Keep your anger in check

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May 19, 2016 10:17 AM

“A fool always loses his temper and displays his anger, But a wise man [uses self-control and] holds it back.”

Praying black woman

Memory Verse: Proverbs 29:11 – “A fool always loses his temper and displays his anger, But a wise man [uses self-control and] holds it back.”

The Word for Today devotional by United Christian Broadcasters (UCB) says

Anger is a God-ordained emotion, but it is meant to be your servant instead of your master. So keep your temper on a lead.

Any time you are tempted to give in to anger, stop and ask yourself two questions:

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1) Is this really worth my anger?

Most times, you are working only with partial information. Furthermore, when you view someone in the context of his or her best qualities rather than their worst ones, you usually respond differently.

2) Is this the best way, place, and time to express my anger?

It is hard to ask yourself this in the heat of the moment, but your emotions can be tamed and your temper can be trained. The Bible says one of the fruits of the Spirit is ‘self-control’ (Galatians 5:23 NLT).

When someone wrongs you, are you big enough to do something about it; the question is, are you big enough not to?

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The story told of two brothers who got into an awful fight and their mother ran upstairs to break it up. When she asked how the fight got started, the older brother said, ‘It all started when he hit me back!’ If you’ve an anger management problem, write this Scripture down, carry it with you and try to read it before you lose your temper: ‘ (Proverbs 19:11 NLT).

You say, ‘That’s hard to do!’ Yes, and you will never do it perfectly. However, if you do it more often God will be glorified, and you will feel better too.

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