Pastor Joe Sanders - January 6, 2013
Detox: Relationships
Its vital as we seek to live in the freedom and fullness of life from Christ that we evaluate our hearts, lifestyles, thoughts, behavior, etc, and determine what is and isn't pleasing to the Lord. We can look at some broad-stroke items, but we'll always have to delve deeper and into more detail if we're going to do the real business that we need to in order to live the life God wants for us. As we review our relationships we want to identify and be honest about the damaging practices we've adopted that hurt us and those around us. Specifically, we want to pull up and get rid of the poisonous roots that have grown down into our hearts that can keep us from having fulfilled relationships. Scripture calls this a 'root of bitternenss' and the first step for each of us is to look inside, test ourselves, be honest and say, "I'm a little bit bitter...."
Scripture References: Hebrews 12:14-15