I am quick tempered, I must embrace patience!

I anger quickly, so I must embrace forgiveness

I get angry, so I must think before I speak

I am quick to anger and speak out, so I must

embrace self-control.

I am quick to anger, so I must embrace patience.

What makes you angry?

Why do you/we get angry?

How do you respond to anger?

Is being angry ever OK for a Follower of The Way?

Then the LORD's anger burned against Moses…

Exodus 4:14

Now leave me alone so that my anger may burn against them and that I

may destroy them. Then I will make you into a great

nation.Exodus 4:14

Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all who

were buying and selling there. He overturned the

tables of the money changers and the benches

of those selling doves. Matthew 21:12

"You have heard that it was said, 'Love your

neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I tell you:

Love your enemies and pray for those who

persecute you…Matthew 21:12

“In your anger do not sin.”Do not let the sun go down while you are still

angry, and do not give the devil a foothold.

Ephesians 4:26

Are there other instructions/thoughts/poin

ts in Scripture about anger?

When is it OK to be angry?

When is it NOT OK to be angry?

How can we apply all of this to our lives?

We tend to get angry when we don’t get our

way.We tend to get angry when our conditions

aren’t met.

Imagine if we removed all the conditions and expectations in our

relationships…

What would that look like?

Other thoughts?