Keeping tender Hearts - Paul M. Williams

Ephesians 4:31-32 So many in the earth begin life as bubbling happy youngsters, not a care in the world, unaware of the big bad world that they're about to enter!  Yet, by the time they've reached their 30's and 40's, that youthful optimism has pretty much been blown out of the water and aged cynicism has begun to set in.  Naivety has given way to suspicion and by the time they reach their later years, full-blown pessimism has pretty much taken over every thought. As a Christian, I don't ever want to become a cynic let alone a pessimist!  Yet, as the years pass so also do the offences committed against us.  The challenge facing every one of us as believers is to not allow our hearts to become hard so as to lose the tenderness.  This sermon digs into the Word of God and presents to the believer, the grace and power that is in Christ which allows us to overcome the sins of resentment, bitterness, and unforgiveness.