Journey to Eternity Podcast
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The Biblical Truth About Anger
Anger – that powerful emotion that can either fuel righteousness or destroy relationships. In this deeply insightful episode, we tackle this complex subject through the clarifying lens of Scripture, helping you understand when anger serves God's purposes and when it becomes destructive sin.
We begin by challenging the common misconception that all anger is sinful. Using God Himself as our perfect example, we explore how righteous anger responds to injustice and evil while sinful anger stems from our selfish desires. From Jesus flipping tables in the temple to Moses confronting idolatry, biblical examples reveal the sharp distinction between anger that honors God and anger that dishonors Him.
The most revealing part of our conversation might be our examination of how anger progresses: starting with self-centeredness, building through pride and the need to be right, escalating to uncontrolled emotions, festering as bitterness, and potentially culminating in destructive vengeance. This pattern appears repeatedly in broken relationships, whether between spouses, friends, or family members.
We don't just diagnose the problem – we provide seven practical, biblical strategies to transform your relationship with anger. These include acknowledging and understanding your triggers, choosing your words carefully, stepping away from escalating situations, reflecting on root causes, seeking God's help through prayer and Scripture, practicing forgiveness, and remembering your identity in Christ.
Perhaps most sobering is Jesus's teaching that equates anger with murder in terms of spiritual consequences. This underscores why mastering our anger isn't optional but essential for Christians seeking to honor God in all aspects of life.
Whether you struggle with explosive outbursts or silent, seething resentment, this episode offers biblical wisdom to help you process anger in ways that reflect Christ rather than your fallen nature. Share your experiences with anger in the comments – we'd love to hear how God is working in your life!
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Luisa:So welcome to the show. I'm Luisa.
Mike:And I'm Mike, and this is episode 52 of the Journey to Eternity podcast. In every episode we help Christians use God's word to navigate everyday life in a sinful, fallen world. Hey, my love, Welcome back to the microphone.
Luisa:Yeah, God's microphone.
Mike:Amen, babe. Our last episode was on the topic of forgiveness and if you missed it, please go to jtepodcastorg and give it a listen. But today we have a topic that is a reason we may need forgiveness, and that topic is anger.
Luisa:Let's drop the may need and say the truth, babe. Our anger is a sin that needs God's forgiveness.
Mike:Let's give it another amen, babe.
Luisa:Amen.
Mike:So today we're going to define anger according to the Bible, talk about how anger manifests in us according to the Bible. Talk about how anger manifests in us, explain what drives us to become angry, give the consequence of anger and give you some practical biblical steps to turn from this very wicked sin. But before we get started, let's pray.
Luisa:Oh Lord, thank you for giving us the grace to do another podcast episode. Thank you for giving us the grace to do another podcast episode. Please help us to speak biblical truth and help our listeners hear that truth and apply it to their lives. We pray that the scriptures would encourage anyone that struggles with the sin of anger. Please help them to turn and repent. Lord, have mercy on us all who struggle with this sin. Reveal it to us so that you can deliver us from destruction. In Jesus' name, we pray amen.
Mike:Amen. So let's get right to the point and see what God's word says about those who get angry. The first part of Ecclesiastes, chapter 7, comes under the heading of wise sayings, and let's look at verse 9. It says don't let your spirit rush to be angry, for anger abides in the hearts of fools. In the Bible, a fool is someone who lacks wisdom, rejects God's guidance and often acts in ways that are harmful or destructive both to themselves and others, and it is used about 360 times in the Bible.
Luisa:So let's define anger from a biblical standpoint.
Mike:Okay, so anger is a passionate and active response of the entire person to a real or perceived wrong, and let's emphasize that sometimes it's a perceived wrong and not something that's actually real.
Luisa:Exactly.
Mike:So anger is also something that we do as an action, it's not something that happens to us. How many times do you say ah, you made me angry.
Luisa:Well, how many times do I say that? I say that a lot.
Mike:You triggered me, you pushed my buttons, babe, babe but that's exactly what happens sometimes is is anger is really on the person who gets angry, right? So if we can continue to say, well, that person makes me angry, that's giving yourself an excuse to sin to.
Luisa:Yes, I was gonna say to get angry, but anger is a sin right most of the time.
Mike:So anger is a strong emotional reaction of displeasure, often leading to plans for revenge or punishment.
