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Summary: Let’s be honest: sometimes people hurt us. We get put down, run down, and trampled on. And it becomes easy to want to get revenge. And it’s even easier to become bitter. But bitterness is a disease. And if we’re not careful, this disease of bitternes

-When we forgive others it is evidence that we get how much we’ve been forgiven by God. When we forgive others it helps us to know that we get the importance of the forgiveness we ourselves have received from God.

Conclusion/Invitation

-At its best, the church is a healing community. That’s what we want for Millville Avenue. We want this place to be a healing community where all attenders are doing life together and encouraging each other praying for each other.

-So this week, I want to give you a challenge. What is making you bitter? Who do you need to forgive? I want you to think of one person, just one, who you can go to this week and offer them forgiveness for something that they’ve done to you. Maybe it’s something that they’re doing right now. Maybe it’s coming from an ex-spouse. Maybe it’s coming from a grown child of yours. Maybe a coworker who you don’t speak to anymore. Get that person in your mind. And go to them, and live this message this coming week. Bless them. Do life with them. Live in harmony with them. Be a peacemaker with them. Go the extra mile to love them. And watch as God melts away the icy bitterness that has held your heart captive.

-It always comes back to Jesus. If you don’t know Him on a personal level, it you’re letting Him have control of your life, you can’t beat bitterness. You can’t stop its destructive effects on your life. You can’t offer someone true forgiveness because you don’t know what true forgiveness is in your own life. These altars are open, and

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