Pastor Danny continues his study on how bitterness takes root in our hearts. You'll hear how it deeply affected several people in the Bible. Saul's envy of David turned into bitterness and hatred for the rest of his life. Jonah had a big issue with God Himself. He wanted the wrath of the Lord upon sinful Nineveh, but God forgave them instead. Now if you find yourself angry or bitter about something, what do you do with it? Pastor Danny will teach how to better deal with bitterness, not allowing it to cause destruction in your life.

As Pastor Danny continues his study on how bitterness takes root in our hearts, today he shares the story of Amnon and Absalon, sons of King David. Amnon rapes their sister Tamar, which makes Absalon furious. Anger and bitterness can take over your heart when wrong is done against someone you love. You'll learn that Absalon actually didn't do anything for a long time, but as that bitterness took root in his heart, he eventually killed his own brother in vengeance.

In this world, wrong is done to us; unfortunately, it's just a matter of how and when it'll happen. In today's study, Pastor Danny will share different stories in the Bible when someone was wronged and how that impacted them. Injustice happens, evil comes. At times, something not true is assumed about you, or maybe somebody you love is the one wronged, or someone lies to you. You'll hear in these stories today how people responded to the wrongs done against them - with integrity or with bitterness.

In today's message, Pastor Danny will talk about the reality of anger and bitterness in our hearts. The Bible teaches us to look carefully that no root of bitterness grows up to cause trouble or to defile us. We see not only in our own lives, but in so many stories in the Bible, that people are wronged – it's not a matter of “if”, but a matter of “when”. And a bitter response can eventually turn into anger and produce a series of bad choices and further problems – both for you and for people around you.

Perhaps one of the more amazing aspects of our faith is that not only does God want to save us from our sin, but He also wants to raise us up as children of His own. Rather than leave us to our own wandering, He desires nothing more than to lead us as our Father. In today's message, Pastor Danny reflects on how our longing for the things of this world distract us from all that God desires to teach us. In his study, you'll that the more you give yourself over to the desires of God, the less attractive the things of this world will be.