Christian anger management instructions can be found throughout the Bible, especially in the books of Psalms and Proverbs. It is with these guidelines that Christians are to live and set an example so that the entire world would be a more orderly 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.
Right now 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
Allow people to get away with things. Just fix the damage that they had caused and leave them for God to get even with. He is fair enough to see that they reap what they sow. But you need to remember that it is by forgiving others their trespasses that we can go to God to see our trespasses forgiven.
Yes it is sin
Let's suppose that they just made you furious today so you went and cussed them outor you did something else to calm your hurt feelings.
The truth is you have just done something that is wrong in God's eyes. It doesn't matter that you were made angry by the people you attacked. You are expected to be cooler than that, and to not be cool can get you into trouble.
Pray
Like all Christian effort, Christian anger management needs to start with prayer. Some things can be done without prayer, but for it to be considered a Christian event, God has to be included and praying is how a Christian gets God to be a part of things.
Don't hold it for long
The first course of action when angry is to get away from the angry feeling. The guidelines are that the sun should not go down before the Christian is calm.
This does not mean that you are to do what you can to stop the sun from moving. It is saying that before the night comes the Christian is better served by having already calmed himself from his anger while the sun was still up. - 16890
The instructions are not plentiful, but from place to place the wording is different. However, the meaning of what is said is not changed.
Right now 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
Allow people to get away with things. Just fix the damage that they had caused and leave them for God to get even with. He is fair enough to see that they reap what they sow. But you need to remember that it is by forgiving others their trespasses that we can go to God to see our trespasses forgiven.
Yes it is sin
Let's suppose that they just made you furious today so you went and cussed them outor you did something else to calm your hurt feelings.
The truth is you have just done something that is wrong in God's eyes. It doesn't matter that you were made angry by the people you attacked. You are expected to be cooler than that, and to not be cool can get you into trouble.
Pray
Like all Christian effort, Christian anger management needs to start with prayer. Some things can be done without prayer, but for it to be considered a Christian event, God has to be included and praying is how a Christian gets God to be a part of things.
Don't hold it for long
The first course of action when angry is to get away from the angry feeling. The guidelines are that the sun should not go down before the Christian is calm.
This does not mean that you are to do what you can to stop the sun from moving. It is saying that before the night comes the Christian is better served by having already calmed himself from his anger while the sun was still up. - 16890
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