Power Point with Jack Graham

Jack Graham - The Freedom To Let Go

November 23, 2025 | 29:29

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Power Point with Jack Graham | Jack Graham - The Freedom To Let Go | November 23, 2025

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Of deadlines, the burden of caring for others - it all can
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Add up. but here's what i've discovered. god has never
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♪♪♪
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There is no person that god cannot save!
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There is no promise that god will not keep!
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There is nothing that our god cannot do!
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You know if you are a parent or grandparent of a small child,
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You probably know by now... can't get it out of your
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Head... the frozen theme song [laughter] "let it go..." come
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On. "let it go, can't hold it back anymore. turn around, slam
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The door, [crowd response] [pastor chuckles] alright...
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Let it go." well maybe not so much. you got to catch up with
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Your kids a little bit on "let it go."
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But, let it go. now we are in a culture... really a generation
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That is about to lose it and we talk a lot about different
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Kinds... categories of anger and even rage. we all battle
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This. it is frustrating, isn't it? in fact, i'm mad about it!
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That i keep fighting this thing!
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Well, the scripture is clear that anger must be laid aside.
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Let it go. there are some scriptures that i want to show
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You. for example, james 1:19 to 20 says, “no this, my beloved
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Brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak,
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Slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the
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Righteousness of god.” if your goal as a follower of jesus is
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To reproduce the righteousness of god, then you must be
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Willing to lay aside anger.
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Psalm 37, verse 8: it's the clear commandment, as we're
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Often commanded in the scriptures not to be angry.
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"refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! (forsake... let
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It go!) fret not yourself; it only leads to evil."
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And then the primary passage that i'm going to talk about
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Today is ephesians 4. so open your bibles for sure to
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Ephesians chapter 4. if you don't have a bible, look on the
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Screen. but ephesians 4:26 says:
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26) be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your
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Anger, 27) and give no opportunity to the devil.”
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And then down to verse 30:
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30) and do not grieve the holy spirit of god. (you want to
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Know what saddens the spirit of god? you want to know what
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Hurts the heart of god?) let all bitterness and wrath and
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Anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, (let it go.)
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Along with all malice. (and do what?) 32) be kind to one
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Another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as god
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In christ has forgiven you.”
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Yes, god cares about our temperaments. god cares about
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Our personalities. when christ comes to live in our lives, he
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Wants to transform the way we think, and therefore, the way
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We act. and so we need to let go of any addiction we have to
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Anger. how do you do that? we confront it, we confess it, we
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Control it, and we conquer it. and i want to show you how.
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First, we must confront our anger. own it. you can't keep
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Saying, “it's just the way i am”, if you're a follower of
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Jesus. you can't keep saying, “well, it's genetic”, “well, my
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Dad had a red hot temper” or “i'm just a red-blooded
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American.” “i'm hot headed,” or “i'm irish” or “i'm a type a.”
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You have to see it and say it for what it is; own it. stop
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Saying, “well, stuff just makes me angry. people make me
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Angry.” nobody can make you angry. you are the only one who
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Can make you angry!
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But you can't kill the giant of anger until you confront it.
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You can't change it until you confront it. confront it for
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Not just a simple emotional problem, but a real problem for
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Your life, because in losing it you can lose everything. if you
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Are embittered or enslaved you can lose your health, you can
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Lose your wealth, you can lose your family, you can lose your
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Friends, you can lose your job! you'll certainly lose your joy!
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You'll lose respect. you want your children to honor you as a
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Mom, as a dad, and yet you're running around in a rage,
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Blowing it, losing it! you can lose your testimony because of
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Anger at the office, in the neighborhood.
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Ask yourself, "why am i angry?" stop, the bible says as i noted
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A moment ago, "be slow to anger." instead of running
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Around like a black cat with a short fuse, ready to explode,
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Take a long fuse. that's what the holy spirit gives us, which
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Is patience. means long fuse. and slow down and stop and
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Think. proverbs 14:29 says, "whoever is slow to anger has
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Great understanding." proverbs 29:11... here's one from the
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New english bible translation, "a stupid man gives free rein
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To his anger; a wise man waits and lets it grow cool." a wise
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Man... a man of discretion, a woman of distinction is not hot
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Headed, not popping off. that's stupid.
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I was doing some reading regarding what it takes away.
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Hostility... physicians talk about the medical world talks
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About hostility and how it affects particularly the heart
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And the cardiovascular system. unresolved anger, silent rage,
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Outbursts of anger put you at risk for heart attacks. so when
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Someone says his blood was boiling, that's real.
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Adrenaline begins to shoot through your system, your
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Arteries constrict, and an angry spirit... a hostile heart
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Can be fatal. in fact, research at duke university has shown
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That quote: "anger is a more accurate predictor of dying
