Πως να απαλλαχθουμε απο τις Πικριες
Μια ουσιωδης αρχη της ζωης στην Βασιλεια ειναι η συγχωρηση των αλλων. Ενω το κεντρικο ελατηριο για να συγχωρουμε αλλους ειναι το γεγονος οτι εμεις οι ιδιοι εχουμε συγχωρηθει απο τον Θεο, υπαρχουν μερικα αλλα πραγματα που πρεπει να κοιταξουμε και που μπορουν ισως να μας βοηθησουν οταν αντιμετωπιζουμε αυτο το προβλημα.
Η αιτια που κραταμε εχθρες και πικριες ειναι ενας ευθικτος μη παραδομενος εαυτος. Να το θυμασαι αυτο-ισως να σε βοηθησει να χειριστεις πιο αποτελεσματικα το προβλημα. Το γεγονος οτι κραταμε πικρια δειχνει οτι εχουμε εναν εαυτο που ειναι υπερευαισθητος., γιατι δεν παραδοθηκε στο θελημα του Θεου. Γι' αυτο να μη ριχνεις το βαρος στο συμπτωμα- την πικρια, αλλα πηγαινε κατ' ευθειαν στη ριζα του κακου-τον μη παραδομενο εαυτο.
Εξετασε μηπως η πικρια σου η η απροθυμια σου να συγχωρεις εχει τις ριζες της σε μια φανταστικη προσβολη η εξυβριση. Ενα υπερευαισθητο ατομο φανταζεται οτι οταν δυο η τρεις ανθρωποι κλεινονται και συζητουν ιδιαιτερα, μιλουν γι' αυτον και ετσι βλεπει μεσα σε πραξεις και λογια πραγματα για τα οποια δεν υπηρχε καμμια προθεση. Ελεγξε τις στασεις σου τιμια και ζητησε απο τον Θεο βοηθεια για να αντιμετωπισεις αυτο το προβλημα μια για παντα.
Προσευχου για εκεινους που σε πληγωσαν και εθιξαν-καθε φορα που σκεφτεσαι καποιον που σε εθιξε η σε πληγωσε να μετατρεπονται οι σκεψεις σου σε προσευχη γι' αυτους. Απαξ και κανεις τον νου σου να καταλαβει αυτην την αρχη δεν θα εχεις εχθρους πια- γιατι δεν θα εχεις πια εχθρα.
                          Πραξεις

The Race of Faith  (Hebrews 12:1-2).
Notice that the above verses follow Chapter 11, The Heroes of Faith. Here in these verses, the
race is likened to a stadium where the athletes run to win an unperishable crown watched by a
crowd of spectators-the heroes of Faith.
The Apostle Paul in 2 Tim.4:6-8 says, 'I have fought a good fight....' . Our fight, as believers, is a good fight, as opposed to the fight of the people of the world.
Many enter the Race but not all finish well. It is easy to give up when beset  by problems and discouragement. Paul, writing to the Galatian believers when they were faced with many problems, told them, ' You ran well.....' .
The Aim of the Race. The finishing line. Keep your eyes on it. What is our Aim? JESUS, 'The Author and Finisher of our Faith' .Keep your eyes on Him, not on the crowd.
To run well and finish there are three conditions to be met (v.1).
1.Free from weights.  Not necessarily sins but usually small things in our Christian lives that can hinder our spiritual walk (bad temper, evil thoughts, habits, criticizing, and many more).
Eccl.10:1, speaks about small things that can spoil something expensive or precious,
1 Cor.5:6-8, warns about Leaven in our lives that can inflate us spiritually. We normally see the big things in our lives but not the little ones that can spoil our spiritual progress, 'Take us the little foxes that spoil....'.Song of Solomon
2.Free from Sin. Sin is usually more obvious; but not always so. There are often sins hidden in our hearts, even from our youth that were never dealt with which can spring up to trouble us. We need to open our hearts to the Holy Spirit so that they are exposed to His eye and receive cleansing, Ps.139:23-24. Sin will bring us down and end the Race for us. We shall be disqualified from the Race of Faith.
3.Run with patience. Impatience, the common cause for many workers for the Gospel.
King Saul was rejected by God because he failed on this point - Pride. It is illogical to run a race patiently. It is against the standards and logic of the world but God says in Is. 55, 'My ways are not your ways' .
We cannot conform to the world's ideas and standards and expect to be successful, 'We walk by Faith not by Sight'. Many Churches copy the world's ideas and they think they are progressing in the Faith.
Are you in the Race of Faith today? Keep your eye on Jesus The One who ran the Race before us
and finished Victorious.

READINESS   Matt.24:42-51.

'BE ALSO READY' . The Command of Christ concerning His Coming.
There is great delusion in the Church of Christ. Many believers think that when Christ appears again to Rapture His Church, they will automatically be taken to Heaven.
The command in these verses above leaves us with no doubt that this is NOT so. We are told plainly to be READY. The Greek word in the Text implies Preparation. We have to consider Two statements in Christ's command.
1. God does not need to get Ready.
2. The believers need to get Ready for His coming.
What does it mean to be Ready?
It means to be in a state of preparedness for the greatest event in the history of mankind so that when Christ comes He will find us fit for Heaven.
What does this Readiness involve?
Keeping a constant watch so that when Christ appears we shall be snatched out of this world of evil and taken to Heaven. Those whose lives are tied up with this world and love the world will find it difficult to disengage from the world and its affection. Remember Lot's wife?
People often say, when you confront them with the question about not loving the world, 'I do not love the world' but they do not admit that they desire the things of the world and what the world offers. Where does our allegiance lie? What are our priorities in our Christian lives? Will the pull of this world with its involvement be too heavy on us to suddenly pull off its yoke at that moment when Christ appears?
In Luke 21:34, the Lord gave a solemn warning. There are three conditions we need to watch closely:
1. Carousing/Surfeiting.
2. Drunkenness.
3. Cares of this Life.
'Take Care', Christ warned, that your hearts are not overcharged by any or all of these three states.
CAROUSING: Heavily involved in the affairs of this world.
DRUNKENNESS: Taking an intoxicating substance that will control my life and actions. Abundant involvement in the things of this world can do the same as an overdose of alcohol does in my life. I lose control of my actions.
CARES OF THIS LIFE: Everybody has some kind of Care, some small, some big, old or young, important or unimportant. We cannot afford to let cares overtake our lives, however good they may be. They act as poison in our systems. Remember the words of Christ in Matt.6:25-34? Cares can kill our spiritual life by distracting us from the more important issues of life, if we do not watch.
Following His warning in the verses above (Matt.24) the Lord goes on to deliver more serious warnings about the neglect of Readiness in the Church.
The servant who mistakes His Lord's delayed return resorts to misbehaviour and neglect of duties. We are accountable to God for our conduct in the Church. Paul, the Apostle, in 2 Cor.5:10 warns about our responsibilities in our Christian lives, a subject we are often uncomfortable with.
Peter, the Apostle, also warns about the same subject in 1 Pet.4:17.
Finally, we cannot avoid the message of the Parable in Matt.25:1-13 the five unwise virgins whose foolish way of Christian living cost them a place in Eternity. We cannot afford to live our Christian lives carelessly. The coming of Christ is a far more important event than the pleasures of this life. Don't miss it!
We read of Moses that he 'Esteemed the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt....' Heb.11:26.
WATCH AND BE READY.