How To Use Christian Anger Management
The instructions for Christian anger management can be found throughout the Bible, especially in the writings of the Proverbs and the Psalms. It is using these guidelines that Christians are to set living examples for the world so that it becomes a more ordered and peaceful place.
The instructions are not plentiful, but from place to place the wording is different. However, the meaning of what is said is not changed.
We will look quickly at six of them.
Stay away from anger
Reading the Bible, you will realize why this is included in the Christian anger management plan. The two big reasons are that anger leads to sin, and anger has the effect of putting a person in danger of the judgment of God.
Let things go
Let people get away with things. If they have caused you any damages just fix it and leave them up to God to get even with. Under his power they will reap what they sow. However, forgiving others their trespasses against us is a big part of the plan in which we expect to have our trespasses forgiven.
It is still sin
Let’s say that someone makes you as mad as a hornet and you go and cuss them out, or do some other thing to relieve your hurt feelings.
The truth is that something wrong in God’s eyes has just taken place. The fact that these people bothered with you first and made you angry does not matter. You are expected to be cool all the time, and losing your cool can get you into trouble.
Pray
Christian anger management like all Christian effort needs to start with prayer. There are things that can be done without prayer, but for it to be a successful Christian attempt, God has to be included and that happens when a Christian prays.
Don’t keep it for long
When angry, the first thing to do is to get rid of the angry feeling. The given instructions are that the Christian’s anger is to be put away before the sun sets for the day.
This does not mean that you are to pray or do whatever to stop the sun from moving. It means that before the sun gets out of sight for the day the Christian’s best interest are served by having gotten rid of the anger while the sun was still noticeable.
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