Anger (2 of 5)
Series: Potholes
Craig Smith
Proverbs 29:22
I. Introduction
Welcome to Mission Hills. We're so honored to have you with us today for week number two of our Potholes series where we're looking for wisdom from the book of Proverbs to identify and avoid potentially destructive disruptions in our lives. Last week we dealt with laziness and the source of laziness, apathy...today we're going to tackle the subject of anger.
Now I suspect that everyone listening right now is feeling one of two things. Some of us are feeling uncomfortable because we know we have a problem with anger, and some of us are feeling excited because we know someone else who has a problem with anger.
But honestly, I don't know that I've ever met anyone who didn't have at least a little bit of a struggle with anger. Just a little bit ago we gave you all the chance to weigh on a live poll about what makes us angry. Let's see the results: [share results]
Here's the thing: whether you express anger in an obviously unhealthy way or just find yourself thinking about things through a lens of anger, anger is a potentially destructive pothole in our lives, so we need to know what God has to say about dealing with anger. Why don't you go ahead and grab a bible and make your way to the book of Proverbs.
And while you're doing that, let's just speak an important truth: anger - in and of itself - isn't necessarily bad. It's an emotion that God Himself experiences and it's an emotion that God created us to experience under the right conditions. And when we experience it for the right reasons and express it in the right way, anger can help us overcome apathy. It can move us to necessary action. It can move us to right wrongs and bring light into dark places and protect the powerless. Anger can be an opponent of injustice both in our own lives and in the world around us. Anger becomes destructive when it stops moving us to fix problems and starts moving us to create them.
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Series: Potholes
Craig Smith
Proverbs 29:22
I. Introduction
Welcome to Mission Hills. We're so honored to have you with us today for week number two of our Potholes series where we're looking for wisdom from the book of Proverbs to identify and avoid potentially destructive disruptions in our lives. Last week we dealt with laziness and the source of laziness, apathy...today we're going to tackle the subject of anger.
Now I suspect that everyone listening right now is feeling one of two things. Some of us are feeling uncomfortable because we know we have a problem with anger, and some of us are feeling excited because we know someone else who has a problem with anger.
But honestly, I don't know that I've ever met anyone who didn't have at least a little bit of a struggle with anger. Just a little bit ago we gave you all the chance to weigh on a live poll about what makes us angry. Let's see the results: [share results]
Here's the thing: whether you express anger in an obviously unhealthy way or just find yourself thinking about things through a lens of anger, anger is a potentially destructive pothole in our lives, so we need to know what God has to say about dealing with anger. Why don't you go ahead and grab a bible and make your way to the book of Proverbs.
And while you're doing that, let's just speak an important truth: anger - in and of itself - isn't necessarily bad. It's an emotion that God Himself experiences and it's an emotion that God created us to experience under the right conditions. And when we experience it for the right reasons and express it in the right way, anger can help us overcome apathy. It can move us to necessary action. It can move us to right wrongs and bring light into dark places and protect the powerless. Anger can be an opponent of injustice both in our own lives and in the world around us. Anger becomes destructive when it stops moving us to fix problems and starts moving us to create them.
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