January 24, 2024 … Slow To Anger

January 24, 2024 … Slow To Anger  

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Joshua Miller singing … Slow To Anger …  passionately singing of our God being slow to anger and rich in love.   

Responding in anger ... 

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Highlight Passage: … James 1:19 [NLT] … 

19 Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.. 

… James shares God’s desire for His chosen to be patient and avoid getting angry by listening first and acting with Christlike compassion.               

Highlight Passage (in context): …James 1:18-20 … USE THIS LINK … 

…James, helping fellow Christians to understand and apply God’s instructions to quell our natural tendency toward anger.                                                           

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Reference Passage: … Psalms 37:8 [NLT] …   

8 Stop being angry!  Turn from your rage!  Don not lose our temper - it only leads to harm. .  

… King David sings of God’s calling His children to avoid anger which leads to harm. 

Reference Passage: … Proverbs 14:29, 15:18, 19:11 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru Solomon’s Proverbs, repeatedly calls for His people to quell their (our) anger which leads to foolishness and harm. 

Reference Passage: … Luke 6:31  [NLT] …   

31 Do to others as you would like them to do to you..  …   

… Jesus’ golden rule of treating others as we would desire to be treated.   

Reference Passage: … Ephesians 4:31-32 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul exhorts fellow Christians to get rid of anger and resend thru our anger with tender-hearted forgiveness just as God has forgiven His people.  

Reference Passage: … Colossians 3:12-14 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul again calls on fellow Christians to strive for Godly holiness by sharing the love of God with humble forgiveness and kindness rather than responding to others in anger.    

        

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread  Author , Katara Patton -  AT THIS LINK -   tells of being angered by a misguided post online attacking the ODB author’s character.  But rather than responding in anger, the ODB author paused to pray and quell her anger, …  as God’s word above calls Christians, … and to listen first and pray to avoid responding quickly in anger.     

Do any of my readers here today, besides myself, identify with how God’s word repeatedly calls us to stop and control our anger.  Because, …  by doing all we can, … especially in this digital age of rapid communication (see photo), … to quell angry responses and take action by sharing God’s love/grace, rather than responding in our very human feelings, which so often leads to more harm and misunderstandings.   What can we do today to avoid anger and share God’s love and His mercy/grace with others?         

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for loving me so that I can love others, … even when I’m mistreated and angry.      

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, … to share God’s love and grace with others, … yes, even when we’re mistreated and angry.      Amen  

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