Bible Study Angry? Check You Heartstrings...

[sjCohen]

Do you get angry...a lot? Does it seem like the world is full of an explosive energy that no matter what you do to disarm it, it only gets stronger and more controlling, enslaving your behavior?


Do you find yourself abusing others, manipulating and controlling them out of fear of being left alone; rejected? Do you snap at or are belligerent to those you confront? Do you find yourself out of control?


Does it feel like the world is closing in on you, crushing you, judging you, or causing you to fail; frustrated?


Understand this: Anger is an emotion that is ignited and fueled by the worlds temptations; nothing more. The temptations of this world (lust, sexual desire, position, ambition, money, material goods, social status and recognition) stimulate "self"; in other words...you. Your consciousness, your cognitive self, has demanded that every thing, and everyone, adheres to your requirements, schedule, and imagined emotional and material needs.


Sounds really bad...doesn't it?


In other words, you have made yourself into a "god"; an abusive dictator. What happens to dictators? Read the history books; they get assassinated. Their very "world", in this case your cognitive self, crashes in on them and destroys the very image of what they desire.


Does the world (circumstances of) revolve around what you demand? Are you the center of your world? If so, you are enslaved by anger. You are also an abuser, because no one can or will be able to satisfy your selfishness. As a "god" you have established expectations that not only can nobody satisfy, but neither can you.


Is anger a sin? No, God created anger. Anger is a lighthouse warning of shipwreck or a search light that allows us to gaze upon our heart strings; it is a tool that allows us to examine our inner self. What is a sin is the fruit of anger.


What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? Don't they come from the evil desires at war within you? You want what you don't have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can't get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don't have what you want because you don't ask God for it.
(James 4:1-2)


Their loyalty is divided between God and the world, and they are unstable in everything they do.
(James 1:8)


Temptation comes from our own desires, which entice us and drag us away. These desires give birth to sinful actions. And when sin is allowed to grow, it gives birth to death. So don't be misled, my dear brothers and sisters.
(James 1:14-16)


Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy. So stop telling lies. Let us tell our neighbors the truth, for we are all parts of the same body. And "don't sin by letting anger control you." Don't let the sun go down while you are still angry, for anger gives a foothold to the devil.
(Ephesians 4:23-27)


Jesus created us to bring glory to God by loving Him and those around us. We cannot love with God's love if we are controlled by anger.


Blessings.....


Steve J. Cohen
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[reba]

Powerful post... Thanks

 

[watchman333]

I have not been there for over 50 years Steve, but I think you could use a weekend at Wisconsin Dells!

 

[iLOVE]

Ater you have confronted them don't keep a grudge(s). Whats behind you today is dead. Now stop talking about it. Stop thinking about it. Stop meditating on it. Because when you do that you are eating from a dead corpse. And that's what buzzards do. God didn't call us to be a buzzard. God called us to be an eagle and eat living words. Don't talk about the details anymore. Say I am going to change the way I think. And go towards the words of hope God has given us. Never look down on others because you know Jesus. It was by grace you know Jesus / God.

 

[RichinGodsword]

And when called upon to discipline your child, remember your own relation to your Heavenly Father. Have you walked perfectly before him? Are you not wayward and disobedient? Do you not grieve him continually? But does he deal with you in anger? Remember, too, that it is from you that your children have received their tendencies to wrong. Remember how often you act like grown-up children. In spite of your years of Christian experience, in spite of your many opportunities for self-discipline, how easily you are provoked to anger. Deal gently, then, with your children, remembering that they have not had the opportunities you have had to gain self-control.

 

[RichinGodsword]

Love breaks down all barriers. Let there be no scolding, no loud-voiced, angry commands. Obey the injunction, "Be still, and know that I am God." The Lord will give rich blessings to those parents who make diligent efforts to rule the spirit. The grace of christ softens harsh traits of character and smooths out the rugged disposition.

Those who govern by force have far less influence than those who govern by love. Harshness hardens the heart and braces the will to resistance. Gentleness softens the heart and subdues the most stubborn will.

To every parent God says, "Take heed unto thyself," -- thyself, father; thyself, mother. Before you can do your children justice, you must surrender yourselves to God's training. You must be filled with high motives and noble aspirations. Each day you must endeavor to make yourself more worthy of your trust. Then God will co-operate with you.

 

[RichinGodsword]

Eph 4:31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;