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Don't Let Anger Linger

  • Writer: Jill Jarrell Newsome
    Jill Jarrell Newsome
  • Jun 7, 2024
  • 2 min read

When we or a loved one has been hurt by disappointment, betrayal, fear, bullying,etc we can experience anger. Anger is a whole lot of grief and it can have a foothold on you! We must not sin over our anger and that can be hard. Ephesians 4: 26, "In your anger do not sin..." We have to heal and overcome our anger. When we are bitter and carry around unresolved conflict we are letting the anger linger.


Volcanoes sometimes have gentle eruptions and sometimes they have massively destructive ones. Our anger is much the same way. Anger is powerful and can erupt quickly or it can steadily spew. Neither are good. Opposite of an explosion is an implosion and if we do not deal with our anger and push it down it can implode and shut us down! James 1: 19-20, "My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires." Unresolved anger causes bitterness.


Proverbs 16: 32, "Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city." We cannot do this alone but the Holy Spirit can guide us. Jesus understands anger and He experienced it but He did not let it consume Him. Give Jesus the anger. Ephesians 4: 31-32, "Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you." Forgive. You do not have to forget. You are not saying it was right. You do not have to be friends. Just forgive. When we forgive and walk in true spiritual authority, we can walk with a confidence to hold our head high.



 
 
 

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