Grudge holder

Proverbs 19: 11

¹¹ The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger, and his glory is to overlook a transgression.

The quote of the day in the news cycle this morning is this; “It takes more than few hours, to cover up a year’s worth of insults!”

That may be true in our world, but not in God’s...and no...I am not trying to politicize a spiritual problem.

One of the persistent problems in the church today, is the problem of holding onto grudges.

Holding onto an offense, is in direct contradiction to the holy scriptures.

I have people when I see them even today, who would rather run me over, than offer a half hearted welcome.

I have decided that they have a huge problem, but I can’t be too prideful to consider that the same bug might bite me.

If we are willing to carry an offense, it means that we have not understood forgiveness.

A person that is totally unloving and unforgiving by nature, they’re salvation should be strongly questioned.

Bearing a bad spirit leads people to all sorts of dark places.

Holding on to those dark places, will bring a spirit of disunity to a church.

For the benefit of the church, that person should strongly consider moving on, or fall to their knees in repentance.

The closeness in a family or in a church can be severely compromised, with this sort of jesting going on.

If you saw this spirit being manifested in your church, would you have the wherewithal to address it?

Let’s be safe to say, there’s no room for bitterness in the life of a follower of Jesus.

An ill willed feeling will keep people from worship, and if left uncorrected, it will lead the person back to whom that spirit comes from in the first place.

Bad blood in the sanctuary, keeps the power of the blood of Jesus, totally at bay...