Unprofitable
Anger
TGIF Today God Is First Volume 1, by Os Hillman
04-20-2012
TGIF Today God Is First Volume 1, by Os Hillman
04-20-2012
"Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for
anger resides in the lap of fools." - Ecclesiastes 7:9
Every day of our lives we are placed in situations that engage us with other
people, whether it is in the office, our homes, or in public places. Do you
recall the last time someone cut you off in traffic, or you were forced to wait
in line because someone up front got held up? Perhaps your employer did
something that was downright unfair. Anger can result from many circumstances.
A friend once told me that anger is like warning lights on the front of your
car dashboard. They signal that there is something going on under the hood, and
we should take a look to examine the source of the problem. Anger can be traced
to a few sources. First, when we lose control of a circumstance that we have
placed certain expectations on and those expectations do not result in our
desired outcome, we are tempted to get angry. The source of this type of anger
is both fear and protection of personal rights. You see, when we believe we have
a right to something, we have not given the Lord permission to allow an outcome
different from what we want. If an outcome is different from our expectations,
this may stimulate fear.
For instance, if a vendor failed to deliver an important job on time due to
something out of his control, you may respond out of anger. Please know that the
source of your anger is the fear of what might happen to you or what this might
say about your abilities to manage a project. You no longer are in control of
the circumstance and this creates fear in you.
The next time you get angry ask the Lord what is the source of that anger?
Did the Lord allow that failure to let you see what is "under your hood"? God
has not given us a spirit of fear, but of love, power, and a sound mind (see 2
Tim. 1:7). Give up your rights to expectations that God never gave you. You will
find a new freedom in Christ you never knew you could have.
Today God Is
First (TGIF) devotional message, Copyright by Os Hillman, Marketplace
Leaders.
Practicing Purity
Pastor Adrian Rogers
“Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.” - 2 Corinthians 10:5
Christian young people have asked me what specific things they can do to practice moral purity. Three of those are:
¨ First, watch the crowd they hang out with.
Choose their friends wisely (see Proverbs 13:20).
¨ Second, guard what they put into their minds
from books, movies, and music (see Psalm
101:3a, Proverbs 6:27).
¨ Lastly, control their thought life (see
Proverbs 23:7a, Philippians 4:8). The thought is the father of the deed. Someone
has well said, "We cannot keep the birds from flying over our heads, but we can
keep them from making a nest in our hair."
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