Understanding And Resolving Anger

Understanding And Resolving Anger

Pastor Vincent - 19 March 2015

Seek The Lord While He May Be Found

At some points of our lives, we often come to a spiritual stupor- we find ourselves in a state of not seeking God, because He just feels so far away from us - remotely related to our feelings, needs, and critical situations we're in. It's easy to say a prayer of "Lord, please give me the strength and wisdom to face this episode...", but how often do we consciously seek God's voice in our situation and His perfect will (not our ways) after we've prayed? We often think that it's suffice - we've prayed, we've come to church, we've done something good to others, but through it all, do we seek to meet Him face to face, hear His advices and rebukes, and receives approvals and praises from Him? Have we stopped anticipating from Him? Or have we become disheartened because of the many unanswered prayers? God said, " as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields see for the sower and bread for the eater, So is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it." [Is 55:10-11] God is a God who keeps His covenant with His people. Today, regardless of how overwhelmed we are, He is still leading the entire history of mankind and you with His covenant, achieving His ultimate purpose here on earth. Let us not harden our hearts and continue on our rebellious ways. Turn to Him today, put to stop the fictional faith living we have and seek Him while He may be found. While the current thoughts, feelings and situations may seem real to you, God's thoughts and ways are higher than ours, and His way is the one that truly set us free from our deadlocks. The presence of the Lord comes alive when you seek Him today, may we be the seeker of God in all things and at all times!

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<Eph 4:26-27, 31-32> ESV

26 Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, 27 and give no opportunity to the devil (Or: Do not give the devil a foothold).….  31 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. 32 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

 

Be angry and do not sin <v26>

1) Intrinsically and inherently, anger in itself is not a sin.

2) Understand “Righteous Anger” – Can be a powerful force to put a stop to sinning.

3) Yet, our anger many a times lacks element of “righteousness”.

4) Individuals, Family and World are all terribly affected by anger

 

2. DO NOT let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold <v27>

1) Persistent/prolonged anger invites the devil to work.

2) Prolonged anger can open a way for the devil in our hearts to make his lies believable to us.

 

Causes of anger and Answers to it

1) Disappointment

⟹ Learn Submission and Love

2) Frustration (Thru repeated disappointments)

⟹ Grow in True Love (Always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres)

⟹ Even accepting and even adapting to someone who doesn’t change quickly)

3) Pain/Hurt

⟹ Understand that internal and emotional pain are more hurting than physical ones 

⟹ Learn how to relate your pain/hurt rather than retaliation

⟹ Most important, look to the Cross of Calvary – The greatest pain ever inflicted, yet brought redemption.

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Pastor Vincent Choo
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Vincent serves as the President of The Blessed Run Church. He is also the Senior Pastor of The Life Church and Missions (Singapore) and is an ardent missionary to the Chinese World. He currently lives in Singapore with his wife, Qiufen, and has three kids, Mary, David, and Caleb.

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