Luisa:Oof.
Mike:Oof yes. So let's say this right up the front here Anger is a choice. We never have to get angry. We usually just want to be heard or given respect.
Luisa:And anger is not always sinful.
Mike:Amen. It is a popular worldly belief that it is always a sin to be angry. Right, but it's not always a sin to be angry, and God is a perfect example of someone who gets angry but is never sinful. Psalm 7 and verse 11 talks about God's anger. It says God is a righteous judge and a God who shows his wrath every day. So imagine that God gets mad at us every day for the sins that we commit.
Luisa:And we have a lot of sins we commit and there's a lot of us that he could get angry at.
Mike:And he does Right, but he never sins in his anger. Right Now, since God has no sin and he shows no anger, we, being made in his image, can feel anger without sinning. It is possible, babe, for us to show anger without sinning, and we're going to talk about that a little bit more.
Luisa:And God is the perfect example.
Mike:He is. He is the example. Now it's also a God-given energy that is intended to help us solve problems.
Luisa:So anger can help us resolve a situation and it's called righteous anger Right. And this type of anger is not used to attack someone else or blatantly hurt others verbally or physically Right. And we tend to think that when we do that, hurt others verbally or physically.
Mike:Right, and we tend to think that when we do that, we're doing something good Okay.
Luisa:We're righteous, yeah, because we think it's okay, but it's not okay.
Mike:Right, so we can be angry when we see an injustice, an act of violence or cruelty.
Luisa:But righteous anger always desires what God desires.
Mike:Exactly. That's justice, goodness and kindness. Now here are a couple of examples in the Bible of righteous anger. Number one was in Matthew and that's Jesus cleansing the temple. So in a display of righteous anger, jesus overturned the tables of the money changers and drove out those buying and selling in the temple, condemning their desecration of the sacred space. Now it's hard to believe that righteous anger could be Jesus flipping a table. But what was the point behind him doing that? Again, he wasn't really angry at the people. He was angry because they were making a mockery of the temple. God's house was supposed to be a house of worship and they turned it into a den of thieves Right, and that's why he was angry Right Now.
Mike:Another example is Moses and the golden calf. When Moses came down off the mountain, he saw the Israelites worshiping a golden calf. He was up there getting the Ten Commandments. He comes down and he's about to present them to him. And here the people were impatient, they got angry and they had Aaron make them a golden calf. So Moses' anger burned hot and he was demonstrating a righteous response to the idolatry and sin.
Luisa:And let's look at Paul's anger at false teaching. Paul's letter to the Galatians is filled with righteous anger and outrage as he confronts the false teachings that had crept into the church.
Mike:Amen. Now, if you think about that, we have that in today's world. We have a lot of false teachers out there and I know you and I we get really angry about that. That's one of the things that really gets our britches in a knicker, or whatever you call it.
Luisa:I don't have knickers. I don't know what that means, but I just know that false teaching for me is something that I really dislike, and I think that it's in so many places and it's just. It just pierces my soul.
Mike:And we have every right to be angry about that because that's leading people to hell. People are in these churches and they're hearing this and they're believing it and they need the truth of the gospel and they're not getting it. So the apostle Paul warns us in Ephesians 4 and verses 26 and 27 to deal with our righteous anger as quickly as possible, lest the anger turn to sin.
Luisa:It says Be angry and do not sin. Don't let the sun go down on your anger and don't give the devil an opportunity.
Mike:Right Now this scripture can be a little bit misinterpreted. So what Paul is telling us is that we should not remain angry for a long period of time, because even righteous anger can become sinful when it's allowed to fester. It's best to let that righteous anger go, because if you don't, you will start stewing over the offense and then you may start looking for ways to avenge that offense.
Luisa:Yeah, I agree, and if you sleep on that by the time morning comes you may be in full-blown sin.
Mike:Amen. So how many times does that happen? Right, something happens and you know we have a right to be angry at it, like take the false teachers for an example, so we can have a conversation, or we could like see something online where there's like an obvious false teacher and we say, oh man, what the heck is he doing? You know, it's not cool.
Luisa:And let me just get deeper. I festered in that. I did you know that, like I was constantly, when I used to see it, when I used to hear it, it was just something that just really pissed me off because I knew that they were leading people astray. And I stayed in that anger and it was something that festered. Yeah, it turned to sinful anger.
