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Anger & Bitterness

But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. Matthew 15:18-19 As I mentioned a month or so ago I am going through the Self-Confrontation Bible Study. I just finished up Chapters 10 - Dealing With Self (part two) and Chapter 11 - Anger and Bitterness. This whole study has not been fun, well I guess the point is not to have fun - but to grow. Growing can sometimes be painful, just like when we were kids and our legs ached at night...anybody remember that? So, I am growing - yes even in Winter! The Lord loves our pleas for his help in our lives and loves helping us dig, dig, dig into His word to reveal more of himself and to reveal more of ourselves to us. Which ultimately points us to our great need for Him! Anger and Bitterness - along with laziness is where my heart is deep in struggle. Now there are just a million