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: