When Bitterness Builds
Laurie Davies
“Hannah was praying silently, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. Eli thought she was drunk ...” 1 Samuel 1:13 (CSB)
"Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy." Micah 7:8 (NIV)
"'O man of little faith,' Jesus said, 'Why did you doubt me?'" Matthew 14:33b (TLB)
"It is what comes out of a man that makes him ‘unclean’." Mark 7:15b (NIV)
"For the Lord corrects and disciplines everyone whom He loves, and He punishes, even scourges, every son whom He accepts and welcomes to His heart and cherishes." Hebrew 12:6 (AMP)
"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you." Matthew 7:7 (NASB)
"But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose." 1 Corinthians 12:18 (ESV)
"And the Lord God commanded the man, 'You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die.'" Genesis 2:16 -17 (NIV)
"The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom; and before honor is humility." Proverbs 15:33 (NASB)
“Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus.” Philippians 2:5 (NIV)
“…for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.” 1 Peter 1:9 (NIV)
“Hannah was praying silently, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. Eli thought she was drunk ...” 1 Samuel 1:13 (CSB)
“To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven ...” Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NKJV)
Heavenly Father, thank You for the truth that I am not at the mercy of my thoughts and feelings. When negativity rises in me and I feel like I’m sinking, remind me that Your peace and wisdom are...
“Be careful what you think, because your thoughts run your life.” Proverbs 4:23 (NCV)