Proverbs 19:3 A person’s own folly leads to their ruin, yet their heart rages against the LORD. Have you ever noticed how other people, certainly not you or I, but other people want to avoid taking responsibility for their decisions? They can be standing there with the piston in their hand, gun residue on their clothing, cellContinue reading “Misplaced Anger”
Tag Archives: Anger
Return Trips
Mark 11:12-25 Have you ever gone back to a place and found it very different from what it was before? You have memories of the place, but when you arrive, it is nothing like your memory. You wonder if your mind could have been playing games with you. Or maybe you have the wrongContinue reading “Return Trips”
Hard Heart
Mark 4:15 Have you ever met anyone who seems really cold and distant, untouched by emotions, both positive and negative emotions? They seem to float through social situation without ever really being touched by other’s stories and experiences. They might be the kind of person who never takes any risks. They live lifeContinue reading “Hard Heart”
Angry!
Mark 3:5-6 What do we do with our powerful emotions? I mean the ones that drive us to action. How do we handle them? We all have powerful emotions. Some of us learned that expressing those emotions can be dangerous, physically, emotionally, psychologically and spiritually. If we showed our emotions, we were disciplined evenContinue reading “Angry!”
Pressure Relief Valve
Proverbs 15:18 Some people have a way of stirring up trouble. When they enter a room, or when they come into a new situation, they seem to find the center of the record and start it spinning. They don’t seem to be happy, and of course they never really are happy, unless they canContinue reading “Pressure Relief Valve”
Relational Shock Absorber
Proverbs 15:1 This proverb is one of the most obvious truths, but one that is very difficult to carry out in our lives. It is a challenge to not reply to an angry accusation with anger. When we feel attacked, we most often want to attack back. We use this counter-attack to create aContinue reading “Relational Shock Absorber”
Explosion
Proverbs 14:16-17 Getting a handle on our anger can be difficult process. I do know one thing, letting our anger control our behavior can be very detrimental to our relationships and reputation as a Jesus-follower. Anger can even destroy us. There is a role for anger in our lives. Anger is, after all, a God-givenContinue reading “Explosion”
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