The key to fighting bitterness is forgiveness. When you forgive, you let the other person off the hook for their wrongs. You can hand your hurt over to God, who will handle it with perfect justice. Then you can step into freedom instead of being held in the bondage of bitterness. The person who wronged … Continue reading A Brief Devotion: Overcoming Bitterness, Pt7
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James 3:14 "But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth." Just as rotten water can have a devastating impact on a city, bitter words can have a disastrous effect in our lives. We need to recognize the challenge of bitter speech. Our words … Continue reading A Brief Devotion: Overcoming Bitterness, pt6
Colossians 2:13-14, "And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross." The starting point to overcoming … Continue reading A Brief Devotion: Overcoming Bitterness, pt5
Hebrews 12:6, "For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives." We don’t become bitter when life is going great. We become sinfully bitter when we respond to the hurts of life with anger, rooted in unbelief, that is not processed through the lens of God’s purposes. The antidote … Continue reading A Brief Devotion: Bitterness, pt4
Psalm 77:1-3, "I cry aloud to God, aloud to God, and he will hear me. In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord; in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying; my soul refuses to be comforted. When I remember God, I moan; when I meditate, my spirit faints." When we … Continue reading A Brief Devotion: Bitterness, pt3
Bitterness is a feeling that involves a mixture of anger and resentment generated by the experience of unjust suffering. Bitterness is frequently associated with sin and slavery to sin in the Bible. Bitterness is not simply something you do—it is something you experience. Consider the bitter herbs in Israel's history. In preparation for the final … Continue reading A Brief Devotion: Bitterness, pt2
Ephesians 4:31, "Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice." Bitterness is a powerful, dangerous thing. Left unchecked, it can completely consume a person’s life. The Bible describes it this way:• Bitter conditions in our lives, the terrible circumstances and mistreatment that we … Continue reading A Brief Devotion: Bitterness, pt1
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