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Day 30: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Pastor Mike Allen

Jun 23, 20212 min read

Day 30: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Jealousy. Do we struggle with others being blessed? Can we identify with the statement, "Every time a friend succeeds, something inside...

Day 29: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Pastor Mike Allen

Jun 23, 20212 min read

Day 29: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

If the Lord wills. James 4:13-16 points us to an appropriate approach to every day of life..."If the Lord wills, we will live and do this...

Day 28: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Pastor Mike Allen

Jun 23, 20212 min read

Day 28: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Grumbling! Who doesn't like a good grumble or an opportunity to complain about something or anything? We must recognize these responses...

Day 27: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Pastor Mike Allen

Jun 23, 20212 min read

Day 27: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

The Cross and Anger. In 1 Corinthians 2:2, Paul puts Christ at the very center of all things and identifies Him as the One who, through...

Day 26: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Pastor Mike Allen

Jun 23, 20212 min read

Day 26: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Anger forgets. Anger feels justified, after all, this is why we are angry. In our minds our standard has not been met. Our expectations...

Day 25: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Pastor Mike Allen

Jun 23, 20212 min read

Day 25: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Strength and Power. Anger gives a false sense of power because it seems to get people to respond to what we want. The parent in anger is...

Day 24: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Pastor Mike Allen

Jun 23, 20212 min read

Day 24: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Satan loves anger. Ephesians 4:26-27 warns against giving Satan an opportunity in our hearts in the area of anger. This is sinful anger...

Day 23: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Pastor Mike Allen

Jun 23, 20212 min read

Day 23: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Talk with God. We speak openly with God so we can be known and He speaks openly with us so we can know Him. Anger is often rooted in...

Day 22: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Pastor Mike Allen

Jun 23, 20213 min read

Day 22: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Anger's Victim. Let's be clear, we are not a victim of anger when anger is our own sin. We are not controlled by people, circumstances,...

Day 21: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Pastor Mike Allen

Jun 23, 20213 min read

Day 21: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Seek Forgiveness. The destruction that anger brings with it will require us to seek forgiveness from those we have devastated with our...

Day 20: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Pastor Mike Allen

Jun 23, 20213 min read

Day 20: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

What's Your Plan? Are you a planner or do you tend to "fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants?" I am not a great planner and the reality is that...

Day 19: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Pastor Mike Allen

Jun 23, 20212 min read

Day 19: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

God's Jealousy. Our tendency is to think of the sinfulness of jealousy and that is right when jealousy pertains to us and our personal...

Day 18: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Pastor Mike Allen

Jun 23, 20213 min read

Day 18: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Desires! The Holy Spirit gets to the heart of the matter of anger and conflict in these few verses, yet at the same time He makes...

Day 17: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Pastor Mike Allen

Jun 23, 20213 min read

Day 17: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Thank you. It seems impossible to believe that this simple "proper manners" element that we were likely taught as a child has the ability...

Day 16: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Pastor Mike Allen

Jun 23, 20212 min read

Day 16: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Completely Humble. Jesus lived the life that we were intended to live, but cannot live because of our sinfulness. He lived in a way that...

Day 15: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Pastor Mike Allen

Jun 23, 20212 min read

Day 15: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Jesus and Anger. Jesus is the most comprehensive picture that God gives of Himself, and Jesus did show anger. He was angry with religious...

Day 14: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Pastor Mike Allen

Jun 23, 20212 min read

Day 14: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Forgiven! God is a God who loves to forgive and who has forgiven sin through the cross of His righteous and precious Son. Our...

Day 13: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Pastor Mike Allen

Jun 23, 20212 min read

Day 13: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace

Confession. David's confession about his sin with Bathsheba is found in Psalm 51. Psalm 32 also records his response as he thanks God for...

Day 12: Meditations on Anger, Patience, and Peace

Pastor Mike Allen

Jun 16, 20212 min read

Day 12: Meditations on Anger, Patience, and Peace

Anger is Against God. My anger feels like it is justified and it feels like it is directed toward those who deserve it. At times, it may...

Day 11: Meditations on Anger, Patience, and Peace

Pastor Mike Allen

Jun 16, 20212 min read

Day 11: Meditations on Anger, Patience, and Peace

Feelings. We tend to get our feelings out of balance: we feel too much and our feelings drive our actions or we feel too little and we...

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