There are wonderful passions that have driven men and women to pursue goals that benefit the world for generations. Thomas Edison’s passion to harness electricity has had an immeasurable impact on every area of human existence. Think what an inconvenience it would be without a cell phone, television, or a computer.
Passion is defined as an intense emotion similar to love, joy, hatred, anger, and resentment. Frederick Nietzsche, the German philosopher, observed, “Nothing on earth consumes a man more quickly than the passion of resentment.” When we choose to be angry, resentment is born.
Resentment is a negative attitude or reaction leveled against someone who deliberately hurt or wounded you. Resentment is anger inflated to the level of bitterness. God never intended for us to permit resentment to become so intrusive. Imagine how God feels about it. Now give it to him continuously, deliberately, until it loses its power. Begin to do it now.
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Make this your common practice: Confess your sins to
each other and pray for each other so that you can live together whole and
healed. The prayer of a person living right with God is something powerful to
be reckoned with.
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