The Bible says, \u2018A shortsighted fool always loses his temper and displays his anger, but a wise man [uses self-control and] holds it back.\u2019<\/i> You can express anger verbally or through silence. When you use silence as a weapon to hurt someone, you\u2019re resorting to emotional manipulation and indulging in childish immaturity. <\/p>\n
When you were a child and someone refused to do what you wanted, do you remember saying, \u2018I\u2019m not talking to you anymore\u2019? That may be acceptable behaviour for a child, but not those who are called to be spiritually mature. If you\u2019re given to frequent outbursts of temper, here are some Scriptures you\u2019d do well to take to heart: <\/p>\n
(1) \u2018Better\u2026one with self-control than one who takes a city.\u2019<\/i> (Proverbs 16:32 NIV) <\/p>\n
(2) \u2018A person\u2019s wisdom yields patience; it is to one\u2019s glory to overlook an offence.\u2019<\/i> (Proverbs 19:11 NIV) <\/p>\n
(3) \u2018Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools.\u2019<\/i> (Ecclesiastes 7:9 NIV) <\/p>\n
(4) \u2018Be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.\u2019<\/i> (James 1:19\u201320 NIV) <\/p>\n
(5) \u2018Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.\u2019<\/i> (Ephesians 4:31\u201332 NIV) <\/p>\n
So ask God to help you get your anger under control. Remember: anger is like fire: when it\u2019s kept under control, it\u2019s like a flame that draws people to a cause you\u2019re passionate about. But when it\u2019s out of control, it can destroy everything in its path.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Bible says, \u2018A shortsighted fool always loses his temper and displays his anger, but a wise man [uses self-control and] holds it back.\u2019 You can express anger verbally or through silence. When you use silence as a weapon to hurt someone, you\u2019re resorting to emotional manipulation and indulging in childish immaturity. When you were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}