Who's a little bit excited to be in church today at all of my

locations? It is great to have you with us. We're in a message series called

The Grudge. I want to warn you today could be a little bit challenging. The good

news is how many of you know that oftentimes in life the best things are on the

other side of the difficult things. Today we may talk about some things that are

a little bit difficult but I believe the best things are to come. If you were with

us last week we started our message series called The Grudge and we talked about

overcoming the smaller offenses that hold us back and weigh us down. The good news

is we're getting over it. If you're over it say I'm over it. I'm over it. I'm over

it. Next week we're going to talk about something that I believe will impact a

lot of people. We're actually going to talk about forgiving God. Now if you're

technical I think it would be fair to say we never really forgive God because God

doesn't sin but there are a lot of people and maybe some of you who feel like

God let them down. God didn't do what he could have done or got allowed

something that you think God shouldn't have allowed and there are some of us

that are actually holding a grudge against God and we're going to talk about

reconciling with God next week. In the final week we're going to talk about

something I don't think I've heard any messages on before but we're going to

talk about forgiving yourself. There are so many people that I believe may

know the grace of Jesus and say okay yes I believe God can forgive someone

else or maybe God forgave me but I just can't seem to let it go. I'm still

carrying the guilt and the shame of something that I did in the past and we're

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