Today's message is to help us capture and conquer the spirit of the elder brother (bitterness).
Bitterness: Devastates
Bitterness is a seething emotion of anger. Anger is a brief emotion of displeasure that is experienced as a reactive process β directed against a person or thing with view of removing the cause.
It devastates the human system: Body Mind Emotions
It devastates the family. It devastates the church.
Deceives
Inevitably bitterness happens in our lives because we have been mistreated.
With the new birth comes new worth!
Bitterness: Is a Defense
Bitterness: Disillusions Performance Provision
Your understanding of who you are in Christ can help you overcome bitterness and conquer the spirit of the elder brother.
Who are you? Realization β βI am an awesome spirit being of magnificent worth as a person.β
Propitiation β βI am deeply loved of God.β
Justification β βI am fully pleasing to God.β
Reconciliation β βI am totally accepted by God.β
Glorification β βThere has never been another like me nor will there ever be so, no one will ever reflect God quite like me. I am an original, one of a kind. . .
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Rick Baldwin began his ministry at Wildwood Baptist Church on Sunday, March 6, 2005. He has a passionate love for God and people, and is a powerful communicator of the Word of God. Pastor Rick received his Bachelor of Ministry from Luther Rice Seminary in 1981. He accepted his...