How to Keep Your Cool? Part 2
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Last Sunday we started with our series entitled: “Values that Last”
We begun scouring the Bible for values that are universal and unchanging
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Text:
An angry person stirs up conflict, and a hot-tempered person commits many sins.
In dealing with Anger, the Bible tells us of 7 things that we must do in order for us to Keep our Cool
They are:
Resolve to Control My Anger
Realize/Recognize the Cause of My Anger
Frustration
Hurt
Afraid (Fear, Insecurity)
Why am I angry?
What do I really want?
How can I get it?
Restrain My Mouth
Reflect Before I React
Truthful
Helpful
Inspiring
Necessary
Kind
In early 2001 some towns in India were stricken by a plague of monkeys. The monkeys were so numerous they would invade homes, bite people, and make off with food supplies. It was agreed the monkey’s would have to be caught and relocated. The people in these towns resorted to a traditional method for catching them. They gathered their old milk bottles, tied them to the ground, and then placed something sweet such as a lolly inside the bottle. Then when a monkey comes along and sees the sweet he places his hand inside the bottle, but with the sweet enclosed in his palm his fist is too big to get back out the bottle. Our monkey will pull and push in an effort to get that sweet out, but he will not let it go, not even as his captors approach. And so the monkey is caught, literally with his hand in the lolly jar!
Application: Bitterness, forgiveness: unless we let go of our hurts and bitterness we will become trapped by the past, wanting to move forward yet unable to. Yet this is difficult, as we find it perversely attractive to hold onto our pain and bitterness.
Application: Bitterness, forgiveness: unless we let go of our hurts and bitterness we will become trapped by the past, wanting to move forward yet unable to. Yet this is difficult, as we find it perversely attractive to hold onto our pain and bitterness.
Pericopes: Saul’s Growing Fear of David
Pericopes: Saul’s Growing Fear of David
Saul’s son, Jonathan became very close with David
Whatever mission Saul send him on, David was so successful that he gave me him high rank in the army
The women were chanting and cheering for David
1 Samuel 18:
As they returned home, after David had killed the Philistine, the women poured out of all the villages of Israel singing and dancing, welcoming King Saul with tambourines, festive songs, and lutes. In playful frolic the women sang, Saul kills by the thousand, David by the ten thousand! This made Saul angry—very angry. He took it as a personal insult. He said, “They credit David with ‘ten thousands’ and me with only ‘thousands.’ Before you know it they’ll be giving him the kingdom!”
Everything David did turned out well. Yes, God was with him. As Saul saw David becoming more successful, he himself grew more fearful. He could see the handwriting on the wall.
In everything he did he had great success, because the Lord was with him. When Saul saw how successful he was, he was afraid of him.
King Saul sought to kill David
His anger turned to bitterness
“Anger delayed indefinitely results to bitterness”
So the 5th in our list of biblical ways How to Keep Our Cool is...
5. Release My Anger in Appropriate Ways
5. Release My Anger in Appropriate Ways
Don’t Suppress it
Don’t Repress it (Deny will lead to depression)
Don’t Express it (in inappropriate manner)
Confess it (confess your anger)
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
6. Return Good for Evil
6. Return Good for Evil
Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone. If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord.
7. Request God’s Help
7. Request God’s Help
Lord, help me control my tongue; help me be careful about what I say.
Prayer
Prayer
God’s goodness knows no bounds
His goodness never stops
His mercy follows us
His kindness fills our lives
His love amazes us
