 00:26:44.716 --> 00:26:46.484
- If you'd like to support our efforts
- 00:26:46.484 --> 00:26:48.386
- To save the lost, you may call in or visit
- 00:26:48.386 --> 00:26:50.822
- Creflodollarministries.org today.
- 00:26:50.822 --> 00:26:53.558
- God bless you.
- 00:26:53.558 --> 00:26:55.860
- Announcer: because of you, creflo dollar ministries
- 00:26:55.927 --> 00:26:58.463
- Is providing a new understanding of grace
- 00:26:58.463 --> 00:27:01.066
- And empowering change in the lives
- 00:27:01.066 --> 00:27:03.068
- Of millions of people every day.
- 00:27:03.068 --> 00:27:04.969
- Thank you, partners and friends.
- 00:27:04.969 --> 00:27:06.971
- Your love and financial support
- 00:27:06.971 --> 00:27:08.840
- Makes it possible to bring this message
- 00:27:08.840 --> 00:27:11.109
- Into millions of homes all across the globe.
- 00:27:11.109 --> 00:27:14.879
- Announcer: the preceding program was brought to you,
- 00:27:14.879 --> 00:27:16.681
- In part, by the partners and friends of creflo
- 00:27:16.681 --> 00:27:19.084
- Dollar ministries.
- 00:27:19.084 --> 00:27:29.010