Pastor Mike AllenSep 27, 20213 min readBook Recommendation: Parenting with Words of GraceI write these recommendations to encourage others to read. I do not intend to provide a critical review, but to provide insights to what...
Pastor Mike AllenJun 29, 20212 min readDay 50: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and PeaceThe Bigger View. Anger is about the immediate gratification of our own desires. Anger says, "I am the biggest thing that matters at this...
Pastor Mike AllenJun 29, 20212 min readDay 43: Mediations in Anger, Patience, PeaceWhy can't everyone be like me? Underlying our anger is pride. It is pride that our way of doing things, our expectations, our responses,...
Pastor Mike AllenJun 23, 20212 min readDay 31: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and PeaceFull vent or Straight-up Embarrassment. Anger does not make us behave in particular ways, but rather in our anger we choose to behave in...
Pastor Mike AllenJun 23, 20212 min readDay 26: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and PeaceAnger forgets. Anger feels justified, after all, this is why we are angry. In our minds our standard has not been met. Our expectations...
Pastor Mike AllenJun 23, 20212 min readDay 24: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and PeaceSatan loves anger. Ephesians 4:26-27 warns against giving Satan an opportunity in our hearts in the area of anger. This is sinful anger...
Pastor Mike AllenJun 23, 20213 min readDay 22: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and PeaceAnger'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,...
Pastor Mike AllenJun 23, 20212 min readDay 16: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and PeaceCompletely Humble. Jesus lived the life that we were intended to live, but cannot live because of our sinfulness. He lived in a way that...
Pastor Mike AllenJun 23, 20212 min readDay 14: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and PeaceForgiven! God is a God who loves to forgive and who has forgiven sin through the cross of His righteous and precious Son. Our...