Mike:But I will say that once it gets to the point where you have sinned, it's time to really let it go. So let's sum this up Righteous anger can be a necessary and useful reaction. It's appropriate as a communication of feeling and reaction to another person's behavior, either in general or towards you personally.
Luisa:But, like any other emotion, it can become destructive when we fail to express it according to biblical limitations and structures.
Mike:Right. But what happens when we cross the line? What happens when we just lose it and we know that this has happened, and this is called sinful anger. Sinful anger is an anger that is displeasing to God and destructive to us and to other people.
Luisa:It always seeks personal wants and needs.
Mike:We are never satisfied unless we get what we want when we want it.
Luisa:So let's keep it real, babe, okay? While we do have rare moments of righteous anger, the majority of our anger is sinful. If your husband forgets to put the seat down on the toilet and you get mad at him, that's not righteous anger, ladies, that's sinful.
Mike:I don't do that anymore, do I? No, thank you Good, but that's a good example of the silly things that we get angry with.
Luisa:But that was just like in the beginning about marriage. You know you get married and you and these two people that two sinners, two sinners get together and you don't really know each other's habits. And two sinners, two sinners, get together and you don't really know each other's habits. And you know you were living by yourself for a long time, I was living by myself for a long time. All of a sudden we bring in our bad habits and it's like, ah, but it was just in a conversation that I had with you that you heard me loud and clear and you stopped doing it.
Mike:Right, but how many people get really crazy about little things like that?
Luisa:Let's talk about the toothpaste, babe. Let's talk about it. Let's talk about it, honey.
Mike:I like when you put the cap on the toothpaste. So instead of getting angry at you, what I would just do is go in the bathroom and put the cap back on the toothpaste.
Luisa:Right, but we've learned all these years married to each other. We get angry at.
Mike:It's a good example, babe. Thank you for bringing that up. So sinful anger is characterized by and now. These things are a list, but they're things that we can build, one on top of the other. The first one is self-centeredness, so focusing on personal hurt and seeking to retaliate or gain an advantage. All of that sin starts with looking at ourselves what our needs are and then trying to use it to get back at another person.
Luisa:Right, and the next one we have is pride.
Mike:Pride. Anger stemming from a sense of entitlement or the need to be right.
Luisa:And that need to be right. It's a killer. It is a killer always.
Mike:Uncontrolled emotions is anger that boils over and leads to a destructive word or action. So you could see how these things start. It starts with self-centeredness, goes into pride, thinking I'm right. Then your emotions get up, your anger boils over.
Luisa:And then you come into bitterness and resentment, holding on to anger and refusing to forgive Oof.
Mike:And that's what happens. When you get to that point you're just like dug in, your heels are dug in and you are going to be angry whether you're just going to be angry, and then this is where it really gets bad Vengeance, seeking to harm or punish others for perceived wrongs. So look at that, step by step, how anger starts real small.
Luisa:Right.
Mike:And then builds and builds, and builds, and builds.
Luisa:It's like a poison. And then boom yeah, and you know what? This is everything. God tells us not to be or do, everything.
Mike:Amen, amen. It's like all there listed out for us. So how does anger manifest itself in us? So let's talk about the word manifest. In this case it's a verb and it means to display or show a quality or feeling by one's actions or appearance. Now, in other words, when somebody looks at us, how can they tell that we're angry?
Luisa:There are two ways we can manifest anger. It can be internal or external, but while they are different, one is no less sinful than the other.
Mike:Let's look at internal. Some people keep their emotions inside. Here are some ways that internal anger can be sinful. People who manifest anger internally tend to clam up or harbor feelings of resentment and bitterness. I call it the silent treatment, and I'm kind of used to that because that's kind of a way that I express my anger. I tend to be one that's more silent that way. So this type of anger often leads to dwelling on a small offense to the point of turning it into something big.
Luisa:Yes, and it's true that it's small and all of a sudden it's this big old offense and you're like when did that get that big when you chose it? Yep, yep, yep, yep.
Mike:A lot of times it's a recurring event or a perceived offense. So a lot of times I'll clam up because things happen over and over again or something like that and a lot of times it's not reality and that's an issue. Okay, so can you see how you could get angry on something that's not really real?
Luisa:But for you it's a reality. It is you make it a reality and that's when you walk into the anger and the cynicism. Yeah, it's harsh, yeah, it's really harsh.
