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Welcome To Pastor Garry Clark’s Power. Point presentation from the July 30 th sermon: ANGER!…How Not To Lose Your Cool? Information on ordering a DVD copy of this sermon will be available at the end of this presentation

Devine Wrath And Human Anger Are Mentioned Over And Over Again In The Bible

In The Old Testament Alone, There Are Over 600 References To Wrath Or Anger

Anger Is An Attribute Of God In scripture, it is mentioned more times than His love!

Anger Is An Attribute Of God Since it is part of God’s nature, we cannot conclude that anger itself is bad.

Anger Is An Attribute Of God Since God is completely Good and Holy, we must conclude that Divine Anger is also good.

The Bible NEVER Criticizes The Anger Of God, But Warns Of Human Anger Repeatedly

Ecclesiastes 7: 9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

Proverbs 16: 32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

Colossians 3: 8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

James 1: 19 -20 19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: 20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

Is There A Double Standard?

God Can Get Angry, And That’s OK! BUT I CAN’T!

GOD IS GOD AND I AM NOT!

Why Do We Have Uncontrolled Anger? Because We Are Sinners God Is Holy!

Why Do We Have Uncontrolled Anger? Because We Misinterpret Circumstances God Doesn’t!

Why Do We Have Uncontrolled Anger? Because We Feel Threatened And React Quickly God Never Feels Threatened. PERIOD!

Why Do We Have Uncontrolled Anger? Because We Respond With Vindictiveness God Responds With Righteous Judgment!

Why Do We Have Uncontrolled Anger? Because We Get Emotional And Lose Control God Never Loses Control. He Always Has It Together!

Why Do We Have Uncontrolled Anger? Because We Get Fatigued And Respond Incorrectly God Never Gets Tired And Always Responds Correctly!

Why Do We Have Uncontrolled Anger? Because We Get Embarrassed And Lash Out God Never Gets Embarrassed!

GOD IS GOD AND WE ARE NOT!

That’s Why The Bible Says: Ephesians 4: 26 -27 26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: 27 Neither give place to the devil.

Human Anger Is Natural And Not Necessarily Evil It Is A Necessary Emotion…

Mark 3: 1 -5 1 And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand. 2 And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him. 3 And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.

Mark 3: 1 -5 4 And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace. 5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

It Is Normal And Necessary, BUT This Is A Place “Where satan Can Get A Foothold On Our Lives!”

Foothold How? • Because We Have Faulty Perception • Because Anger Often Leads To Other Sins

Ephesians 4: 26 Is Really Saying: “When You Are Angry, Do Not Sin!”

Human Unrighteous Anger Is Condemned In The Bible!

Psalm 37: 7 -9 7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. 8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. 9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.

Proverbs 15: 1 -3 1 A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. 2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness. 3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

Romans 12: 19 -21 19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. 20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. 21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

Ephesians 4: 30 -32 30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: 32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

Hebrews 12: 15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

Matthew 7: 1 -5 1 Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. 3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

Matthew 7: 1 -5 4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? 5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

SINFUL ANGER… • VENGEANCE (Bitterness, Hatred, Revenge) • VERBAL ABUSE Proverbs 14: 29 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

SINFUL ANGER… • VENGEANCE (Bitterness, Hatred, Revenge) • VERBAL ABUSE Proverbs 15: 18 A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

SINFUL ANGER… • VENGEANCE (Bitterness, Hatred, Revenge) • VERBAL ABUSE Proverbs 29: 11 A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

SINFUL ANGER… • VENGEANCE (Bitterness, Hatred, Revenge) • VERBAL ABUSE Proverbs 29: 20 Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

SINFUL ANGER… • VENGEANCE (Bitterness, Hatred, Revenge) • VERBAL ABUSE Proverbs 29: 22 An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

SINFUL ANGER… • VENGEANCE (Bitterness, Hatred, Revenge) • VERBAL ABUSE • GOSSIPING (A Subtle & Sinful Vengeance) James 3: 8 -10 8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

SINFUL ANGER… • VENGEANCE (Bitterness, Hatred, Revenge) • VERBAL ABUSE • GOSSIPING (A Subtle & Sinful Vengeance) James 3: 8 -10 9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.

