Bitterness & Forgiveness Bible Study What you will need to do this study: A willing heart to be open to how God will change your heart through this study A Bible or online Bible Notebook and a pen, or you can save to your desktop via word doc. A trusted friend. This can be someone you can actually talk to face to face, via the phone, through letters, or via online chat. This person can help you with memory verses, be there to discuss what you are going through as you do this study. This person does not have to do the study, but must be someone you trust to share the intimate details of your life with. If you are new to an area and do not have someone to fit this description...consider finding a women at your church who serves in a ministry role whom you could form this relationship with. Lessons one - four will focus on Bitterness…We will spend four weeks reading, listening, learning, praying and discussing while confronting bitterness. Bitterness may be something y...
Lesson One/Week One Bitter, as Webster’s Dictionary puts it is and adjective meaning 1. having a sharp, unpleasant taste 2. causing or showing sorrow, pain, etc. 3. sharp and disagreeable; harsh 4. resentful; cynical. Bitterly is an adverb and bitterness is a noun. Bitterness is a state of being bitter. None of us want to continue to be in that state or dip our toes “into that pond”. This week we are going to explore some scriptures on the topic, read some thoughts by others and pray, pray, pray! This is not what I want my epitaph to say, “Elizabeth was a bitter woman who bitterly responded to otheres and found herself drowning in bitterness.” I would prefer that it said, “Elizabeth was a forgiven woman who mercifully granted forgiveness and found herself thanking God for His forgiveness towards her.” I image you wouldn’t want others to remember you as bitter or to think of you now as bitter. Or if you know someone who is deep in this state, you want to lovingly enco...
The “Put Off” – “Put On” Dynamic Developed by Martha Peace Copy and paste this into a document, print out and complete.... This Bible study is for the purpose of teaching Christians how to deal practically with their sin. Many times we are aware that changes need to be made in our lives and we confess the appropriate sins to God. However, we may find ourselves committing those same sins again and again. Habitual sin is especially difficult because we automatically respond wrongly, without thinking. Therefore, it is important to learn exactly what God has to teach us through His Word about establishing new habit patterns. Before you begin this study, pray and ask God to show you the truth of His Word. Begin by looking up the following Scriptures and write out the answers to the questions: How do we become aware of our sin? Hebrews 4:12 John 16:7,8 Do we have to sin? Explain. (See Romans 6:6,7,14) Descri...
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