In this Issue we take a look at anger management! I’m Sure you’ve No Idea what I’m talking about

“Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice” Ephesians 4:31

Anger, in this the year 2008 it is a formidable staple in people’s lives all across the globe, from Bangkok to L.A. It doesn’t matter where or who you are anger is not barred from you. And it shouldn’t be, God allowed us this emotion because it is part of what creates great passion in men and women. Passion and anger can be so strong that people can often confuse the two, though they are not interchangeable, What do i mean by that? Well its simple really, think about it for a moment, the time you get angry, is it because of selfish ambition? Now before you say I’ve gone off my rocker, just pause for a moment and ask yourself, in today’s world most of the times when people get angry there is way out of the situation, a door of escape if you will. And before you jump on my back with a nay-say stick remember all those times you got steaming mad, and it boils into anger, there is a process there, from the object of our anger to the boiling point thereof. This is how i think selfish ambition may get in the way, simply because overt anger is an act of the flesh, and if we year for the things of the flesh in this case it is Overt/Brazen Anger then we in an attempt increase our selves and reduce God within us, and in turn we display a small piece of selfish ambition. when it should be the absolute opposite. Now let’s be blear, notice the terms Overt and Brazen before the word anger, this is there because the bible says we should “be angry and sin not” Ephesians 4:26 Some of s are probably thinking “What?! How”

This leads us to todays second Word of study, it comes from Philippians 2:3 “Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind…”

You see, sometimes you have to speak to that which is ailing you, that which has you held you captive over the years, decades’ or maybe it has held you for a lifetime. But i say to enough is enough, and its time for a change. Remember, this battle is not yours it is the Lord’s, for we are not strong enough to go it alone, when we believe that we can get through it, the enemy knows now that its time to bring the lumber because that man/woman stands alone. The only way to be free is to fall into the arms of the Lord, allow him to wash clean these crimson stains of anger. You need the help, don’t say to yourself, “i don’t get that angry” I thought so too! It started as just an internal boiling, then it began to manifest itself in tiny little snickering comments, then it grew to outright meanness, then to little outbursts and finally to the point where everything and everyone could do something to make me angry at any give moment. I am convinced that overt and inherent anger is more than flesh and blood that we struggle with.

Now when you make the decision to give it to the Lord, this is not some sort of microwavable process, because it has to be a learned response. Most people think that everything the Lord does will be this instantaneous miracle, but rather sometimes the Lord has to teach us something. We’ve all heard the old saying “Give a man a fish and he eats for a day, but teach a man how to fish, he eats for a lifetime” How then will we ever learn is God always zapped us a miracle, because sinfull man we are, we would simply run to him each time for another quick fix. God is not a crack dealer. Rather God is more interested in us having a more fulfilling and abundant life, so this being the case God is set on teaching us, in order that we can live abundantly for a lifetime! Be coachable and attain victory!

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