Julia Getman

“Offended people still may experience miracles, words of utterance, strong preaching, and healing in their lives. But these are gifts of the Spirit, not fruits. We will be judged according to fruit, not gifting. A gift is given. Fruit is cultivated.”
― John Bevere, The Bait Of Satan: Living Free from the Deadly Trap of Offense

“This truth remains: Only those you care about can hurt you. You expect more from them—after all, you’ve given more of yourself to them. The higher the expectations, the greater the fall.”
― John Bevere, The Bait of Satan: Living Free from the Deadly Trap of Offense

“Trials in this life will expose what is in your heart—whether the offense is toward God or others. Tests either make you bitter toward God and your peers or stronger. If you pass the test, your roots will shoot down deeper, stabilizing you and your future. If you fail, you become offended, which can lead to defilement with bitterness.”
― John Bevere, The Bait of Satan: Living Free from the Deadly Trap of Offense

“Love forgets wrongs so that there is hope for the future.”
― John Bevere, The Bait of Satan: Living Free from the Deadly Trap of Offense