Scripture: See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many. -Hebrews 12:15 Additional Reading: Proverbs 18:14, Isaiah 43:18–19, Ephesians 4:31, Matthew 6:14–15, Job 5:2, Psalm 147:3 Intro: Bitterness doesn’t begin as rebellion. It begins as unresolved pain . Most people don’t wake up deciding to become bitter. It happens quietly—when a wound is ignored, when a conversation is avoided, when pain is rehe