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Young than smoking." so if you're an angry smoker, good
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Luck with that! [laughter]
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I could keep going talking to you about the danger of this
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Stuff, what it does to you physically, emotionally, and
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Certainly spiritually.
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Did you know for example that the bible tells us that we're
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Not even to associate with angry people? that's right.
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Proverbs 22:24. look at it: “make no friendship with a man
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Given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man.” it's only going
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To blow up ultimately.
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Some people are angry with god. you've got your finger pointed
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Right at god because something happened, you were injured, you
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Were hurt, there was some injustice, some betrayal, some
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Tragedy, and you're blaming god. that's like blaming the
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Fire chief for the fire. you know, the devil is a bully. he
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Likes to pick fights and walk away, and have you blame
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Somebody else. the world is on fire, for sure. there is
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Suffering and there is evil, but it is the result of
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Rebellion and sin, not by the hand of god. and when you are
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In trouble... when you are in... in tragedy for your life,
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Don't... don't blame god. he's the one you need! you need his
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Help.
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I promise you god is loving, god is good, god is just! he's
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Going to bring out even of tragedies ultimately triumph.
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You need to hang on and hope and trust in god even when
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You... when you're having a hard time doing it. say, like
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Job, "lord, even though you slay me, i will trust in you!"
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And what anger can do to you is ultimately sink in and... one
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Of the words that we haven't used a lot in this series is a
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Stronghold. we're talking about breaking chains. well, a
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Stronghold is when a certain sin or a kind of behavior
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Becomes addictive or it grips you and will not let you go.
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That's a satanic stronghold. it can be an emotional bondage in
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Your life. and these strongholds must be torn down
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And they can be and they will be in christ.
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But you have to be willing to confront it, this anger, and
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Confess it. don't repress it-- that's just anger turned
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Inside. don't express it—maybe you've heard along the way
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Somebody “well, the best way to get rid of your anger is just
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Let it go, just express it!” there's not one shred of
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Evidence to demonstrate that that's a good way to deal with
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Anger. go pound your fist into the wall or whatever.
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Don't repress it, don't express it, but confess it! god
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Commands us not to be angry! and if god commands us not to
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Do something, he enables us to keep that commandment. god
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Would never ask you to do something that you couldn't do.
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So, yes, you can confront your anger! yes, you can confess it!
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Yes, you can, by god's grace, control it! lest you hang on to
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Your hate and you become caustic and bitter and an angry
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Old person!
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You know, there's nothing... there's nothing more disturbing
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Than to see a miserable, angry older adult who just held on
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Through the years to all the stuff; an unforgiving,
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Unrelenting, judgmental, caustic attitude that makes
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Everybody around them miserable. but, hey, teenagers
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Can have that same attitude. you don't want to be that kind
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Of person.
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In fact, ephesians 4:26 says, if you want to control your
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Anger, don't let the sun go down on your wrath, lest you
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Give place or opportunity to the devil. don't let the sun go
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Down on your wrath. that means... example... husband and
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Wife are having an argument. tempers are beginning to flare.
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Voices are beginning to rise. there's anger. it's one of
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Those discussions that's heard several houses down in your
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Neighborhood, right? and you get angry! and instead of
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Dealing with it and deleting it, by asking forgiveness, by
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Saying i'm sorry, you go to bed angry. you go to sleep angry,
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Back to back! and there's something about anger that
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Seethes and boils and grows. a root of bitterness can set in,
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Which produces a fruit of bitterness, and if you keep...
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If you keep harboring unresolved conflicts...
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Why... why do divorces end up happening? for the most part
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Because of unresolved conflict. conflict that doesn't get
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Settled. and for christians we have a way of settling it and
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It is in the power of christ as we learn how to love one
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Another. but don't let the sun go down on your wrath. so
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Before you go to bed, before you go to sleep, if you... if
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You're angry, you need to settle that with whoever you
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Are angry with, if at all possible, but certainly settle
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It in your own heart. because if you don't, husbands, wives,
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You go to bed angry, bitterness starts to grow, and you give
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Place, the scripture says there, to the devil. that means
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You invite the devil in! you get angry and you don't resolve
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It, you're saying "devil, come and sleep in our bed, sit at
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Our table, hang out with our kids! welcome here, devil!"
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You're giving a place, an opportunity for the devil to
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Move in your life. i'm telling you anger is a serious thing!
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And so when you get angry and you don't settle it, bitterness
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Can begin to grow.
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That's why the bible says, "don't let any root of
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Bitterness..." this is hebrews 12:15 and 16. "beware, lest any
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Root of bitterness springs up and causes trouble, that it may
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Defile your soul." bitterness, what is bitterness? it's
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Repressed anger; someone hurts you... someone disappoints you