Mike:It means that you're constantly thinking about distressing events in a negative way. The mind always takes over, thinking the worst instead of giving the benefit of the doubt. People who do this pretend that they're not angry, but when they're confronted they're usually filled with denial, to the point where the anger comes out in the denial and the anger comes out easy on facial expressions and body language.
Luisa:It does, you could tell, you could tell, I could tell, and it's the facial expressions and the body language is oozing anger.
Mike:Yeah, and you don't have to say anything out loud.
Luisa:Your words don't have to say, but everything about you shows anger and you can't hide it.
Mike:Right. And how many times has this anger boiled over and you hear people yelling at the top of their lungs. I'm not angry.
Luisa:People with eternal anger tend to wear a mask. You might never know just by looking at them, but inside they are probably harboring bitterness, and I'm not saying probably they are.
Mike:Yes, they are In.
Luisa:Ephesians, chapter 4 and verse 31 commands us not to be bitter.
Mike:It says let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.
Luisa:Look at the words there All sorts of anger, amen.
Mike:So while this type of anger may fool you, it is no less dangerous and damaging as external anger.
Luisa:Right, a person with external anger speaks his anger out loud, yeah external anger speaks his anger out loud.
Mike:Yeah, he or she may blow up or attack to display their feelings. External anger is an anger that can't be contained. It's visible to the whole world, especially to the person you're angry at.
Luisa:Yeah, and it can be uncontrolled outbursts directed at someone or something. Examples are shouting, throwing objects, physical abuse, tantrums or throwing a fit.
Mike:Cursing or punching walls.
Luisa:Right, I guess it could get really physical really really fast it does. So Proverbs 29, 11 talks about this. A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise person holds it in check.
Mike:Now just look at that word wise. Now, this does not mean that a person who has internal anger is wise. What it does mean is that a wise person will be very slow to anger. But what drives us to anger? Again, those factors can be both internal and external. Internal factors include our judgments and our demands. Let's talk about judgment.
Luisa:Yeah, judgment is just you're judging somebody for something that you don't like and that becomes a sin fast, okay.
Mike:You get angry at them and you get angry at them. How many times do we do that?
Luisa:A lot, and another thing is our demands okay.
Mike:When we demand something to be done our way and it doesn't happen, we can become angry. We live in a self-centered world. We think that our way is the only way, and again it's the need to be right. And how many times does the need to be right really cause a big problem In any relationship?
Luisa:150% all the time.
Mike:Now here's one that you were talking about when somebody tries to gaslight us, that can really drive us to anger. So gaslighting is a psychological manipulation technique in which a person tries to convince someone that their reality is untrue.
Luisa:So let me just use an example of that. Gaslighting for me is when, let's say, two people are in a conversation about something and one person is trying to explain something that's going on for them and the other person doesn't want to hear what that person is saying because you know that it's going to come back to you. So you try to avoid, you try to make them wrong, you try to be right, you try to scream over them or you tell them that's not true, that's not true, that's not true, without even letting them really explain to them what's going on for them?
Mike:I got that Okay. So yeah, that happens a lot.
Luisa:A lot you know, and it's like we feel like we're not being heard. So you feel like you're being dismissed. Sure, you're being dismissed because you're trying to explain to the person what you're going through, what's going on for you, and the other person is just like trying to shut you down, like don't want to hear anything you have to say, because they don't want to take accountability of the outcome of what's going on.
Mike:I can see why a person would get angry about that, yeah.
Luisa:Yeah, and it happens, it happens.
Mike:It does so. We also have external factors that drive us to anger, and they include injustices or being sinned against, so when we are ignored or left out of something, we can be angry Again. This is a self-centered attitude. Nobody owes us nothing.
Luisa:Right, let's think about that. You could think about a person that might be upset with somebody because they weren't invited to the barbecue.
Mike:Right.
Luisa:Or they weren't invited to the party or they weren't invited to a function. That person gets angry with that person.
Mike:Maybe it's. Nobody owes us anything, right? So if we don't get invited, you don't get invited, and most of the time it's not personal and sometimes it's probably for a reason that has nothing to do with you, but we take it personally and it gets us angry. So also when somebody sins against us with no regard and that does happen, and that could easily drive us to anger, and what could start out as righteous anger often will turn to sinful anger when unchecked. Think about that. We can have righteous anger at an offense or something and again, like we spoke about before, festering on it, thinking about it, and that will turn it into sinful anger, and that's something that we-.
