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How to Control Your. Anger. Love. “is not easily provoked” 1 Cor. 13:5. To arouse to a feeling or action To incite to anger. ESV “it is not irritable or resentful” BBE “it is not quickly made angry”. Love. “is not easily provoked” 1 Cor. 13:5. Anger. Murders Abused family
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How to Control Your Anger
Love “is not easily provoked” 1 Cor. 13:5 To arouse to a feeling or action To incite to anger ESV “it is not irritable or resentful” BBE “it is not quickly made angry”
Love “is not easily provoked” 1 Cor. 13:5 Anger Murders Abused family Road Rage 262 Times
Commit to Controlling Anger “An angry man stirs up strife, And a furious man abounds in transgression.” Prov.29:22 Anger problem ? Determined by the way we feel We can control our anger
I count the cost of Anger “A hot-tempered man stirs up strife” Pr.15:18 “He who has a quick temper displays folly” 14:29 “A quick-tempered man acts foolishly” Pro.14:17 “He who troubles his own house will inherit the wind.” Pro. 11:29 anger D
Anger Resentment, wrath, indignation, fury, rage “A strong feeling excited by real or supposed injury; often accompanied by a desire to take vengeance, or to obtain satisfaction from the offending party.”
Think before throwing a Tantrum “A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back.” Pro. 29:11 ESV • Keeps under control • Child needs correction = “time out” • “When you get angry, count to ten. When you are really angry, count to a hundred.” • “Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.” Pr. 19:11 Delay
Need to communicate my Anger "Be angry, and do not sin” Eph. 4:26 NKJV Is all anger sin? NO ! “A fool vents all his feelings, But a wise man holds them back.” Pro. 29:11 NKJV Psychologists tell us to get it off our chest ! Problem – it does not work !
Must Retrain my Mind “be transformed by the renewing of your mind” Romans 12:2 The way you act is determined by the way you feel. Feelings are changed by your thinking ! Transform = “metamorphoo” - change
Associate with people who manage their anger “Do not make friends with a hot-tempered man, do not associate with one easily angered, or you may learn his ways and get yourself ensnared.” Pro. 22:24 Anger is contagious Fellowship / friends with Christians Helps
Jesus How to Control Your Anger “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you.” John 14:27
Love “is not easily provoked” 1 Cor. 13:5 • Control my anger • It is costly to get angry • Think rather than throw a tantrum • Communicate my anger • Retrain my mind • Associate with people who manage anger
Sermon by Arthur Pigman Evans Church of Christ 515 Gibbs Road Evans, Ga. 30809 706-855-1249 evanscoc@bellsouth.net www.evansgachurchofchrist.org Sunday Morning Feb. 13, 2011