TWO KINDS OF ANGER

TWO KINDS OF ANGER

If you lose your temper, you've lost.

There are two kinds of anger. There is "righteous"

anger that comes out of a righteous response to sin. This is the

kind of anger that Jesus displayed when He chased the money

changers out of the Temple (Mark 11:15-17). You might ex-

press this type of anger,too. You can express this emotion and 

still have God in control of your life. In fact, it is the  Holy

Spirit inside you that reacts  and controls your responses.

The second kind of anger controls you. You lose your

temper. You say or do something you later regret, Don't try to

give God credit for this type of anger. He doesn't have any-

thing to do with it (and He doesn't want you to either). This

is the kind of anger that the Bible warns against because it can

                                  take over control of your life.

Only God should have control of your life. Make sure

that your temper is not pushing Him out of His rightful place.

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Don't be quick tempered,

for anger is the friend of fools.

ECCLESIASTES 7:9