BE AN UP CHRISTIAN 5

GIVE UP

Ephesians 4:31-32 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: (32) And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

Most of us are aware that when we begging to walk with the Lord there are some things in our lives we need to give up. We know that we have to forsake some sins and drop some habits and change the way we think about some of the pleasures the world has to offer.

I think where we have the biggest problems are in letting go or giving up some things that have been done to us. Things that have caused us anger, things that make us bitter. A grudge is a hard thing to let go of. I have known some people to hold a grudge for years and actually allow their whole life and motivation to center on that grudge. To be honest, that is not a pretty sight or a pleasant experience. Sometimes we just have to let go, especially when we realize that it is hurting us much more than it hurts the one we have a grudge against.

We have to let go of some hurts and learn to forgive and forget. It is not easy but it will surely help us with the other "ups" in our life.

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