Sermon Notes: July 23rd
Sunday, July 23, 2023
Restore My Soul: Letting God Replace my Grudges
Psalm 23:3; Matthew 18:21-22
Restore- _____________________________________________
Introduction:
- Question and answer (v. 21-22)
- Story (v. 23-34)
- Warning (v. 35)
Story: Parable of the Unforgiving Slave
Grudges come from what _______________________ do to me or what ____________
Sometimes _________________ or _______________________
Either way it ____________, then we become _______________
A. How you handle resentment determines whether you are
___________________ or ___________________
- Difference between bitter & better is the letter _____
- Means- you have a ____________________________
Illustration: Cain & Abel
- Grudges in the heart will never let the mind be at __________
- If you allow the grudge, it will keep ______________
B. What do you do?
1. Job 5:2 “To worry yourself to ____________________ _________________”
a. Resentment never __________________ the other _________________. It only _____________ you!
b. You just keep _____________________________
c. Holding onto a grudge _______________________
2. Romans 12:19-21 _____________________________
a. Being _____________, being ______________
b. “Coals on head” _______________________
c. One day God is going _____________________
3. Ephesians 4:31-32 Get rid of all bitterness by giving _________
“You will never have to __________ anyone more than God has ______________”
4. Bitterness is ____________
a. Blinds to the ___________.
b. Blinds to ______________.