Luisa:And I'm gonna use an example about that, babe. I'm gonna use an example about somebody that you said or when someone sins against you with no regard, that's like not even thinking about how you're going to hurt that person, sure, and you just choose to just sin against them. And how do you take that?
Mike:Well, I'll give you an example. Sometimes I'm driving and you're looking, somebody will just cut you off without any regard to your safety. That, to me, is something to get angry about, but it could start out as righteous anger. I could just say oh, and then just okay, calm, keep driving.
Luisa:Or I could do something, chase them down.
Mike:I could open the window and yell at them, shake my fist at them, whatever, whatever you want to do. So that's when the righteous anger can turn into sinful anger.
Luisa:And I think that we have to really be mindful in that moment which way we're going to go with the anger.
Mike:Sometimes you just got to eat it Right.
Mike:So there's always a consequence to anger babe. So what is it? A lot of times that consequence is much more than what you see on the surface. So there are earthly consequences and then there are eternal consequences. So we're going to talk about both of them. So here are some earthly consequences and then there were eternal consequences, so we're going to talk about both of them. So here are some earthly consequences and we'll just kind of run through these and you'll get the idea. So you could lose a relationship with a loved one that includes family members, friends, sometimes even a spouse Sad yes, very sad we might get fired from a job.
Luisa:Very sad, another sad one. Yeah, well, that has a big effect. That's a problem.
Mike:Yeah, it's a big problem. We might punch a wall and break a hand.
Luisa:Bigger problem.
Mike:That happens, we might punch a person and get arrested, all right. So you see, the consequences are really increasing here to the last one, which is we might get so enraged that we kill someone. So this happened to the first set of brothers, cain and Abel. Cain was mad that God had accepted Abel and had rejected him. Let's look at Genesis, chapter four and verse eight.
Luisa:Cain said to his brother Abel, let's go out into the field. And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
Mike:So it was anger that led to the first murder in the history of the world, and it has led to every murder since then. Cain's consequence was an earthly curse placed on him by God, yet it pales in comparison to the eternal consequences of anger. In the Sermon on the Mount, our Lord Jesus made it very clear the eternal consequence of anger.
Luisa:Matthew, chapter 5 and verse 21 first talks about murder. You have heard that it was said to those of old you shall not murder, and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.
Mike:Now we already know that murder stems from anger, and the judgment Jesus speaks of is not the world's judgment, but his judgment. It continues in verse 22 about anger. But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment. Whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council, and whoever says you fool, will be liable to the hell of fire. So, in the Lord's eyes, being angry with someone, insulting someone or calling them a name carries the same eternal punishment as if you had murdered them, and it doesn't even have to be spoken, Just the thought of it is enough.
Luisa:So, babe, it's obvious that the world is full of anger and that this problem is an epidemic. So how do we express anger? In a biblical way, Great question, babe.
Mike:I'm glad you asked because we have seven ways that you can turn your sinful anger into righteous anger, or maybe even no anger at all in a certain situation. So the first one is to acknowledge and understand your anger. What we have to do is recognize that anger is a valid emotion but not an excuse for sin, and I think it's really important that we address the problem, not the person. I think that happens a lot of times is when there's an issue that comes up that starts an argument. Instead of focusing on what that issue is, we focus on the other person.
Luisa:Because we feel that we're being attacked by that person or we're not being heard by that person. Right.
Mike:We have to identify the specific situations or triggers that led to the anger Right. Consider all the underlying reasons for your anger, such as injustice, hurt feelings or unmet needs.
Luisa:Right. And if you do have sinful anger, don't suppress it, confess it.
Mike:Right Proverbs 28, verse 13, says whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
Luisa:Right. So number two is control your reactions and choose your words. So avoid speaking out of anger before you've calmed down.
Mike:Right Be slow to speak and quick to listen, seeking to understand the other person's perspective. What a novel idea. Right Be slow to speak and quick to listen, seeking to understand the other person's perspective. What a novel idea.
Luisa:Right. How many people do that?
Mike:Not many.
Luisa:Okay, so communicate honestly and lovingly, avoiding slander, verbal abuse or physical violence, and James 1.19 is very clear about this. Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to anger.
