Fighting Bitterness

[@jesusistheanswer2074]

Ultimately I just want those who hurt me deeply to see the truth and know that they can be saved as I have been from the evil one's.

[@Samrules4ever]

So thankful for this sermon. Loving one's enemy and praying for them is no easy feat but with God, all things are possible. He will give us the strength to do what's right.

[@damutae612]

Hallelujah

[@toughluck8012]

I can't tell you how relevant this was to me today. I spent all morning, like I've spent most days, boiling away in anger, and hatred and resentment, feeling like it is impossible to change. I'm so tired of feeling this way...i feel so absolutely crippled by it. It just hijacks everything and leaves me with nothing and i feel that i am hopeless to move forward. I don’t feel that i have ever felt closure before for anything. I just feel a constant stream of shame, embarrassment, anger, loss, etc from everything that has happened to me, and it becomes incredibly overwhelming and i can't help but ruminate over all of it

[@richellepeace4457]

The future might be worse, its all about the lesson.

[@deivymaybe7554]

Thanks my God our God mighty God for John Piper and his team. Help us fight bitterness.

[@maxaplin4204]

Yes, forgiveness is so important. And unforgiveness can cause blocks that prevent healing in some circumstances.

[@aletheamallory9674]

What a beautifully delivered and Truth filled video. I too had to go through this seemingly insurmountable process. I found out during this process that GOD'S Promises in HIS WORD are Truthful and all I had to do was Trust and Believe HIM. I am nowhere near perfection in this fallen world. However, I am FREE of the mind crippling thoughts, emotion that consumed me by laying ALL of the Pain Hurt Grief and Struggles at the FOOT OF THE CROSS of my LORD and KING, JESUS the CHRIST. It took time but eventually, I began to experience such JOY and PEACE in my Life that truly did surpass all my limited understanding. HALLELUJAH! TRUST ABBA FATHER AND HIS HOLY WORD. IT WILL TRULY FREE YOU SO THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO WALK IN LOVE PEACE AND JOY WITH EVERYONE......EVEN THOSE THAT HURT AND REJECTED YOU. HE IS A GOOD, HOLY, WISE AND FORGIVING FATHER........ TRUST HIM!👑❣️✝️🤗🙏🏾✋🏾🤚🏾👑🌷💝

[@blank-964]

a member of my family has benefited from this quite a bit

[@cd33353]

Bitterness will bring me down over time

[@PaulLee-rs8uw]

Ephesians 4:1-16😊❤

[@PaulLee-rs8uw]

Revelation 1:12-16 " 12 I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands, 13 and among the lampstands was someone " like the Son of man," dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest. 14 His( Jesus') head and hair were like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. 15 His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. 16 In his right hand he( Jesus :) 1st love in Christ) held seven stars, and out of his mouth came a sharp double- edged sword. His ( Jesus') face was like the sun shining in all its briliance."( Revelation 1:12-16 Zondervan NIV Study Bible)

[@PaulLee-rs8uw]

John 13:34❤ Revelation 1:17-20 "17 When I saw him( Jesus😊1st❤), i fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand ❤on me and said: " Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. 18 I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades. 19 Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later. 20 The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches."( Revelation 1:17-20 Zondervan NIV Study Bible) What do we have in Christ is also not from God( 😊100%❤)? Everything we have also belong to God in Christ Jesus😊1st❤ in Christ. May Jesus heals others and calm the storm of others in needs. In Jesus'name, i pray( John 14:6❤😊 and Acts 16:31❤😊 and amen to forgive like Jesus will do. Ephesians 4:32❤). Amen. All we have also belong to God or Jesus( John 1:1-2) 😊1st❤( too in Christ. All comes from God of the Bible in Christ. Philippians 4:4-7😊❤ in Christ.

[@PaulLee-rs8uw]

Revelation 2:1-7( To the church in Ephesus) " 2 To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are words of him( Jesus😊1st❤) who holds❤ the seven stars in his right hand and walk among the seven golden lampstands: 2 I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverence, I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. 3 You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary. 4 Yet I hold this against you: You have foresaken your first love. 5 Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent..."( To me, repent means turn away from sins ( wrongdoing that are against the Bible) and turn to the living God of the Bible in Christ and trust in Jesus too. In Jesus'name, i pray( John 14;6). Amen.) "... and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place. 6 But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. 7 He :) who has ear, let him :) hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes :), I will give the right to eat from the tree of life :), which is the paradise of God. "( Revelation 2:1-7 Zondervan NIV Study Bible)

[@irenecaissie]

Thank you ❤

[@TheCreepypro]

may we trust the great physician the Lord who always keeps His promises!

[@cirr3587]

💝

[@susanmargaretryan]

When the church/judicial authorities play it safe and silence the partner on the spouse’s deceitful and illegal accounting practices (for example) our country further falls into the abyss. Thus, admonishing a woman to obey husband/father’s ungodly leadership is ungodly advice in itself. Pray for our leaders who can be blind to their blind spots. May they have courageous truth telling pals.

[@Mando-d4k]

Piper, you said (in the most rhetorically tortured war possible) that Trump was so bad that hating him was the best thing a human being could ever do, even to the exclusion of freedom, even to the exclusion of life itself. If that is true, how will Trump supporters ever achieve the “final salvation” you speak of?

[@richellepeace4457]

Why were they allowed to do it and lay the chore upon us to forgive? They knew what they were doing, stop preaching that they don't. All you care about is more crowns and a head count at the dinner. If you say that it was meant to be because God is in control then every person in need I will assume they need the lesson.....