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And you feel justified in your anger. you begin to see that
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Ultimately if you don't deal with it, it can even turn to
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Malice or hate. oh, you wouldn't call it hate because
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You're blinded by the bitterness and blinded by the
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Tears. and it begins to impact you every day because now
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You're in bondage. it impacts your identity and your
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Mentality, your personality, and even your spirituality. and
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You just keep fanning the flames of this fire.
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You become profane. romans 3:14 says “they're mouths are full
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Of cursing and bitterness.” you get bitter, you start
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Profaning. profanity is a clear sign of anger in the heart.
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Immorality, anger causes immorality? sure, it does.
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Hebrews 12:15 says, “beware, lest you have this root of
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Bitterness that it may defile your soul.” and then it speaks
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Of immorality. if you get bitter and angry, finally you
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Just give up and you say i'm going to please myself and do
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Whatever i want to do. certainly, it can lead to all
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Kinds of defilement.
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So confront it, confess it, and control it, and conquer it?
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How? the gospel! the answer for anger is the gospel of jesus
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Christ which is forgiveness! forgiving undeserving, but
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Repentant people. forgiveness is the key to breaking this
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Chain. when jesus died on the cross he spoke with bloodly
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Lips these words to the very men who were crucifying,
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"father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do." and
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So, ephesians 4:32 says that we are to forgive as we ... as
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Christ has forgiven us. you see that there? verse 32, ephesians
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4. "be kind, tenderhearted, loving, forgiving, as christ
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Has forgiven you."
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To forgive means that you release your right to dwell on
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The offense. forgiveness is giving up my right to hate you
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For hurting me. let me say that again. forgiveness is giving up
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My right to hate you for hurting me. for some of you,
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Anger and bitterness is the chain hanging around your neck,
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And with that chain you are dragging around for your life
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The person who offended you. on the end of that chain, you're
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Dragging around the past or the person that broke your heart,
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That betrayed you, that hurt you. but when you get free in
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Jesus... when you let go... let it go and lay it down, you
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Break the chain! you cut it loose along with the offender.
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Now forgiveness is often misunderstood. forgiving and
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Letting go does not mean you give up on justice. in fact,
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You can seek justice, while at the same time seeking
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Forgiveness. you can seek legal action under the law, while at
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The same time forgiving. letting go does not mean giving
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Up your rights to justice. but it does mean you leave justice
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To god.
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Romans 12:19. this is a verse that meant so much to me when i
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Was dealing with the anger over the murder of my father in
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1970. and this verse challenges me to do what i'm challenging
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You to do today, and that is to never seek revenge. it never is
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Right to do wrong. you can't undo a wrong by payback. and
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That's why verse 19 of romans 12 says, "beloved, never avenge
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Yourselves but leave it... let it go... to the wrath of god,
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For it written, 'vengeance is mine, i will repay,' says the
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Lord." god will do a much better job of repaying an
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Unrepentant offender than you possibly could.
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Rise above the revenge because revenge only brings you down.
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You can trust god to make things right. you can! he will!
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Forgiveness is not the same as forgetting. forgetting the
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Offense... that's impossible. god would never ask you to do
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Something impossible, would he? no. [you] say, "well, what
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About that verse which says when god forgives, he forgets."
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Well, that doesn't mean that god has some kind of holy
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Amnesia and totally forgets about it. of course not! when
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It says god forgets, that means he chooses not to remember it.
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He chooses not to hold it against us.
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And so to forgive is not the same as forgetting. it doesn't
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Mean you enable sin. forgiveness is not enabling sin
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Or in any way endorsing the sinner. you must always be
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Truthful in confronting sin. that's what god does.
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Forgiveness is not denying that a sin or offense has taken
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Place. it doesn't mean, you know, god doesn't say, you
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Know, "well, it's not big deal. you shouldn't be worried
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About... well, you know, i, you know, you nearly killed me but
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That's no big deal." no. that's not forgiveness. forgiveness is
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Not covering sin that is committed... committed against
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Us. as i said, it's possible to forgive and then to seek
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Action... legal action under the laws of god.
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Forgiveness is letting go! and it's like one person said, “i
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Let the prisoner go free, and when i did, i realized the
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Prisoner was me.” you set yourself free when you forgive.
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Forgiveness, you see, is leaving justice in god's hands.
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It's walking in love and forgiveness. it's letting go
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And moving on in your life in the power of jesus.
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♪♪♪
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Hello, everyone. pastor jack graham here, and i want to
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Personally invite you to join me for something very special.
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This won't be just a tour. it will be a spiritual journey,
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Really. i'll be opening god's word along the way, teaching us
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About the spiritual foundations, the biblical
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Foundations of our nation, and the hope that we have for the
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Jack Graham - The Freedom To Let Go

November 23, 2025 | 29:29

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