Anger

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1 Peter 5:7 Give all your

and

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to God, for he cares about you. (NLT)

People are

!

Mark 3:1-6 Jesus went into the synagogue again and noticed a man with a deformed hand. Since it was the Sabbath, Jesus’ enemies watched him closely. If he healed the man’s hand, they planned to accuse him of working on the Sabbath. Jesus said to the man with the deformed hand, “Come and stand in front of everyone.” Then he turned to his critics and asked, “Does the law permit good deeds on the Sabbath, or is it a day for doing evil? Is this a day to save life or to destroy it?” But they wouldn’t answer him. He looked around at them angrily and was deeply saddened by their hard hearts. Then he said to the man, “Hold out your hand.” So the man held out his hand, and it was restored! At once the Pharisees went away and met with the supporters of Herod to plot how to kill Jesus. (NLT)

1 . God is angry about the lack of true

Matthew 23:27-28 “What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs—beautiful on the outside but filled on the inside with dead people’s bones and all sorts of impurity. Outwardly you look like righteous people, but inwardly your hearts are filled with hypocrisy and lawlessness.” (NLT)

How you live your life

… Am I living righteously?

Isaiah 61:10a I am overwhelmed with joy in the Lord my God! For he has dressed me with the clothing of salvation and draped me in a robe of righteousness. (NLT)

2 . God is angry over

Jesus desired

for the man

Isaiah 1:17 Learn to do good. Seek justice. Help the oppressed. Defend the cause of orphans. Fight for the rights of widows. (NLT)

Amos 5:24 Instead, I want to see a mighty flood of justice, an endless river of righteous living. (NLT)

3 . God’s anger leads to

There is always a purpose and desire from God to lead someone to

Exodus 34:6-7a And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished… (NIV)

God is not slow to

; He’s slow to

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How do we deal with our anger without causing offense?

1 .

down

James 1:19-20 Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. Human anger does not produce the righteousness God desires. (NLT)

Learn to

instead of

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2 . Allow the Fruit of the Holy Spirit to

you

Ephesians 4:26-27 And “don’t sin by letting anger control you.” Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry, for anger gives a foothold to the devil. (NLT)

3 . Pair anger and

Proverbs 14:29 People with understanding control their anger; a hot temper shows great foolishness. (NLT)

“Before you judge a person, walk a

in their shoes”

Ecclesiastes 7:9 Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools. (NIV)

The enemy’s

is this: “If I just get everyone offended,
I can get everyone tied up, then no one can do good or be free.”

4 . Pursue

Unforgiveness can lead to

anger

5 . Grab ahold of God’s

love (Psalm 103:8-12)