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How to stop anger?
Marky Mark:
Hello Pogo.
Anger is something that we all experience going through in this life.We are by design emotional beings that live and feel through our mind, heart and senses. Right now you are going through these feelings of anger and hate because our Father has willed it in your life. There is a reason to be sure for what you are feeling and that most certainly is for your Spiritual growth. Since our God is not a respecter of any man, but he does show favor to whom He wants,I myself consider it a blessing when things of a bad or evil intent come my way.Not because it is something that I would enjoy on an emotional level but rather something I must go through in order to be taught of the Spirit. We all here know that the earthly lessons of this life time are why we are here to begin with.An experience of good and evil is what Gods intentions are for His children at this time so that we may become righteous sons and daughters of The Most High.
I use to in my carnal ways put all of the blame for the things that I had to go through[and still do] squarely on a un-loving God who was only out for what He could get. But since coming to the Truth of the Spirit I can now see that it is not what we should want for ourselves but rather what we should want to do to please our God, so that His love can be all in all. That is something I want more than physical life itself. To do the right thing in our minds and hearts is how the Creator will justify all of the trails and tribulations that he puts us through. He is the potter and we are the pot. The more we study the Word and put God first in our lives, the quicker these lessons learned will have a chance to seep in and take effect.Pogo,please always keep the Faith and rely on Father,for he is the reason for being in the first place.
All Praise and Glory to The Father. Amen...
Luke 6:35
35 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
Eph 1:5
5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
Phil 2:15
15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
Heb 12:6-7
6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
Rev 21:7
7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
Peace and God Bless...Mark
lauriellen:
dear Pogo,
i am so sorry for your sufferring, and i understand how you would gladly take your husbands sufferring on yourself to ease his pain. unfortunately "WHY GOD?" seems to be the question of the ages, but i don't think we will get our answers in this lifetime. The only solace i seem to find is digging into Gods scriptures, especially Job. I don't pretend to understand all that God is doing or allowing or causing in our lives, but like Job, "tho He slay me, yet i will trust Him." All we can do is endure to the end, trust in God to work it all out someday......Remember the parable of Lazarus and the Rich man? while everyone else is fixed on the heaven/hell aspect of that parable, i have been drawn to the statement of how the rich man "got his good things" while on this earth....it does seems like some do get good things in this life, while others suffer/struggle with many trials and tribulations. I certainly don't have the answers to "WHY?", and i don't really think anyone else does, either.
When the trials of this life get so hard to understand, i just remind myself that above all else, God is good, His mercy is everlasting and He promises that someday He will wipe away every tear, and there will be no more pain, sorrow or sufferring.
love and prayers,
lauriellen
9440geoff:
Hi Pogo,
When I am angry I try to separate, in my mind, my spiritual side from my carnal side, because I know that it is my carnal side that generates the anger, and which cannot please God.
Rom 8:7 Our desires fight against God, because they do not and cannot obey God's laws.
Rom 8:8 If we follow our desires, we cannot please God. (CEV)
I try to live 'in my spirit' because I know that it is my spirit that is in communion with God's spirit and God's spirit will act on my spirit, and then my spirit will act on my carnal nature, to the good.
Hope this makes sense.
1Co 10:13 You are tempted in the same way that everyone else is tempted. But God can be trusted not to let you be tempted too much, and he will show you how to escape from your temptations.
(CEV)
Geoff
blakparty:
Dear Pogo,
My heart and prayers go out for you. I cannot add to all the responces that everyone has given you because I would just be giving you the same scriptures that they have been giving you. I can say this though. God has not left you and we all need to be honest about how we feel about a situation even thought it may seem like we are thinking or saying the wrong thing. We are all human and God knows how we are going to feel before we feel it. We were made in this weakend state but God will and is making us into His very image. Unfortunatley we all have to go through a lot of heartache and pain. I can't say I know how you feel because I have never went through what you are going through right now but I do know what heartache and pain is. Please know that all of us is praying for you that you will have the strenghth to go through what you are going through. From experience you will look back at all this and see what God was trying to teach you and how strong you are for going through this. Each time I go through life's down times I think that God is not there and I get mad too. But in the end, I understand God much better and believe much better and notice my measure of faith is greater.
Here is something that I hope comfort you. I like this scripture and I think I will hang it on the wall as soon as I find a place to live. Here it is:
Isaiah 40
27 Why do you say, O Jacob,
and complain, O Israel,
"My way is hidden from the LORD;
my cause is disregarded by my God"?
28 Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom.
29 He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.
30 Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
31 but those who hope in the LORD
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.
God Bless you and hang in there sister it will get better and easier, Rob(blakparty)
Robin:
Hi Pogo,
When I read your post I saw deep grief and being overwhelmed with the sole care of your husband even though you love him very much and wouldn't have it any other way. There must be a tremendous amount of pain underneath all that anger. Grief often expresses itself in anger when the pain is too great to face all at once. I know how horrible it must be that your husband is trying to find an escape from his pain and asking you and others to help him.
My heart and prayers go out to you. Be gentle with yourself and keep seeking God. The trials are so very hard, but necessary for our correction. I often fight the temptation to go into a rage over the severe suffering of my loved ones. I keep confessing and putting myself at God's feet to continue his work in me. I recognize that all things and all circumstances are designed by God for a purpose. When someone does me a terrible wrong it helps me to know it came from the plan of God and has a purpose in my life and the lives of others.
http://bible-truths.com/lake16-D3.htm
"For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is My brother, and My sister, and mother" (Mark 3:35).
Being angry with a true brother or sister who is doing the will of God, is little different than being angry with God Himself. And if we do it, we will be in danger of the Judgment. Or as some render it, "the Judge or Judges." Jesus is our singular Judge, and we will be the multiple judges that "judge the world & angels" (I Cor. 6:2-3), by these very same principles.
The first four judgments of Jesus in His Sermon revolve around "brothers" in Christ who "do the will of God." And even calling a brother "you fool," will bring judgment of Jesus on your life. But what about the last one-"prison?" Does Jesus put us in prison? Yes, He certainly does. I can personally vouch for this one, and maybe you can too. Sometimes we are put into a position where we just can't get out. There IS NO WAY OUT. We will physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually struggle for a way out, but there is no way out. You are in spiritual prison! And Jesus ONLY has the keys.
These four examples of Christ's judgments in His Elect can come in so many varied and over-lapping circumstances that it may be impossible at any given time to tell exactly which if any of these God is using for your benefit at any particular time. Jesus' personalized uses of judgment, high council, Gehenna, and prison, are obviously geared to fit each individual according to each needed correction.
I do believe, however, that those of us who have been experiencing Jesus' judgments in our lives, can attest to the fact that we can now recognize many of these "strange" things in our lives, as being judgments from God. Have you never experienced a "FIERY trail" such as Peter reminds us of? (I Pet.4:12). As badly as we want these trials to be over, we nonetheless, need to be reminded that these trails are good for us, producing "patience"&"righteousness."
Here is a Scripture that I continually remind myself and others of, when life gets a little hard to bear:
"Now no chastening for the present seems to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby" (Heb. 12:11).
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