So I wonder where we're at? What bitter experience or disappointing experience are you facing? What trouble, difficulty, setback are you facing? Think about that; what is it? It'll be a situation of some kind, and then when you think about it, what is manifesting in your heart? What kind of response are you making? Do you hear praises to God, and gratitude to God? Do we hear gracious words flowing out of your heart; or is there a bitterness flowing out? There's a judgement, there's a demand someone else has got to do something, someone else has got to change, something else. Is there a demanding thing that comes through? What is coming out of your mouth? And if there's bitterness in your heart, you just need to face it, say: God, cleanse my heart from every trace, every root of this bitterness. Lord, heal me - and you notice what He said. This was for the healing, and God reveals Himself, not only as the one who saves people, but the one who heals the bitter lives, the lives that have been wrecked by bitter experiences. He's the God who heals the broken heart, He's the God who heals people of their diseases, He is the God who is the healer.
So they experienced of His God, their saviour. Now He says: but I can heal you. I know you've been through some tough stuff. You've had all this bondage, and people have abused you and done terrible things, and you've got all this bitterness and grief and sorrow, but I can heal it. That healing is by way of the cross. You've just got to be willing to come to the cross.