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Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Get Rid of Bitterness! Make Room for Joy!



Have you had your Joy Juice today?  It does the body good….and the mind and the spirit, too!  

What is your spiritual drink of choice?  The cup of bitterness or the sweet Joy Juice of Jesus?  Most of us would like to say we drink in more joy during our day…but let’s be aware that often we sip from the cup of bitterness even when we don’t realize that we’re doing it.  

When we gossip or tell something about someone who has wronged us in the past; when we defend ourselves by spreading hurtful truth about someone we don’t particularly like; even when we listen and agree with others that tell something that demeans another person….we are sipping from the wrong cup! 

Author Linda Sheperd writes: “Bitterness is the only poison one can drink with the mistaken assumption that the act of drinking it will harm someone else.” 

Ephesians 4:31 tells us to: “Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.” 

GET RID OF ALL BITTERNESS….there it is!  No matter what justification we have to be bitter….the scripture instructs us to GET RID OF IT!

            Though it’s mighty tempting to drink from that bitter cup, it’s much more uplifting to drink in the sweet, refreshing Joy Juice of Jesus!



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