OVERCOMING ANGER

Psalm 37:8 (God got angry) – Num. 11:1, 10
Psalm 7:11 (God never de-humanizes/uncreates (1) in sanctification)

Anger = is a sudden feeling of displeasure and antagonism in response to an irritating factor. The irritation may be created by a person or a situation. The irritation itself may have been felt for sometime, but the response of anger nearly always has an eruption factor.

It is not a planned response!

The angry person is momentarily out of control – no longer operating according to reason of God’s principles of love.

3 Reasons Why People Tend To Become Angry
They aren’t allowed to have their way.
They are in pain, either physically/emotionally.
They are jealous.

Prov. 14:17
Outbursts of anger injure other people. Internalized anger injures the angry person. Anger is diametrically opposed to love.

Proverbs 15:1, 16:32
Unchecked/uncontrolled anger acts as acid on the soul – eating away at your spirit and eventually destroying all feelings of love toward others.

You must neutralize anger as soon as you are aware that you are experiencing it. If you don’t, you may very well:

Repress it, which is dangerous to you internally, both physically and emotionally.
Suppress it, which is like burying anger alive. It will erupt eventually.
Express it, generally in a way that is hurtful/harmful to others.
The alternative God provides for you is to:
4. Confess it. Admit to God that you are angry and ask for help and healing.

Anger is usually expressed in (1) of (2) ways:

As a physical or verbal outburst
A person may throw a punch, pound a fist against the wall, slam a door/phone receiver, swear/ shout, among other physical manifestations. Anger may even manifest itself as gossip. Every form of abuse – that I can name – sexual, physical, emotional, verbal, etc. has anger at its root.

As a brooding silence
The person internalizes the anger and allows it to seep into their sub-consciousness. Sometimes this anger displays itself as boredom/isolation from other people. The person who broods in silent anger may manifest an eruption of that anger at a later date. The anger may even erupt within the body in the form of disease. Unless (1) deals positively and in a Godly way with anger, anger will manifest itself in some way.

Romans 12: 18-21