Anger management, the gift of learning to love others unconditionally

Anger management, the gift of learning to love others unconditionally

(seven habits - love others)

S - Eph 4:26-27,31-32 (NASB)

26BE ANGRY, AND yet DO NOT SIN; do not let the sun go down on your anger,

27and do not give the devil an opportunity.

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31Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.

32Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.



O - I believe that I growing in this area of anger management, and reading a few familiar passages from Ephesians has caused me to re-assess how far I have come and yet how far I still need to go. I believe I truly understand now that I get angry, and that won't go away but how I respond is the important part. God does not want me to sin as a result of my anger. In this area I believe I have grown, I no longer immediately along my wicked tongue to spit fire and brimstone at people in response to my anger; however, the emotion of anger is still affecting my non-verbal communication of my anger and/or disapproval. That is why verses 31-32 are a good reminder of where I still need to work, I need to be sure I am letting all bitterness, wrath, and anger be put away that resides inside me.



A - The application for me is to work on the next level of anger management and transformation into a more Christ like response to circumstances that will come and bring up the anger emotion within me. In order to do this I need to focus on performing the actions listed in verse 31 -

1. Be kind to one another - act kindly, the feeling of love follows

2. Be tender hearted - empathetic to the other persons perspective

3. Forgive others - as God has forgiven me (grace)

These actions will allow me to set aside the anger, bitterness and wrath I hold inside of me so that I might love others how Christ loves me.

P - Dear heavenly Father I pray that you would help me in this area of anger management, that has such potential to inflict damage into relationships that surround me. I can not do this on my own, and ask for prompting and guidance of the holy spirit, as well as a deliverance from whatever lie or scar inside of me that my anger and lack of self control comes from. I pray this in Jesus name, Amen.