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How Deep is Your. Love?. TOP TEN THINGS THAT MAKE PEOPLE MAD Dig.com survey. 10. People who drive like idiots, especially those that slow down to look at something going on on the other side of the freeway. How Deep is Your. Love?. TOP TEN THINGS THAT MAKE PEOPLE MAD
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How Deep is Your Love?
TOP TEN THINGS THAT MAKE PEOPLE MAD Dig.com survey 10. People who drive like idiots, especially those that slow down to look at something going on on the other side of the freeway. How Deep is Your Love?
TOP TEN THINGS THAT MAKE PEOPLE MAD Dig.com survey 9. People who use their text messaging while they’re having a conversation with you. How Deep is Your Love?
TOP TEN THINGS THAT MAKE PEOPLE MAD Dig.com survey 8. People who talk during the movies. How Deep is Your Love?
TOP TEN THINGS THAT MAKE PEOPLE MAD Dig.com survey 7. Companies that make you scroll through a zillion options before you can speak to a live person. How Deep is Your Love?
TOP TEN THINGS THAT MAKE PEOPLE MAD Dig.com survey 6. People who smoke where they’re not supposed to. How Deep is Your Love?
TOP TEN THINGS THAT MAKE PEOPLE MAD Dig.com survey 4. Gossip. How Deep is Your Love?
TOP TEN THINGS THAT MAKE PEOPLE MAD Dig.com survey 3. Large SUV's with just a driver and no passengers. How Deep is Your Love?
TOP TEN THINGS THAT MAKE PEOPLE MAD Dig.com survey 2. People who are rude. How Deep is Your Love?
TOP TEN THINGS THAT MAKE PEOPLE MAD Dig.comsurvey 1. The number one reason on our survey that makes people mad? Themselves. How Deep is Your Love?
How Deep is Your Love?
4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 How Deep is Your Love?
How Deep is Your Love?
Aspects of Anger 4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. “sharpen” & “alongside” How Deep is Your Love?
Aspects of Anger 4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. “short tempered” How Deep is Your Love?
Aspects of Anger 4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 7Since an overseer is entrusted with God's work, he must be blameless—not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain.Titus 1:7 “short tempered” How Deep is Your Love?
Aspects of Anger Angry people are focused, not on others, but on themselves & their own comfort & convenience 4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 7Since an overseer is entrusted with God's work, he must be blameless—not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain.Titus 1:7 “short tempered” How Deep is Your Love?
Aspects of Anger 4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. How Deep is Your Love?
Aspects of Anger 4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. “calculate or to reckon” How Deep is Your Love?
Aspects of Anger 4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 1 When the time drew near for David to die, he gave a charge to Solomon his son. 2 "I am about to go the way of all the earth," he said. "So be strong, show yourself a man, 3 and observe what the LORD your God requires: Walk in his ways, and keep his decrees and commands, his laws and requirements, as written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you go, 4 and that the LORD may keep his promise to me: 'If your descendants watch how they live, and if they walk faithfully before me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.' 1 Kings 2:1-4 “calculate or to reckon” How Deep is Your Love?
Aspects of Anger 4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 5 "Now you yourself know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to the two commanders of Israel's armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. He killed them, shedding their blood in peacetime as if in battle, and with that blood stained the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet. 6 Deal with him according to your wisdom, but do not let his gray head go down to the grave [a] in peace. 7 "But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai of Gilead and let them be among those who eat at your table. They stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom. “calculate or to reckon” How Deep is Your Love?
Aspects of Anger 4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 8 "And remember, you have with you Shimei son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim, who called down bitter curses on me the day I went to Mahanaim. When he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD : 'I will not put you to death by the sword.' 9 But now, do not consider him innocent. You are a man of wisdom; you will know what to do to him. Bring his gray head down to the grave in blood." 1 Kings 2:5-9 “calculate or to reckon” How Deep is Your Love?
Aspects of Anger 4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. “No form of vice or worldliness nor greed of gold, nor drunkenness itself, does more to un-Christianize society than a bad temper. For embittering life, for breaking up communities, for destroying the most sacred relationships, for devastating homes, for taking the bloom off childhood, in short, for sheer gratuitous misery producing power, the influence of a bad temper stands all by itself alone.” Henry Drummond Proverbs 15:1; 1 A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. Proverbs 29:20; 20 Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him. Proverbs 17:14; 14 Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out. “calculate or to reckon” How Deep is Your Love?
Effects of Anger • Creates distance, both emotional & physical How Deep is Your Love?
Effects of Anger • Creates distance, both emotional & physical 33 The king was shaken. He went up to the room over the gateway and wept. As he went, he said: "O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you—O Absalom, my son, my son!" 2 Samuel 18:33 How Deep is Your Love?
Effects of Anger • Creates distance, both emotional & physical • Opens the door for all kind of violence & abuse How Deep is Your Love?
Effects of Anger • Creates distance, both emotional & physical • Opens the door for all kind of violence & abuse 19The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. Galatians 5:19-21 How Deep is Your Love?
Effects of Anger • Creates distance, both emotional & physical • Opens the door for all kind of violence & abuse • Opens the door for Satanic oppression How Deep is Your Love?