SINFUL ANGER… • VENGEANCE (Bitterness, Hatred, Revenge) • VERBAL ABUSE • GOSSIPING (A Subtle & Sinful Vengeance) James 3: 8 -10 10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

SINFUL ANGER… • VENGEANCE (Bitterness, Hatred, Revenge) • VERBAL ABUSE • GOSSIPING (A Subtle & Sinful Vengeance) • BITTERNESS (Repressed Anger) Proverbs 26: 24 He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;

ANGER CAN BE… ØRepressed ØSuppressed ØExpressed ØConfessed

ANGER CAN BE… ØHeld Back ØTurned In ØActed Out ØGiven Up (To God)

How Can I Give It To God?

HUMILITY 1 John 1: 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

HUMILITY Be Honest With God

HUMILITY Admit And Agree With God That You Are Wrong

HUMILITY Be Sorry For Your Anger

HUMILITY Be Certain That You Are Forgiven

FORGIVENESS Matthew 6: 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

FORGIVENESS Matthew 18: 21 -22 21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? 22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.

FORGIVENESS Luke 23: 34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

FORGIVENESS When We Can Accept Forgiveness From God And GIVE Forgiveness To Others, Then We Are Freed From Many Of Our Hurts And Frustrations From The Past

FORGIVENESS Accepting Forgiveness And Giving Forgiveness Leaves Us Less “Bogged Down” By Anger And Makes Us Better Able To Focus On The Good Things

HOW NOT TO LOSE YOUR COOL… Galatians 5: 22 -26 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

HOW NOT TO LOSE YOUR COOL… Galatians 5: 22 -26 24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

HOW NOT TO LOSE YOUR COOL… Galatians 5: 22 -26 26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

HOW NOT TO LOSE YOUR COOL… Read The Bible Every Day! Romans 12: 2 -3 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

HOW NOT TO LOSE YOUR COOL… Read The Bible Every Day! Romans 12: 2 -3 3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

HOW NOT TO LOSE YOUR COOL… Read The Bible Every Day! Hebrews 4: 12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

HOW NOT TO LOSE YOUR COOL… Rejoice In The Lord Always! Philippians 4: 4 Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.

HOW NOT TO LOSE YOUR COOL… Rejoice In The Lord Always! üBy Praying To God Philippians 4: 6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

HOW NOT TO LOSE YOUR COOL… Rejoice In The Lord Always! üBy Praying To God üBy The Peace Of God Philippians 4: 7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

HOW NOT TO LOSE YOUR COOL… Rejoice In The Lord Always! üBy Praying To God üBy The Peace Of God üBy Praising God Philippians 4: 8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest…

HOW NOT TO LOSE YOUR COOL… Rejoice In The Lord Always! üBy Praying To God üBy The Peace Of God üBy Praising God Philippians 4: 8 …whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely…

HOW NOT TO LOSE YOUR COOL… Rejoice In The Lord Always! üBy Praying To God üBy The Peace Of God üBy Praising God Philippians 4: 8 …whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

HOW NOT TO LOSE YOUR COOL… Reject Ruminating! Huh? What’s That?

HOW NOT TO LOSE YOUR COOL… Reject Ruminating! RUMINATING Verb. 1. To turn a matter over and over in the mind. 2. To chew cud.

HOW NOT TO LOSE YOUR COOL… Reject Ruminating! Philippians 4: 8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

HOW NOT TO LOSE YOUR COOL… Reject Ruminating! üDon’t Meditate On Mess üDon’t Spend Your Time With Critical People üDon’t Fantasize On Your Superiority

HOW NOT TO LOSE YOUR COOL… RUN THE RACE!

HOW NOT TO LOSE YOUR COOL… RUN THE RACE! Philippians 3: 13 -14 13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

HOW NOT TO LOSE YOUR COOL… RUN THE RACE! Philippians 3: 13 -14 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

HOW NOT TO LOSE YOUR COOL… RUN THE RACE! Philippians 4: 12 -13 12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.

HOW NOT TO LOSE YOUR COOL… RUN THE RACE! Philippians 4: 12 -13 13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

HOW NOT TO LOSE YOUR COOL… RUN THE RACE! Hebrews 12: 1 -3 1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

HOW NOT TO LOSE YOUR COOL… RUN THE RACE! Hebrews 12: 1 -3 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

HOW NOT TO LOSE YOUR COOL… RUN THE RACE! Hebrews 12: 1 -3 3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

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