Two are better than one
Marriage becomes a two-fold and three-fold cord when the children come into the family and are the ingredient that
adorns the family.
The presence of children in the family should be the engine that unifies the marriage, and consolidates it.
When there is a blow to the marriage there come negative consequences that sometimes hit the children for one of the two or both.
Next we will study one of the internal enemies of restoration.
Bitterness: Hebrews 12:15
Bitterness is an internal enemy in catering and it is contagious.
Bitterness poisons the soul of the person, it is one of the most toxic and subtle emotions that a person can experience.
It is like a ¨virus¨ in the body that can be incubated for years without being detected, until the necessary conditions are given to manifest.
and fulfill its deadly purpose. Your goal is to destroy the original purpose and end God's plan. The stability and restoration of a person and marriage.
1 divert their destiny
Bitterness feeds on unfulfilled revenge. It is the desire of the flesh that others "pay" for injustice. As a result, anger and resentment against God are born. Others to the person himself, starting a root of bitterness that grows in the heart (Proverbs 27:15 Explain).
Proverbs 4:23 ¨ Above all things guarded, guard your heart; because of him the life flows.
The word "guard" is translated from the original Greek word as "rule".
This means that I decide what things should govern my heart and my emotions, this shows us that the person suffers from bitterness is because they allow themselves to be governed by thoughts or actions of the past.
One of the specialties of bitterness is robbing the person of peace and inner rest (John 14:27, Philippians 4: 7).
2.Delay the Process
Bitterness is connected to unfulfilled expectations, past failures, injustices, abuse, trauma, sense of loss, sense of
abandonment, sexual abuse, mental abuse, deprivation of love, an unexpected event that happened in life. Negligence, addictions, a father or mother who failed, or abandoned the family, loss of a child, tragedies, selfishness, pride. Etc...
Characteristics of people who are going through bitterness.
· They are negative people.
· They are always looking for the bad in situations.
· They feel that their past is directing their future.
· They criticize everything.
· They feel victims of the treatment they receive from others almost always.
· They are aggressive and temperamental.
· Their tendency is to be easily depressed, know everything and be difficult to please.
· They are pessimistic about everything.
· They like to be isolated from people, they become elusive.
· It plagues of physical and mental problems.
· They project and express their anger towards others.
· They do not smile easily at anything they find funny. Ephesians 4: 30-32
"Bitterness is the reflection of the lack of dependence on God".