Effects of Anger • Creates distance, both emotional & physical • Opens the door for all kind of violence & abuse • Opens the door for Satanic oppression 26"In your anger do not sin": Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, 27and do not give the devil a foothold.Ephesians 4:26-27 How Deep is Your Love?
Effects of Anger • Creates distance, both emotional & physical • Opens the door for all kind of violence & abuse • Opens the door for Satanic oppression Depression Anxiety Bitterness Additions (Drugs, Pornography, Gambling, etc.) Obsessive Compulsive Activities Inability to stop thinking about people you don’t like Inability to stop worrying Inability to control violent urges 26"In your anger do not sin": Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, 27and do not give the devil a foothold.Ephesians 4:26-27 How Deep is Your Love?
Effects of Anger • Creates distance, both emotional & physical • Opens the door for all kind of violence & abuse • Opens the door for Satanic oppression • Can keep us from walking in the light & loving others How Deep is Your Love?
Effects of Anger • Creates distance, both emotional & physical • Opens the door for all kind of violence & abuse • Opens the door for Satanic oppression • Can keep us from walking in the light & loving others 9Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness. 10Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him[c] to make him stumble. 11But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness; he does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded him. 1 John 2:9-11 How Deep is Your Love?
Effects of Anger • Creates distance, both emotional & physical • Opens the door for all kind of violence & abuse • Opens the door for Satanic oppression • Can keep us from walking in the light & loving others How Deep is Your Love?
Anger Management Principles • Research the root reason for your anger How Deep is Your Love?
Anger Management Principles • I loved someone very much and that person died. • I don’t like my job. • I don’t have a job. • I was passed over for a promotion at work. • My spouse criticizes me too much. • My parents are not pleased with me. • I have to work too much. • My marriage failed (or is failing). • My spouse doesn’t understand me. • Research the root reason for your anger How Deep is Your Love?
Anger Management Principles • My kids don’t listen to me. • I can’t have my kids. • One of my children is in trouble (drugs, sex, etc.). • I can’t forgive myself for a big mistake I made. • My dad (or mom) left me when I was young. • My parents always belittled me. • I can’t forgive ______ for what he/she did to me. • Research the root reason for your anger How Deep is Your Love?
Anger Management Principles • Research the root reason for your anger • My friends don’t care • My kids don’t respect me • I’m adopted • I was abused as a child How Deep is Your Love?
Anger Management Principles • Research the root reason for your anger • Recover the lost art of listening How Deep is Your Love?
Anger Management Principles • Research the root reason for your anger • Recover the lost art of listening 19My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, 20for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires. James 4:19 How Deep is Your Love?
Anger Management Principles • Research the root reason for your anger • Recover the lost art of listening Proverbs 29:11 11 A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control. Proverbs 14:29; 29 A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man displays folly. Proverbs 15:18; 18 A hot-tempered man stirs up dissension, but a patient man calms a quarrel How Deep is Your Love?
Anger Management Principles • Research the root reason for your anger • Recover the lost art of listening Proverbs 29:11 11 A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control. Proverbs 14:29; 29 A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man displays folly. Proverbs 15:18; 18 A hot-tempered man stirs up dissension, but a patient man calms a quarrel • 9% of your time will be spent writing, • 16 % of your time will be spent reading, • 30% of your time will be spent speaking and • 45% of your time will be spent listening. How Deep is Your Love?
Anger Management Principles • Research the root reason for your anger • Recover the lost art of listening Proverbs 29:11 11 A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control. Proverbs 14:29; 29 A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man displays folly. Proverbs 15:18; 18 A hot-tempered man stirs up dissension, but a patient man calms a quarrel • Relax and clear your mind. • Direct your eyes and body towards the person speaking. • Avoid formulating what you are going to say until they have finished speaking. • Listen for intent as well as content. How Deep is Your Love?
Anger Management Principles • Research the root reason for your anger • Recover the lost art of listening • Resolve to speak softly How Deep is Your Love?
Anger Management Principles • Research the root reason for your anger • Recover the lost art of listening • Resolve to speak softly 1A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. Proverbs 15:1 How Deep is Your Love?
Anger Management Principles • Research the root reason for your anger • Recover the lost art of listening • Resolve to speak softly 4Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. Ephesians 6:4 How Deep is Your Love?
Anger Management Principles • Research the root reason for your anger • Recover the lost art of listening • Resolve to speak softly • Resign yourself to forgiving the one who has injured you. How Deep is Your Love?
Anger Management Principles • Research the root reason for your anger • Recover the lost art of listening • Resolve to speak softly • Resign yourself to forgiving the one who has injured you. Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Luke 6:37 How Deep is Your Love?
Anger Management Principles • Research the root reason for your anger • Recover the lost art of listening • Resolve to speak softly • Resign yourself to forgiving the one who has injured you. “release fully, to unbind or to let go” Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Luke 6:37 How Deep is Your Love?
Anger Management Principles • Research the root reason for your anger • Recover the lost art of listening • Resolve to speak softly • Resign yourself to forgiving the one who has injured you. Forgive – loose, set free” 43When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!" 44The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face. Jesus said to them, "Take off the grave clothes and let him go.“ John 11:44 How Deep is Your Love?
Anger Management Principles • Research the root reason for your anger • Recover the lost art of listening • Resolve to speak softly • Resign yourself to forgiving the one who has injured you. • Write it down. How Deep is Your Love?