103/365: When Anger Takes Over

You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you. ~ Isaiah 26:3

Exchanging your peace for frustration is how to lose life, not gain it.

When evil is tempting you, or when someone who is grinding on your nerves, take a deep breath and ask God two questions:

"God, is it possible I have role in the way they are treating me?"
"God, can you show me something I can learn from this, about you and me?"

GO DEEPER: Hebrews 12: 14-17

NEXT STEP: Now, stop and pray for God's grace and love to fall on the people who are frustrating you. Find your peace.

user24863

on 04/14/2023 at 07:03 PM

The hope of the Lord is near.

Justice Collins

on 04/14/2023 at 05:26 PM

Hi Robert, I will be praying for your family and their health and wellness. Man, these bodies are decaying on us each and everyday, but God is with us all. I pray that he will reveal himself to them in an amazing way!!

Robert McFaddin

on 04/14/2023 at 04:25 AM

I don’t think the prayer wall is working. It’s all blank. I tried posting a prayer request but don’t see it either. Here’s the request: Please pray for my Aunt Marty. Her name is Mary Martha Rose, but we all call her Marty. She’s my mom’s sister. My mom and her brother both passed away at age 79. Aunt Marty is 85 and is having a hysterectomy tomorrow. Idk if she is born again or not. My other aunt is with her. Her name is Elizabeth - Aunt Liz. Idk if she is born again or not either. Please pray for them.

Greg Nickel

on 04/13/2023 at 10:56 PM

I can also resonate with this. I used to get angry at a drop off a hat for silly stuff, looking back at them now. prayer over that specific topic in my life over the last 5 to 6 years I to believe has been the reason for it subsiding.

Kevin Miller

on 04/13/2023 at 09:02 PM

Anger was a huge issue with me at one time. I would get violent throw things etc. I still experience anger but not to that degree any more. I still have work to do with this but I’m much better than what I was.

Ethan Rogers

on 04/13/2023 at 05:53 PM

Peace is my goal. I have been blessed today to be not such an angry person out right. However, I do hold resentment in my heart and anger inside that is very damaging to my spirit and soul. God can heal. I mostly have anger against myself. i I tend to let people walk over me and take advantage of my "good nature " which p***** me off so bad, then I'm seeking vengeance against these people that I let hurt me in the first place. A type of soul-sickness I must clear from my life. I pray for awakening. I pray for forgiveness and for my "enemies" , which I try not to have. There is work to be done. God bless us, brothers. May the peace of the Lord Jesus Christ be upon us all.

Delray Sheen

on 04/13/2023 at 03:37 PM

Matthew I agree that it is essential to finding the root to having freedom. And through the Holy Ghost, Jesus is more than able to reveal the root in the darkness right now. Jesus said, I am the light of life, any man who follows me shall not walk in darkness but have the light of life. What is darkness but ignorance, because we don't know the root now does not mean we will not. In this reading the Lord God is clearly exchanging peace for your faith and trust. Don't just ensure the attacks, bind them, rebuke them in the name of Jesus. Break out your sword of sprit. Anger or whatever tool the enemy will try, the answer is the same, your relationship with Jesus.

James

on 04/13/2023 at 03:14 PM

Well said, Elliott. You can't unring the bell. But there are times when you have to make your point and stand up for something, like God. At what point does turning the other cheek equate to compromising your values? Even Jesus got angry at the moneychangers...

Matthew Brown

on 04/13/2023 at 02:55 PM

I have struggled with anger most of my life. At the age of 17 I took anger management courses because I could see the harmful effect it was having. The trouble with anger management is it doesn’t do anything about the root of the problem. It just helps suppress it until finally it becomes too big to hold back. Finding Jesus 8 years ago helped but I still found myself going through a cycle of managing for a time and then blowing up although the blowing up was much calmer then before. Lately since discovering the importance of being honest, open, and transparent in my marriage I am finding that instead of anger causing a negative thought cycle in my mind I’m able to talk about the things that cause frustration and listen to my wife as we show grace to each other. It’s quite amazing, things we both hood and choose not to talk about for fear of causing tension was just building up and causing anger outbursts, now we talk about things easily that I thought there was no way we could ever talk about without a huge fight and even grow closer to each other. Looking back now I believe the biggest cause of my anger was actually fear of confronting situations or people that I was uncomfortable with and believing the lie that the only way to protect myself was to use anger

Robert McFaddin

on 04/13/2023 at 02:55 PM

Like Tim and Tommy, my anger has improved over the years. Although it still can rear it’s ugly head, it doesn’t happen as much. It’s ALL because of Jesus that I’m not like I used to be. I think part of my problem is I may be dealing undiagnosed autism. My wife thinks that’s the case for her and me. Our youngest son is diagnosed with autism. He is very high functioning (I think that’s how you say it). Anyway, autism or not, I try to let God have all of me. Emphasis on “try”. I still get angry at times. I pray for the Lord to help me walk in the spirit and say NO to my flesh to start my day and throughout my day daily. I am a work in progress and God is the Master Craftsman. Praise the Lord for His all sufficient grace, His goodness, and His mercy and unrelenting love!

