5 Bible Verses PLUS an Everyday Story About Controlling Anger …
I am angry!
Angry about what, you ask?
Let me count the ways…
I am angry about social Media!
My friend posted something with which I totally disagree!
That’s what he thinks?
Really?
Maybe we shouldn’t be friends anymore…
Who could possibly think like my friend?
Oh. Wait.
The post has gone viral….
And almost everybody agrees with him.
Well that makes me really angry!
I can’t wait to tell my wife…
She’ll be angry too, when she hears!
I am angry about the News!
What did that senator say?
What is the news anchor saying now?
I am angry about what they said!
What’s that?
Now they are quoting a poll?
65% agree with what they are saying?
It’s only a little after 9 in the morning and I am angry…
Angry at the world…
And ready to spread my anger.
My anger flows out of me like an endless river…
Which reminds me of a Bible verse…
Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” John 7:38
Was anger what Jesus had in mind in that verse?
Uh…Probably not…
But still…
I am angry!
A lot of my friends will be angry too, when I tell them what I heard…
Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered, or you may learn their ways… Proverbs 22:24-25
But I can’t wait to tell my friends…
Don’t sin by letting anger control you. Think about it overnight and remain silent. Psalm 4:4
That’s good advice…
But seriously…
How am I supposed to be able to do those things?
I can do all this through him who gives me strength. Philippians 4:13
He’ll have to give me strength, because right now I feel pretty weak in my ability to do what He wants…
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 2 Corinthians 12:9
