Selective Rain

When you’ve been hurt by someone, it can be hard to forgive. The pain inflicted on you may prompt you to want to exact revenge on them. Bitterness may stir in your heart from the injustice you experienced. It can be hard to understand God’s love and even harder to apply it to our own […]

Contentment in the Wilderness

Are you clinging to old ways, trying to hold on to the past or temporal things that will not last the test of time? Sometimes holding on to the past is to hold onto bitterness, resentment or seeking revenge for past hurts. Maybe it’s clinging to old, familiar patterns of life because you fear an […]

Prayer Journey—Forgive as Jesus Did

Forgiveness. It is not just something you did Jesus. It is something you want us to do; to model after you the forgiveness and love you offered to those who persecuted you; who offended you; who mocked you. Help me to embrace that kind of love, the love you give so freely. Help me to […]

Friday Faith

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you. – Ephesians 4:31 (NASB)

When Bitterness Consumes Joy

It’s easy to point a finger at Haman and say he should thank the Lord for all his blessings, but it’s also a warning to us that the things of this world will not satisfy; that bitterness can consume us.

Prayer Journey — Your Grace

Help me this week to be light to those who are lost in darkness. Fill me with your wisdom dear God so that I can bring your hope to the hopeless. Guide me in how I can best serve you. Make your path evident to me dear Lord. Help me to not get caught in […]

When Bitterness Seeks to Sour Life

Bitterness can taint our attitude about so many things in life. When we are bitter in spirit as David’s men were, it can cause us to be angry with people and lash out at them for even minor injustices.

Prayer Journey — Yearning for Living Water for Others

As the deer pants for the water brooks, So my soul pants for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; – Psalm 42:1-2 (NASB) The anger and rage have consumed him. He spews hatred at me. Yet deep in my soul I long for him to find peace in you […]

Forgiveness Immersed in God’s Purpose

When bad things happen to us, it can be difficult to see God’s purpose. Joseph shows us how focusing on God’s purpose can help us find forgiveness.

Letting Christ Straighten Up Our Life

I sat with her in her living room as she talked about her life. Somehow she managed to keep her frail body upright in the chair. A small plastic tube by her nose fed her oxygen as she spoke with a raspy voice. I could sense the bitterness as she told me about past injustices […]