Apr 16, 2025 … The Angry Fool …

Apr 16, 2025 …  The Angry Fool …  

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in this song with music and lyrics with Tim McGraw singing  … Humble and Kind,  calling on Christians to ALWAYS be humble and kind to others.  

We get to choose ... 

Highlight Passage: …Ecclesiastes 7:9 … [NLT] … 

 9 Control your temper, for anger labels you as a fool.           

…  Solomon’s wisdom from God on controlling our anger.    

           

Highlight Passage (in context)  … Ecclesiastes 7:3-9 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

…  Solomon teaches truth about controlling anger to avoid foolishness. .                                       

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Reference Passage: … Proverbs 13:10, 15:1  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  God provides wisdom, from Solomon, on controlling our temper and avoiding foolish conflict.   

Reference Passage: … Romans 14:19 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul exerts fellow Christians to strive for harmony by avoiding strife within the church.   

Reference Passage: … Ephesians 4:26  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul also teaches fellow Christians to avoid letting anger control our emotions. 

Reference Passage: …  2Timothy 2:23-26 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul shows Timothy to help fellow Christians to humbly control their (our) anger avoiding foolish quarrels among fellow Christians.

Reference Passage: …  Titus 3:9 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… Paul advises Titus - and all Christians - to avoid foolish arguments which always lead to anger and discord. 

Reference Passage: …  James 1:19-20 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus’ brother James calls on fellow Christians to avoid letting anger get in the way of wisdom and reason as Christians interact in the church.

                        

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author - Winn Collier … AT THIS LINK     …  Relates the true story of how a war broke out between France and Mexico in 1832 when several Mexican soldiers sampled the pastry in a French pastry shop, which broke out into a conflict which led to war between France and Mexico, … an armed conflict which started over foolishness.   

How often do we let our anger and emotions get in the way of reason and wisdom in dealing with one another?   Today’s linked song and God’s word, … shared above, …  call on ALL Christians to choose reason over anger (see photo); and do all we can to humbly avoid angry foolishness and calling on reason to let us interact with others with Godly restraint.   We need to remember; … as others have said, …  that “anger” is only one letter away from “DANGER.”  So, what could we do today to avoid letting our anger dictate our choices?  I”ll leave that challenge to all of us … TODAY …. to let God’s Spirit guide our interactions with others.      

         

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You, … for calling me to seek Your peace and avoid letting my pride lead me to angry choices.     

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray, … again today, … that all reading here will join me, …  to seek Your peace, Lord, and avoid anger in dealing with others.    … AMEN

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