SERIES: Danger: Toxic!

TITLE:   AMPED

TEXT:  Eph. 4:26-27, Mark 3:16

Two Key Suppositions About Anger:

1.) Anger is an emotion (experienced) and created by God, and what God

created He called (GOOD).

2.) Anger has a purpose: (ENERGIZE) you to do something! (MOTIVATE) you

into action!

Two Ways We Deal With Anger:

1.) (Spewers): explosive venters, angry outbursts, ‘blow a gasket’

2.) (Stewers): bottle-it-up, stored internally, grudge-holder

Sinful Anger:

Craig Groschel: “Sinful Anger usually results when we lose control of our emotions and take matters into our own hands. Sinful anger is getting angry at something–maybe even something legitimate, something that also angers God–but then allowing that anger to lead us to do the wrong thing.”

Antidote for Sinful Anger: (Self-Control)

Dealing With Anger:

1.) Listen:               strive to understand, lose the (defensiveness)

2.) Process:            don’t allow a knee-jerk reaction, analyze first

3.) Respond:           with love and self-control be slow to anger

4.) (Pray):               before you respond, but also before conflict ever arises

Righteous Anger:

Ask yourself the following:

1.) What’s the cause of my anger? Is it worth getting angry over?

2.) How should I (respond)?

Righteous Anger is anger over (the right things) that evokes the (right response).