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Day 50: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Pastor Mike Allen

Jun 29, 20212 min read

Day 50: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

The Bigger View. Anger is about the immediate gratification of our own desires. Anger says, "I am the biggest thing that matters at this...

Day 49: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Pastor Mike Allen

Jun 29, 20212 min read

Day 49: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Be Aware. As we discover the reality, the depth, and the breadth of the anger of our hearts, we must be cautious. Knowledge is not power...

Day 48: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Pastor Mike Allen

Jun 29, 20212 min read

Day 48: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Signs of Growth. We can rejoice that God is at work in us and that He will continue His work in His children until it is complete at the...

Day 47: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Pastor Mike Allen

Jun 29, 20212 min read

Day 47: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Neighbors. Growing up, our neighbors were our friends. We fished, hunted, played baseball and football, argued, fought, and did a few...

Day 46: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Pastor Mike Allen

Jun 29, 20212 min read

Day 46: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

What are we Aiming for? In Romans 1:21-32; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10; Galatians 5:19-21; Colossians 3:5-9; and Titus 3:3 Paul lists numerous...

Day 45: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Pastor Mike Allen

Jun 29, 20212 min read

Day 45: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Blame Sharing. We are all aware of blame-shifting. We have done it by blaming our spouses, bosses, co-workers, etc. We have all had it...

Day 44: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Pastor Mike Allen

Jun 29, 20212 min read

Day 44: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

God is the Judge. We will be treated unjustly. Our anger is usually a response to an actual wrong, but what is more important is how we...

Day 43: Mediations in Anger, Patience, Peace

Pastor Mike Allen

Jun 29, 20212 min read

Day 43: Mediations in Anger, Patience, Peace

Why can't everyone be like me? Underlying our anger is pride. It is pride that our way of doing things, our expectations, our responses,...

Day 42: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Pastor Mike Allen

Jun 29, 20213 min read

Day 42: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

God's Anger Emptied Out. The outpouring of our sinful wrath on others and others pouring their sinful wrath upon us is always wrong and...

Day 41: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Pastor Mike Allen

Jun 29, 20212 min read

Day 41: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Unlimited Patience. Ed Welch gets to the heart quickly today. He states, "If you want to know what you really think about the Lord, watch...

Day 40: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Pastor Mike Allen

Jun 27, 20212 min read

Day 40: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Be Quick to Listen. James 1:19 is often referenced when addressing anger. The idea typically involves being quick to listen before...

Day 39: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Pastor Mike Allen

Jun 27, 20213 min read

Day 39: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Justified Anger. We convince ourselves that we have the "right" to be angry and our position of "rightness" demands that we must be...

Day 38: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Pastor Mike Allen

Jun 27, 20212 min read

Day 38: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Blame. One of the underlying thoughts in our anger is a sense of superiority over others. This is because anger is rooted in a perceived...

Day 37: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Pastor Mike Allen

Jun 27, 20212 min read

Day 37: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

The Gift of Being Mistreated. If we believe that God is sovereign then we must conclude that His will includes our own mistreatment at...

Day 36: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Pastor Mike Allen

Jun 27, 20212 min read

Day 36: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Our Shield and Protector. For those of us who deal with the sin of anger, anger is often our shield of defense. When we are threatened,...

Day 35: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Pastor Mike Allen

Jun 27, 20212 min read

Day 35: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Ways to bless your enemy. Rather than being angry with those who oppose us, we are called to seek their blessing. How can we do this? We...

Day 34: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Pastor Mike Allen

Jun 27, 20212 min read

Day 34: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Bless your enemy. If we are to put off anger, then we are to put on something in place of it. What is it? Paul teaches in Romans 12:14...

Day 33: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Pastor Mike Allen

Jun 27, 20212 min read

Day 33: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

God's Anger. God can be provoked to anger. God hates evil (Proverbs 8:13). God hates dishonest scales (Proverbs 20:10). God hates haughty...

Day 32: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Pastor Mike Allen

Jun 27, 20212 min read

Day 32: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Learned Anger. There is nothing quite so shocking as hearing our own kids repeat the exact words with the same intonation that we use as...

Day 31: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Pastor Mike Allen

Jun 23, 20212 min read

Day 31: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Full vent or Straight-up Embarrassment. Anger does not make us behave in particular ways, but rather in our anger we choose to behave in...

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