QUESTIONS

• Betrayal is life shattering. Have you experienced betrayal to the magnitude that was described in the sermon?
• If you have, what PTSD type of trauma most impacted your day-to-day life, and how are you doing today?
• If you have not, what was most eye opening in the description of the impact this has in someone’s life?

• Aside from the emotional trauma, and the mental and physical impacts, how do you think being stuck in this vortex impacts your spiritual walk, and your relationship with Christ as you struggle in your relationship with another?

• A big traumatic betrayal is not the only way bitterness grows. Of the other points covered, what do you think removing the root of bitterness looks like in the everyday ridicule and devaluing one might face?
• What practical steps do you take, or can you take, to prevent bitterness from taking root and turning into resentment?