Why Do I Get So Angry, and What Can I Do to Stop Feeling This Way?

12/11/23 • 22 min

What makes you mad? How do you handle your angry feelings? Is it sometimes OK to get angry? What does God say about anger? In this episode, I examine reasons we get angry, I discuss "righteous" vs. "unrighteous" anger, and I share some practical strategies to help you better manage your angry feelings.
Some of the Scriptural references included in this episode:
“People with understanding control their anger;
a hot temper shows great foolishness.”
(Proverbs 14:29, NLT)
“Human anger does not produce the righteousness God desires.”
(James 1:20, NLT)
“But I say, if you are even angry with someone, you are subject to judgment! If you call someone an idiot, you are in danger of being brought before the court. And if you curse someone, you are in danger of the fires of hell.”
(Jesus - Matthew 5:22, NLT)
“Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger.”
(Ephesians 4:26, ESV)
“God is a just judge, and God is angry with the wicked every day.” (Psalm 7:11, NKJV)
“And when He had looked around at them with anger, being grieved by the hardness of their hearts, He said to the man, ‘Stretch out your hand.’ And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored as whole as the other.”
(Mark 3:5, NKJV)
“But when Jesus saw it, He was greatly displeased and said to them, ‘Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God.’”
(Mark 10:14, NKJV)
“Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.”
(Proverbs 16:32, ESV)

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The biblical references mentioned in this episode include:
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