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ROOT OF BITTERNESS.

Text : Hebrews 12:15

Looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled;

The scripture is admonishing you to watch out for bitterness. Any offence that is not healed within shortest period of time turns to hurt, and hurt turns to bitterness.

Bitterness can either be against your fellow humans or even God. Bitterness goes deep into one's life like the root of a tree that grows deep into the soil beneath the ground surface. 

When you are hurting, you hurt others around you, but when you are bitter, you cause trouble for yourself, and thereby defiling or corrupting others. 

 *If you find yourself in the presence of anyone that is bitter, you must carefully guard your heart, lest you are defiled.* Such one has a strong capacity to corrupt you and pass same bitterness to you, because bitterness is contagious. 

Unforgiveness, deep hatred, regrets, anger, ingratitude, inability to love or to receive love, pain, hurt, negative attitude, incessant disputes and complaints are symptoms of bitterness. When you notice all or any of these symptoms in a person, then such person is  nursing bitterness. 

Bitterness that is left untreated for too long a time will turn to spirit of bitterness, and once overtaken by the spirit of bitterness, one may be heading towards self-destruction.

This was the case in  Absalom's life, when the spirit of bitterness drove him to destruction.
It started with unforgiveness against Amnon, and this led to deep hatred. He killed Amnon.(2 Samuel 13:22).  He became ungrateful to Joab who pleaded his case before King David, and he burnt down his farmland (2 Samuel 14:30). He refused to accept love and forgiveness of his father (King David). He thereafter overthrew him and took his throne.(2 Samuel 15:13-14).

A believer must always be purging himself of any iota of bitterness through the blood of Jesus, so as not to be overtaken by the spirit of bitterness.

Bible Reading:

2 Samuel 13:28-33.

 PRAYER FOCUS

1.) Father God, I please purge me from every iota of bitterness in Jesus name. 

2.) Father Lord, deliver my soul and heart from the grip of bitterness in the name of Jesus. 

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