Boyce Moses

on 04/13/2023 at 02:14 PM

As James says, we need to be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger. If we follow this we can many times analyze things before we pop off and let anger control us. Some of my worst decisions have been made when I was angry. Keep Jesus in your heart and don’t let Satan come out of your mouth. Love you Jesus! 💙💜💚💛

Elliott

on 04/13/2023 at 02:10 PM

my anger caused me to do things that I swore that I would never do to another person again. but active addiction causes me to act in a way that nobody wants to be around. My anger caused me to think about very bad things. Because of anger, fear resentments and frustration I lost everything that I didn't even know I had. people can forgive but they never forget. it's like when I take a nail that I Hammered it into a board. Then I pull out the nail out of the board. getting rid of that resentment but there's still a hole in the wood. By putting Jesus #1 in my life, he is showing me that the only way to heal is by my actions not my words. Right now I'm working on my actions today because Jesus is leading my life not my addiction.

Brandon Pembleton

on 04/13/2023 at 02:02 PM

Anger my former ally. In the past version of sometimes still today if I'm being honest I weirded anger like a weapon to get what I wanted. The end of that sentence get what I wanted is why I was so angry all the time to begin with. Selfishness and pride were the root of my anger. Which made me always feel frustrated in something nearly all the time. You can't wield anger if you're not angry after all. The trouble is wielding anger is like wielding a poison sword. Ya it would defintely help me to slay out and get what I wanted but at the same time inflict poison damage to myself. So much poison over time that I nearly took my life a couple of years ago. I found God after that and realized I wasn't trying to literally end my life but end anger and evils attachment to me. God broke through and lit the path shortly after that. Today I know just how dangerous for me it is to wield anger. It does have its usefulness but in reality it's a rare case use like protecting one's self or family. I have learned I have to pause and even give myself time and as much time as needed to process life's events in God's light. That keeps me attached to the vine and keeps the anger demon from infiltrating me again. I love my life now and don't desire to return to my old path. God please keep me humble in your word and faith in You so that I don't return to anger as a demi-god. You're the only way God. I love you and thank you for this life, amen 🙏

michael f vinning

on 04/13/2023 at 01:45 PM

My object of anger is a goat! I can’t control it-he is loud and spoiled and screams most of the day, especially if you’re late with his food or hay! I pray and am good for a time but then it turns and I lose my stuff on him again. Currently trying to sell him before it causes any more grief between the wife and I. I have never felt this much hatred towards any living thing and it may seem comical but it shames me that I daily lose it over a dang animal!!!

Tommy Williamson

on 04/13/2023 at 01:32 PM

Like Tim my anger and frustration is much better than it was even a few months ago. However, over the last week Satan really tried to get me really frustrated. The first was with my wife, I had boxed up a cross to send to a couple as a heart warming gift. The couple are YouTubers and he had just finished a cabin they had purchased and were getting ready to move in. Over a week ago I brought the box up and ask my wife if she could weight it and prepare for mailing. Yesterday she finally broke down and prepared it for mailing after I explained to her that it could potentially open me up to over 12,000 new customers for my woodcrafting business. The second came yesterday when a company a neighbor had hired to take down a couple trees in their yard. One was a small a small cherry and the other was a very large maple. My neighbor told me that he would talk to his cousin who would be leading the crew. When I walked over to mention it to his cousin I was told no and to get well over out of the way and leave them alone. A couple times it looked like he was going to drag a couple of limbs over to my yard just to turn away a go over feeding them into the grinder himself. Lord help not to let things frustrate me so easily but to maintain my peace through You.

Adam C.Morales

on 04/13/2023 at 12:49 PM

Yesterday I told to my boss that at a pass job, I would pray to God about my anger towards an employee right before I would get out of my car every time I was working with her. It calmed me down if made me think of how I should react to her. It made realize it was me hold on to past experiences with her and not they new day interactions with her. I need to forgive her to end my anger issues with her. Without God in my life and praying about it I think I would still be angry.

Tim

on 04/13/2023 at 12:28 PM

My anger has improved so much over the last few years and I know it is a direct result of my increased relationship with GOD. I still get frustrated at times but I realize it much quicker and go to the Lord and ask for help. Also, the things that trigger it now are much different than in the past. I used to get frustrated when thing didn’t go my way. Know I find it happens when other people are doing something for their advantage that isn’t right, fair or honest. It is amazing the ability that God works through his children if we allow him to. I have believed that Jesus died for me since I was a teenager but it’s only been a few years that I’ve been intentional in spending time with him and praying to him and letting him work on me. Now I look back and regret that it took 30 years to really start my walk with him.

Scott Beebe

on 04/13/2023 at 11:33 AM

Anger can be one of my character defects that can really drag me down. If I work to much and don’t take care of self, I can become easily triggered to react in a way that is not healthy. Lord Jesus, please forgive me for my struggles in this life.

103/365: When Anger Takes Over

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