WORD O’ GRAM:  ROOT OF BITTERNESS  3/16/09

Rejection, un-forgiveness, judgment,

Outbursts of critical words,

Overtake one’s emotions

To reveal what is hidden.

Out of bounds, negative words

Forced from one’s  mouth.

Bitter waters pour forth,

Infecting others who will listen. 

To overcome is to repent and renounce the offenses.

To yield to God the deep disappointment...

Expecting God will recompense.

Repent of bitter words,

Never hold a grudge after sundown.

Earnestly forgive lest you too are judged.

Speak what is edifying, or do not speak at all.

Speak good for evil to overcome all offense.

Heb 12:14-16  NKJV

Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord: looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled.

Rom 3:13-18  NKJV

"Their throat is an open tomb; With their tongues they have practiced deceit";  "The poison of asps is under their lips";    "Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness ."  "Their feet are swift to shed blood;  Destruction and misery are in their ways;  And the way of peace they have not known."  "There is no fear of God before their eyes."  

Acts 8:20-24  NKJV

But Peter said to him, "Your money perish with you, because you thought that the gift of God could be purchased with money! 21 You have neither part nor portion in this matter, for your heart is not right in the sight of God. 22 Repent therefore of this your wickedness, and pray God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you. 23 For I see that you are poisoned by bitterness and bound by iniquity." 24 Then Simon answered and said,” Pray to the Lord for me, that none of the things which you have spoken may come upon me."