Part 4 - Stop the Drain [of Bitterness]
Being offended is unavoidable, but
“We’re more profitable if we’re addicted, outraged, irritable, dis-informed, and
- Online disinhibition
In the middle of the great
That they all may be
In a time where many are just trying to
In a time of great
“If you have run with the footmen, and they have
you, then how can you contend with horses [chariots]? —Jeremiah 12:5
- Weary: to be weary, to be
28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” —Matthew 11:28-30
- Rest – to give rest, to recover, to
There are two things that you can do when your battery is getting drained:
a)What if one of the enemy’s tactics is to keep God’s people offended so they will be worn out?
14 Make
effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. 15 See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many. —Hebrews 12:14-15
3 Things about Bitterness
Take bitterness
Bitterness functions like a root - an
Bitterness will trouble and
How do I deal with bitterness?
a) Acknowledge it. You cannot
b)
Forgiveness and leads to resilience. Resilience – Capacity to recover quickly; to spring back. That’s why OVERCOMERS are FORGIVERS.
“So My heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from his
, does not forgive his brother his trespasses.” —Matthew 18:35
c)