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Anger and Wisdom

Anger and Wisdom “The biblical authors understand human experience as flowing from one, unified heart…, meaning ‘the focus of being as a spiritual personality. ’” Jeremy Pierre, The Dynamic Heart in Daily Life: Connecting Christ to Human Experience (Greensboro, NC: New Growth Press, 2016).

Anger and Wisdom “Spiritual problems are not a category alongside mental, emotional, and behavioral problems. [T]hese categories allow for helpful distinctions in how the heart is expressing itself, but all human responses are by nature spiritual. ” Jeremy Pierre, The Dynamic Heart in Daily Life: Connecting Christ to Human Experience (Greensboro, NC: New Growth Press, 2016).

Anger and Wisdom 1. The Destructive Nature of Anger

Anger and Wisdom Proverbs 29: 22 A man of wrath stirs up strife, and one given to anger causes much transgression.

Anger and Wisdom Proverbs 22: 24 -25 Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man, lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

Anger and Wisdom Psalm 37: 8 Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.

Anger and Wisdom James 1: 19 -20 Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

Anger and Wisdom 1. The Destructive Nature of Anger 2. Wisdom Handles Anger

Anger and Wisdom Proverbs 14: 29 Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

Anger and Wisdom Proverbs 15: 18 A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.

Anger and Wisdom Proverbs 19: 11 Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.

Anger and Wisdom 1. The Destructive Nature of Anger 2. Wisdom Handles Anger 3. Anger Control is Self-Control

Anger and Wisdom Galatians 5: 19 -25 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Anger and Wisdom Galatians 5: 19 -25 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, selfcontrol; against such things there is no law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.

Anger and Wisdom Ephesians 4: 26 -27 Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to the devil.

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

Anger and Wisdom Proverbs 16: 32 Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.

Anger and Wisdom Proverbs 1: 7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Anger and Wisdom Do I… Become impatient easily when things don’t go according to my plans? Have critical thoughts toward others who don’t agree with my opinions? Shut down any communication or withdraw from people with whom I’m displeased?

Anger and Wisdom Do I… Raise my voice and become assertive when discussing a controversial topic? Use sarcasm as a form of humor often? Act kindly toward others outwardly while inwardly feeling bitter and frustrated? Find myself becoming aggressive even while playing a game for fun?