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Contagious Anger
- Oct 19, 2009 at 10:09 AM
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"Anger can wreak havoc on both the body and soul, but its tentacles reach beyond the individual and wrap around everyone in close proximity. Bitter outbursts and silent resentment are not just our own personal issues.
"An angry spirit is contagious. It is passed from one person to another--and from one generation to the next. Workplaces can become tense environments full of caustic words and attitudes. Ire turns homes into battlegrounds of verbal explosions or silent hostility. Even churches suffer from malicious gossip and fights over personal preferences.
"God created us to live in fellowship with others, but anger can poison our relationships. Tragically, those closest to us are the ones who suffer the most. Children learn to respond to life's situations by observing their parents' example. They then develop similar attitudes and patterns of behavior. We need to give serious thought to what kind of heart we are passing down to our sons and daughters.
"Thankfully, God is in the heart-changing business. Just as we learn an angry person's ways by association, so we can learn righteous ways by walking closely with the Lord. Christ calls us to come, learn from Him--and find rest for our souls(Matt. 11:28-29).
"Which would you prefer: churning anger or Christ's peace? Both require sacrifice. To maintain anger, you might have to forfeit healthy relationships and a godly heritage for your descendants. But to acquire peace, ask God to help you leave your grudges, personal rights, and insults on the altar."
Proverbs 22: 24-25 "Do not associate with a man given to anger; Or go with a hot-tempered man, Lest you learn his ways, And find a snare for yourself."
Charles Stanley in INTOUCHMAGAZINE October, 2009
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Isn't it awesome how our Heavenly Father loves us so much that he gave us Jesus and scriptures to help us here. I found just a few of many verses that tell us and help us to over come anger and stuff in our lives.
Your post is awesome NannyB.
Galatians 5:13-14
For you were called to freedom, brethren; only [do] not [turn] your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the [statement], "You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
James 1:19-20
[This] you know, my beloved brethren. But let everyone be quick to hear, slow to speak [and] slow to anger for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God.
Galatians 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and delivered Himself up for me.
2 Corinthians 10:3-5
"For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, 4 for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. 5 We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ..."
Proverbs 14:29
"He who is slow to anger has great understanding, But he who is quick-tempered exalts folly."
1 Corinthians 13:4-5
"Love is patient, love is kind, and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, 5 does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered..."
Ephesians 4:31
"Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.
And be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you."
Ephesians 4:26
"Be Angry, and yet don not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,"
NannyB. I haven't been on this forum for almost a year. It's good to see you serving and loving as always. How have you been?
God bless you,
Renee'
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