Posts with the tag “anger”

“Now reform your ways and your actions and obey the Lord your God. Then the Lord will relent and not bring the disaster he has pronounced against you.” - Jeremiah 26:13  Over the last few days, we have discussed Moses and the ways in which he lost his temper, leading to him killing an Egyptian man. Though Moses had a long history of struggling with this rage and anger, he was eventually able to br...  Read More

“The man said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian?’ Then Moses was afraid and thought, ‘What I did I must have become known.’ When Pharaoh heard of this, he tried to kill Moses, but Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in Midian, where he sat down by a well.” - Exodus 2:14-15  When it comes to not losing our cool, sometimes the best...  Read More

“In your anger do not sin, do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold.” - Ephesians 4:26-27  In 1994, Chris Burns of the associated press wrote an article about the lethal leftovers of war. He talked about the hundreds of explosives from WWII that were still scattered across Europe at construction sites, in fishing nets, and on beaches. Even after th...  Read More

“One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to where his people were and watched them at their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people. Looking this way and that and seeing no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.” - Exodus 2:11-13  When it comes to keeping your cool, the first thing you must do is determine what triggers your anger. It is importan...  Read More

“One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to where his people were and watched them at their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people. Looking this way and that and seeing no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.” - Exodus 2:11-13  Yesterday, we discussed the idea of keeping your cool. If there is anyone who needed to learn how to keep his cool, i...  Read More

“Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret—it leads only to evil.” - Psalm 37:8  Anger is an often-overlooked problem within American society. We’re constantly surrounded by road rage, domestic violence, angry TV and radio commentators, and even angry politicians. Over one third of violence on American highways is a result of people cutting others off, cursing at others, getting into fig...  Read More