Sunday, November 10, 2019
FEELINGS … OVERCOMING BITTERNESS
Hebrews 12:14-15 & Luke 15:1-32 by Rick Baldwin
Series: Feelings

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 BITTERNESSWHO ARE YOU?

 

    REALIZATION:

 

   PROPITIATION:

 

   JUSTIFICATION:

 

   RECONCILIATION:

 

   GLORIFICATION: