0596 Waters of Mara

Waters of Mara Exodus 15 Deliverance - Dryness - Disappointment Israel had no water but now problem is water is bitter When you can't enjoy what you find Single>Marriage; Barren>Children; Unemployment>stress; Be thankful for every water that you can enjoy Don't drink bitter water so that you don't become bitter person Bitter water you can't control, bitter person you do Bitterness is acid that always destroys its container Betrayal is external; bitterness is internal Betrayal is what others do to you, bitterness is what you do to yourself When your water is bitter, make sure your heart is not When life is bitter drink from sweet fountain of Gods word Water is healed, heart never got cured Bitter water will not kill you but bitter heart will Naomi - bitter life now Don't let your situation change your confession Identity is not tied to my reality When we let life define God, at best we will be limited, at worse we will be deceived life is bitter, don't let yor confession be bitter Faith is not always bridge but path Throw the Tree - Find Power to Deal with It Bitterness started at the tree; Sweetness originates at the tree Get to the cross, not grow yourself Our thorns Right for sweet life is in the cross The power to kill bitterness is in the cross Look to his cross not yours The second most toured home in America is in Memphis Tennessee.It’s the 23 room home of the King of Rock and Roll - Elvis Presley. (Graceland is toured by hundreds of people every day. It is a combination of the home, an amusement park and an historic site. 15 million dollars a year is brought in by those visiting and looking at the cars, clothes, airplanes, records. And few people in his time made as much money as quickly as he did. Certainly no one else had so much fame and popularity. Elvis seemed to have it all. money, airplanes, cars, mansions. But what is all that stuff? It’s THINGS And if you go 50 yards from the back door of Graceland you find a tombstone. Aug. 16, 1977, 42 years old. An overdose of pills. Depression. He was so drugged in the last days of his life that he passed out while he was eating dinner alone and he nearly drown when his face fell in his bowl of soup. THINGS did not do it for him. And though he had as much as anybody, he said at one point, "I would give a million dollars for one day of peace."