Anger

A saint was asked, "What is Anger?"
He gave a beautiful answer, "It is a punishment we give to ourself, for somebody else's mistakes!"

When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one.  You can put a knife in a man and draw it out, it won’t matter how many times you say ‘I’m sorry,’ the wound is still there.”

What are the results of long term anger?  Every area of our lives is damaged by it.  Body, soul, and spirit are affected adversely.  Our health and relationships are damaged.

Any kind of anger, no matter what it is rooted in, causes stress, and stress causes illness. Anger is not God's will, and our bodies don't function well with it.

Control your temper, for anger labels you a fool.(Ecclesiastes 7:9)(NLT)

We cannot control what the world does, but we can determine not to follow its ways.




Proverbs 14:30  A calm and undisturbed mind and heart are the life and health of the body, but envy, jealousy, and wrath are like rottenness of the bones  (Amplified Bible)

In times of suffering, do not turn inward to self pity or outward to revenge, but turn upward to God.

Sinless Anger

"In your anger do not sin": Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry - Ephesians 4:26

What others say and do may arouse our anger and in some cases could make us angry. But we must be careful we don't overreact and lose control. Paul reminded us that "though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. [2 Corinthians 10 : 3-4]

Anger can be bad for our health. Doctors have estimated that 60% of all diseases are caused by emotional stress. Anger causes our glands to release toxins into our bloodstream. Our anger can cause us to suffer high blood presure, ulcers, strokes and scores of other killer diseases.

Should Christians ever become angry ? Certainly! But we should never allow our anger to erupt in a sinful response. Angry words are contagious, we should not spread them!

Proverbs 15:1 A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Proverbs 14:17 A quick-tempered man does foolish things, and a crafty man is hated.