Chained Part 3_The Root of Bitterness

Do you as a professing Christian feel like a hypocrite?

Do you live with a sense of deep guilt and shame?

Are you bound to perverse passions?

     In our last two Blogs we have looked at the effects of the preaching of a "Soft Gospel" and "Behavior Modification" versus "A New Creation." In this Blog we will be looking at "The Root of Bitterness (Heb 12:14-15)."

The Root of Bitterness

Not a very pretty picture, is it?

• Could something like this be growing inside of you? 
• Are you bitter and angry way down deep inside?
• Have you been unable to truly forgive those who have hurt you? 
• Do you bear deep emotional scars that torment you? 

   I remember growing up and although I had a lot of cousins on my mothers side, I didn't see them for nineteen years. My mom and her two sisters had a falling out over something (to this day I don't know what it was) and there was bitterness and resentment that lasted all those years. My children, as a result, never got to meet my cousins children; and when they finally did, they were total strangers.

   It wasn't until my father died, and mom's sisters came to his wake, that healing finally took place. Although everyone was re-united, the nineteen years lost and the family links that were broken remained estranged.

   This is only one small story of not forgiving and the results of a root of bitterness. We all, at one time or another, have been hurt by others or have hurt someone else. Some of us have suffered very serious emotional injury and bear deep scars which affect us everyday of our lives. Many, many Christians suffer from this very insidious root of bitterness.

Do you suffer from a root of bitterness?

Do you want to finally be free of it?

This article will show you how! 

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