The Barrier of Bitterness

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🗓️ 22 June 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Bitterness creeps into our hearts and grows into resentment, unforgiveness, and hatred. It stagnates our sanctification, but with a perspective shift, the bitter becomes sweet and turns into resilience.

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0:00.0	You're listening to audio from the Village Church.
0:02.5	If you'd like to check out more resources or give to our ministry, please visit us at
0:06.8	the Villagechurch.net.
0:10.4	Good morning, church.
0:12.1	My name is Ryan Rosek, and I have the privilege of serving as an intern this summer in our student
0:19.2	ministry.
0:24.6	Thank you. serving as an intern this summer in our student ministry. There was a time in my life when I was empty.
0:31.6	I was seeking the approval of others and just the things of the world and validation in those things.
0:40.6	And then in college I encountered Jesus and I began to, I found more peace and joy in him
0:51.2	because I know that my fulfillment and my approval came from what he did on the cross and who he is.
1:02.2	Today's passage will be in Ruth chapter 1, verse 20 and 21.
1:08.5	Don't call me Naomi. Call me Mara, she answered.
1:12.2	For the Almighty has made me very bitter.
1:14.7	I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty.
1:19.1	Why do you call me Naomi, since the Lord has opposed me and the Almighty has afflicted me?
1:25.3	This is the word of the Lord.
1:26.6	Thank you, God. mighty has afflicted me. This is the word of the Lord.
1:39.5	Hello, church. I know it's just right there. I'm actually not preaching today.
1:48.2	Not yet. But here, I have the honor of introducing a friend, a brother, a writer, a theologian,
1:56.7	a pastor, an author. He is a co-host on a podcast with Lisa Turquhart and Jim Kress.
2:04.5	He also is married to Brittany and has four children, amazing children, and they have a German shepherd named Lady.
2:08.0	And he's not an unfamiliar face to us.
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