Mike:Okay. Next, if the situation is escalating, take a moment to physically remove yourself to a calm space so you can gather your thoughts. Sometimes you just need to walk away.
Luisa:Right. Remove yourself from the situation at hand at that moment. Just walk away.
Mike:Go, take a walk Right, go to another part of the house.
Luisa:Don't come back until you have calmed down, right.
Mike:Proverbs 22, verse 3, says the prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it. How many times do we continue on instead of walking away? And it only gets worse. It never seems to go away. So I think that proverb is a very wise statement. So, number four, when you are calm, reflect on the root cause.
Luisa:And how many people really do that? How many people really, even when they're calm, reflect on the root cause? People are already still in that anger.
Mike:No, they don't. I was going to say how many people are really calm.
Luisa:Yeah, exactly so examine why you are angry. Identify if there are any underlying issues that need to be addressed.
Mike:And always look within and at yourself.
Luisa:Right, we have to start with ourselves. Okay, because we are the only ones that we can't control. I can't control anybody. That, I say, is getting me angry, right, and if you think about it when you're angry.
Mike:that, I say, is getting me angry, right, and if you think about it, when you're angry, you always are the one with the root problem.
Luisa:okay, exactly 1 John 1 and verse 8. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
Mike:Amen. Number five seek God's help and guidance. So the first thing we always have to do is pray, pray, ask God for strength and wisdom to manage your anger. Another thing you could do is you can confide in a trusted friend or a mentor, somebody at your church who can offer support and guidance. And look at Scripture. Scripture is so important. There are so many passages in Scripture that address anger. So important.
Luisa:There are so many passages in scripture that address anger, forgiveness and love that if you just go to God's word and you start to read over and over again. You know I tend to do that, you know that I always go and I sit down with God's word, because that's the only place I'm going to find truth and comfort and I'm going to be calm. So in Hebrews 4.16, let us then, with confidence, draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Mike:Amen. Number six practice forgiveness and reconciliation.
Luisa:I think that's a hard one, babe. Okay, At that moment you're not even thinking about.
Mike:But babe, we just did a whole podcast on forgiveness I know that thinking about. But, babe, we just did a whole podcast on forgiveness. I know that If any of you didn't hear that, just go back to the one before this, episode 51, and then you'll learn how to forgive.
Luisa:Okay, forgive yourself and others for past mistakes and hurts, because in that forgiveness you do have to forgive yourself as well. Yeah, that's where I was going to go with this. No, I got it.
Mike:Seek reconciliation with those you have wronged or who have wronged you. So it goes both ways. Sometimes we are the one who sinned and sometimes we are sinned against, so we have to look at both of those.
Luisa:And be willing to let go of resentment and bitterness, trusting God to work all things together for good. Repentance is the key.
Mike:Amen. Colossians, chapter 3, verse 13,. Bearing with one another and if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive Amen.
Luisa:And number seven is remember your identity in Christ. Recognize that you are a new creation in Christ and that your anger is a reflection of your fallen nature, not your true identity. That's something.
Mike:I think we forget because we look at ourselves as sinners, which we should, because we are but we forget to look at ourselves, that God has recreated us and that we are saved and that we are his children now. So I think that's really a great way to kind of give yourself a little bit of encouragement. It also says to strive to live in accordance with the fruit of the Spirit, which includes love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
Luisa:Right, that's a big one, and just practice in that moment to choose being still.
Mike:Amen. Allow God's Holy Spirit to guide your thoughts, your words and actions, transforming your heart and helping you to express your anger in a way that honors Him. Amen In 1 Peter 4,.
Luisa:Verse 8 sums it up nicely helping you to express your anger in a way that honors him. Amen. And 1 Peter, chapter 4, and verse 8, sums it up nicely Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. Isn't that what it's all about? Love is always the answer. Let's pray.
Mike:Heavenly Father. Thank you, lord, for giving us the opportunity to discuss this very difficult but very important topic. Help us, o Lord, to examine ourselves and turn from this very wretched sin that brings havoc to our lives and the lives of others. May we be obedient to your word and glorify your holy name.
Luisa:Amen, amen. So that wraps up episode 52. We thank you for listening. We invite you to leave us a comment or a question by going to our website at jtepodcastorg.
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