Feb 17, 2025 … Being Cool In Christ

Feb 17, 2025 … Being Cool In Christ  

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in this song with music and lyrics with Joshua Miller singing … Slow To Anger, showing how God is slow to anger as He pursues us with HIs love.  

Unrestrained anger ... 

Highlight Passaged: … Proverbs 29:20 …[NLT] … </b>

20 There is more hope for a fool than for someone who speaks without thinking.           

… God wisdom, thru Solomon, about restraining our anger and avoid becoming a fool.          

Highlight Passage (in context): … Proverbs 29:4-11, 20 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… Solomon shows that only a fool does not restrain his (or her) tongue or their anger.                  

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Reference Passage:… Exodus 2:11-12 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Moses let his anger loose in killing an Egyptian.    

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

… God’s call, thru Solomon, for God’s chosen to avoid speaking in anger, rather using gentle words.

Reference Passage: … Romans 12:17-18 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul exhorts fellow Christians to do all they (we) can to live in peace with teach other. 

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

… Paul also exhorts Christians to get rid of all rage and anger and choose to love one another thru their (our) relationship with Christ.  

Reference Passage: … Colossians 3:7-10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul repeats his charge to fellow Christians to put off all rage and anger and to put on our new nature of Christlikeness and love. 

Reference Passage: … James 1:26 NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… James calls out those who claim to be in Christ and do not control their tongues in anger to have a useless religion.    

                            

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author - Tim Gustafson … AT THIS LINK      … relates the true story of President Lincoln, angry to hear that General Meade had ignored Lincoln’s order to attack General Lee of the Southern armies in Virginia close to the end of the Civil War. But rather Meade chose to rest his weary troops.  But with restraint, Lincoln never mailed that letter in anger and Lee finally surrendered to end the war.    

The ODB entry and God’s desire today, expressed in the Scriptures above, for all His faithful followers is to avoid letting our anger prevail (see photo); but rather letting Godly peace win the day in our hearts, ultimately shows God’s peace in the mind an heart of God’s people.  Oh, how I fall short in this area, too often letting my anger win out.  Looking for God’s peace to quell my anger today; … how about you?                          

          

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You, … for helping me to “BE COOL” for Your will today, Lord.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray, … again today, … that all reading here will join me, …  to seek Your Peace, Lord, today … and then even more tomorrow.  … Amen

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