Daily Devotional

LETTING GO OF ALL RESENTMENT AND BITTERNESS

August 31

eloved, is there someone in your life who especially irritates you? Do they seem to really upset you and keep you agitated much of the time? How realistically have you taken this to your Father? Could you be holding this situation back from your Father in Heaven? In fact, are you being prevented from presenting this person to the Lord by the fact that you have chosen to be resentful, angry and combative about them? Interesting questions, aren't they? There is a quiet enjoyment sometimes in expressing bitterness toward someone who has made themselves your agitator or your oppressor. This luxury of striking out with a bad attitude at these people quickly brings you into a place where you are really unwilling to allow the Father through the Holy Spirit to come into the situation with real solutions to the problem. Many of my children think that they can repay others through this quiet hating of them. There really is no repayment but instead, the Child of God with this problem simply invites an attack from Satan upon their spiritual life and mind. Is this in your heart? Here is a confession and a form of repentance which may prove helpful to you if you desire to be freed from the destruction of this person's evil with which you may be cooperating: “Father, I confess that (name) has really become irritating to me. No, they have gone past irritating to oppressing me. I have resented this person(s). I have developed a bitter heart toward them, and I have the temptation to strike out at this person. Father, what they are doing to me is sin on their part. I ask you to deal effectively with them in Jesus' name. However, Father I now confess that I am guilty of these evil feelings and I also confess with repentance for my inward secret attitude toward them. I have really blocked the effective action of the Holy Spirit to correct this person by holding on to my anger and bitterness. For this I have sinned myself. I confess this and repent of this sincerely in the name of the Lord Jesus. I now pray for full release from the bitterness and bad attitude in this situation in Jesus' name. I believe that you have come to me now to deal very effectively and finally with this person's attack through the power of your cleansing love and personal restoration for me. I praise you for your wisdom and knowledge in helping me today with this very real problem in Jesus' name, amen!

Prayer

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Father, to you I release myself for a "new day" of victory in releasing people around me from my anger and bitterness. I know that I will experience greater joy and peace when I have left these feelings far behind in the name of Jesus, amen!