FEELINGS … OVERCOMING BITTERNESS

FEELINGS … OVERCOMING BITTERNESS

HEBREWS 12:14-15; LUKE 15:1-2,25-32

BACKSTORY: JESUS AND THE PHARISEES

“WHENEVER WE DEAL WITH EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS THERE IS AN EVERLASTING AND INEVITABLY A ROOT OF BITTERNESS THAT IS A PROMINENT ELEMENT IN THAT EMOTIONAL PROBLEM …”

JAMES MAHONEY

BITTERNESS:

   DEVASTATES,

   BITTERNESS IS A SEETHING EMOTION OF ANGER. ANGER IS A BRIEF EMOTION OF DISPLEASURE THAT IS EXPERIENCED AS A REACTIVE PROCESS, DIRECTED AGAINST A PERSON OR THING … WITH THE IDEA OF, REMOVING THE CAUSE.

  BITTERNESS DEVASTATES THE HUMAN SYSTEM:

     BODY

     MIND

     EMOTIONS

  IT DEVASTATES THE FAMILY

   IT DEVASTATES THE CHURCH

  DECEIVES,

   IS A DEFENSE,

   DISILLUSIONS,

     PERFORMANCE

     PROVISION

OVERCOMING BITTERNESS: WHO ARE YOU?

    REALIZATION:

   PROPITIATION:

   JUSTIFICATION:

   RECONCILIATION:

   GLORIFICATION: