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7 FACTS ABOUT BITERNESS
This chapter (three) provides you with some seven serious nuggets on the sensitive subject of bitterness. These were actually extracted from my fifth book, entitled “50 Facts About Bitterness.” Described in varied ways by countless readers as timely, the nuggets in this booklet could also be described as divine capsules for every case of bitterness of any degree. Flipping and reading through this multi-informed material would definitely make you privy to the knowledge on how to detect bitterness early; how to uproot it from your heart; how to avoid it; and finally, how to help others do the same.
The Oxford Advanced Learners’ dictionary describes or defines a bitter person as one who is full of anger, jealousy and unhappy feelings; because they think that they have been badly treated or unfair things have happen to them. Unlike prayer, healing, deliverance, giving, prosperity, Holy Spirit etc, the subject of bitterness is not often discussed on our various church or social platforms as well as in the media.
However, the writer of the book of Hebrews describes it as one of the deadliest sins which deserves all the attention to deal with. Thus it reads from Hebrews 12:15, ‘‘Looking carefully lest anyone falls short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled. ’’In the main book, I dealt with the three main consequences of bitterness from within the context of the above quoted scripture in an expository order. This was followed by fifty revealing nuggets on the subject of bitterness. What you are about to read is just about fifteen percent (15%) of the main book.