ANGER- The Danger to Avoid- Part 2

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Anger will make a man vomit words he will later regret.

As believers, we must mind our words.

The angry always take a walk of shame.

Ugly feet are those of the angry.

The angry walks away;

Many women have walked away from their matrimonial homes because of anger

Many people have walked away from lifelines.

Many have resigned fantastic jobs because of anger.

ANGER- The Danger to Avoid- Part 1

Introduction:

 According to Lev 19:17a, God expressly commanded thus:  “Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart”. It is also written in 1Jn 3:15 “Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him”.

Today we are going to be looking at hate or hatred from the viewpoint of its inseparable pair- anger. Since it is impossible to hate without an element of anger and vice versa.

What is anger?

Anger could be defined as a harsh emotional reaction to an observed wrong. It then follows that if anger is a reaction, there is the option to control it by not reacting or if at all by not reacting harshly because a soft word turns away wrath (Prov. 15:1 “A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.)”

Anger generates destructive heat within us.

Anger unseats reasoning.

Anger can truncate a glorious destiny.

Anger is a spirit and so we must be careful not to allow this evil rule us.

Wherever anger rules, there reign also destruction and contentions.