Doctors believe that resentment affords people a sense of superiority over he people they resent. It gives them a way (an unhealthy way) to place themselves a little higher in the pecking order. Resentment places an angry individual in the judge’s seat. Someone has said that our fantasies of resentment bring about neurotic pleasure and religious pride. With this in mind, how do we overcome resentment? Let me suggest 5 steps to overcoming resentment in your life.1. Think it Through – Philippians 4:8 reminds us to think on things that are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, and good report. It must start with readjusting our thinking about life.2. Write it Down – Philippians 3:13-14 reminds us that we must forget those things with are behind and press forward. Writing things down, often gives us the liberty to express things clearly, so that we can move on from the emotion of the event.3. Work it out. This can be just some simple physical exercise. We are told in Philippians 3:13-14 to “press toward the mark” The idea of press is that of exerting energy to obtain a goal. Get busy with the process of moving on in life.4. Talk it over … READ MORE

Resentment is an ugly, deformed attitude. Helen Grace Lesheld wrote, “[resentment] grows. It distorts, reality. It keeps us chained to the past. Like bad air, it pollutes not just the bitter person, but those who come in contact with the person.” all of our relationships in ways we cannot predict.” Hebrews 12:15 says, “Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled:” Nowhere is resentment described more enduring than that of a weed in the garden of our lives. No smart person, plants weeds in their garden, but they seem to grow up and take over if we do not keep it weeded. Resentment chokes out the pleasures and joys of life, and will color all our relationships. It will spread into your marriage, friendships, even your relationship with God. When we opt to cling to resentment, it is as if we have placed ourselves under an evil spell. Only the godly remedy of forgiveness will remove that spell. It may begin with a minor grudge, but if it is nurtured it will grow into a powerful enemy. The first step to overcoming this … READ MORE

In the Lord’s prayer, Jesus encourages us to pray that we would not be “led into temptation, but that God would deliver us from the evil one.” This is an important prayer, but what steps do we need to take to overcome temptation in our lives? Let me suggest a path:1. Recognize the possibility of Temptation. Matthew 24:43 reminds us that forewarned is forearmed. We must never all into the trap of false security that “I will never be tempted.”2. Request Help in Time of Temptation. The Lord told the disciples in Matthew 16:41 to watch and pray that ye enter not into temptation. We should ask God to make us sensitive to that moment of awareness, and then choose to take the way of escape (1 Corinthians 10:13)3. Resist the Devil and He will Flee from you (James 4:7). To do this we must know the Word of God be willing to be obedient to it. Even if obedience is hard.4. Retreat from certain kinds of temptations. (1 Cor. 10:14; 6:18; 1 Tim. 6:10-11). Wise believers recognize that there are degrees of difference in the perils we face. There is a time to resist and a time to retreat.5. … READ MORE