SO YOU ARE ABOUT TO BLOW YOUR STACK (7 OF 9)
by Ken Trivette
Scripture: EPHESIANS 4:26-31
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So You Are About To Blow Your Stack (7 of 9)
Ken Trivette
Ephesians 4:26-31
1. Has this ever happened to you: your respiration deepened and your heart began to beat rapidly. Your arterial pressure rose. Blood shifted from your stomach, intestines to the heart, central nervous system and muscles. The processes of the alimentary canal ceased. Sugar was freed from the reserves in your liver. Your spleen contracted and discharged its contents of concentrated corpuscles and adrenaline was secreted. 1
2. You might be saying, ''If it did, I don't recall it.'' Well, I want to say that if you ever became angry it did. What I just described to you is the physiological description of what happens when a person get angry.
3. Richard Cumberland of the 17th century wrote:
''Of all bad things with which mankind is cursed, Their own bad tempers surely are the worst.
4. I heard about a little girl that was doing her homework and she asked her dad to explain the difference between aggravation and anger. He said, ''Oh that's easy, I'll show you.'' He walked over to the telephone and dialed a number. A man answered the phone and the dad said, ''Hello, is George there?'' The man said, ''There is no one here named George. Sorry, you have the wrong number,'' and then hung up. The dad dialed the same number again and said, ''Hello, is George there?'' The man said, ''I told you a minute ago there is no one here named George,'' and again hung up the phone. The dad dialed the number again, ''Hello, is George there?'' The man said, ''Listen buddy, I told you there is no one here named George,'' and hung up. The dad dialed the same number again. The man answered the phone and said, ''H- E-L-L-O!'' ''Hello, is George there?'' This time the man exploded, ''There is no George here. I don't know who you are but you better not call here again,'' and slammed the phone down. The dad said, ''Now honey, that was anger. Now let me show you aggravation.'' He ...
Ken Trivette
Ephesians 4:26-31
1. Has this ever happened to you: your respiration deepened and your heart began to beat rapidly. Your arterial pressure rose. Blood shifted from your stomach, intestines to the heart, central nervous system and muscles. The processes of the alimentary canal ceased. Sugar was freed from the reserves in your liver. Your spleen contracted and discharged its contents of concentrated corpuscles and adrenaline was secreted. 1
2. You might be saying, ''If it did, I don't recall it.'' Well, I want to say that if you ever became angry it did. What I just described to you is the physiological description of what happens when a person get angry.
3. Richard Cumberland of the 17th century wrote:
''Of all bad things with which mankind is cursed, Their own bad tempers surely are the worst.
4. I heard about a little girl that was doing her homework and she asked her dad to explain the difference between aggravation and anger. He said, ''Oh that's easy, I'll show you.'' He walked over to the telephone and dialed a number. A man answered the phone and the dad said, ''Hello, is George there?'' The man said, ''There is no one here named George. Sorry, you have the wrong number,'' and then hung up. The dad dialed the same number again and said, ''Hello, is George there?'' The man said, ''I told you a minute ago there is no one here named George,'' and again hung up the phone. The dad dialed the number again, ''Hello, is George there?'' The man said, ''Listen buddy, I told you there is no one here named George,'' and hung up. The dad dialed the same number again. The man answered the phone and said, ''H- E-L-L-O!'' ''Hello, is George there?'' This time the man exploded, ''There is no George here. I don't know who you are but you better not call here again,'' and slammed the phone down. The dad said, ''Now honey, that was anger. Now let me show you aggravation.'' He ...
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