Anger Management

Matthew 5:21–22 TPT

“You’re familiar with the commandment that the older generation was taught, ‘Do not murder or you will be judged.’ But I’m telling you, if you hold anger in your heart toward a fellow believer, you are subject to judgment. And whoever demeans and insults a fellow believer is answerable to the congregation. And whoever calls down curses upon a fellow believer is in danger of being sent to a fiery hell.

Exodus 20:13 NKJV

“You shall not murder.

Deuteronomy 5:17 NKJV

‘You shall not murder.

Leviticus 24:17 NKJV

‘Whoever kills any man shall surely be put to death.

Genesis 9:6 NKJV

“Whoever sheds man’s blood, By man his blood shall be shed; For in the image of God He made man.

Being Angry with you Brother

Ephesians 4:26–27 NLT

And “don’t sin by letting anger control you.” Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry, for anger gives a foothold to the devil.

When anger is present, look for the pain.

R. C. Sproul

Cain was angry at God and murdered his brother.

12  Anger is an expression of frustration, fear and hurt, and these feelings turn into anger in order to disguise what we are really feeling. Anger is a form of dishonest emotional expression.

H. Norman Wright

The Marriage Checkup (2002)

H. Norman Wright

1 John 3:15 NKJV

Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

A New Standard has been established.

It may seem to be unattainable, but it sets a new standard of life for us.

Proverbs 16:32 NKJV

He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, And he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.

Proverbs 25:28 NLT

A person without self-control is like a city with broken-down walls.