Self-pity is a prison theater cell.
Recently a adult woman emailed to nation me I was a "fraud" together with my devotion “Open Wide Your Mouth” was a lie.
In rude, angry, bitter words she listed her problems, insisting God doesn't answer prayer.
I wrote back, told her I was sad close her difficulties, assured her God wanted to help, together with told her I’d pray for her. I every bit good told her she’d require to hand upwardly her anger together with bitterness to brand room for God's salvation together with comfort.
When she replied amongst angry profanity, I realized she was quite committed to staying inwards her prison theater prison cellular telephone of self-pity.
At times, I’ve chosen that prison theater cellular telephone myself.
But it’s non mistreatment or difficulty that puts us there.
Cells of self-pity are locked from the inside.
The telephone substitution is e'er available together with bears this inscription: "Whoever wants to hold upwardly my disciple must deny themselves together with stimulate got upwardly their cross daily together with follow me" (Luke 9:23).
Self-pity is self-imprisonment. Let's non instruct there!
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Today's Bite Size Bible Study on this devotion volition assistance you lot position the motility together with effects of self-pity together with thence you lot tin avoid it.