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Are you feeling hurt, furious and mad as can be, because of a circumstance or a person? But when you are asked \u201cHow are you?\u201d you smile and say \u201cI\u2019m fine.\u201d<\/p>\nAre you feeling hurt, furious and mad as can be, because of a circumstance or a person? But when you are asked \u201cHow are you?\u201d you smile and say \u201cI\u2019m fine.\u201d<\/p>\n
For some reason, we think that Christianity is to control our emotions. We think \u201cAs long as I don\u2019t let my anger show, I\u2019m being a good Christian.\u201d Unfortunately, holding it in isn\u2019t dealing with it. The Christian life isn\u2019t a matter of improving your acting ability. It\u2019s a matter of yielding yourself to God\u2019s Spirit, in whatever circumstances you might\u00a0find yourself.<\/p>\n
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The key to making that change\u00a0is found in scripture.<\/p>\n
Ephesians 4:31-32 (KJV) tells us to \u201cLet all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. Be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ\u2019s sake hath forgiven you.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cAfter the way I\u2019ve been treated! Why should I be expected to change? What about the other person?\u201d<\/p>\n Now what? You\u2019re in a struggle! It\u2019s easy to get angry with\u00a0the Bible. But in reality, God\u2019s Word has a way of convicting us.<\/p>\n \u201cAlright,\u201d you think. \u201cI\u2019ll just make up my mind to obey these scriptures, and I\u2019ll be fine.\u201d But when it comes to actually doing what the Bible says, we find it is impossible. You can\u2019t just \u201ccrank yourself up\u201d to do it. Second Corinthians 3:4-6 (KJV) explains why. \u201cSuch trust have we through Christ . . . not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n You may be thinking, \u201cWhat do you mean, I\u2019m not sufficient! Why, I\u2019ve done many things without God\u2019s help.\u201d<\/p>\n But the remainder of the verse is the key for us. \u201cNot that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament, not of the letter, but of the Spirit.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n One thing you can\u2019t do for yourself is control your spirit. You need the Holy Spirit to control your spirit!<\/p>\n The solution to all of this is in Matthew 11:28-29 (NIV), \u201cCome to me, all you who are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n With Jesus, you\u2019ll be willing to have a gentle, humble heart. The prayer that will work for you won\u2019t be \u201cOh God, change this person.\u201d Instead, it will be, \u201cOh God, give me a gentle, humble heart toward this person, just as they are.\u201d It\u2019s not a matter of the other person changing, but a matter of you changing – yielding your spirit to Jesus.<\/p>\n Asking Jesus into your life is a simple step. Just ask Him and He will come in. Then, as you yield to His Spirit, you will experience the difference between being happy and seeming to be.<\/p>\n Read Ephesians 4:31-32, 2 Corinthians 3:4-6, and Matthew 11:28-29.<\/p>\n Take a step . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n Is there a situation in your life where are simply \u201cacting\u201d as if you are a Christian when deep down inside you are really filled with anger? Confess your sin to God and ask Him to fill you with His love for the person\u00a0with whom\u00a0you are having a difficult time with. Depend on God to change your attitude and behavior.<\/p>\n This summary is from Dr. Brandt\u2019s message,\u00a0Biblical Inner Spirit<\/em>.<\/p>\n > <\/strong>Find life-changing insights arranged topically by need<\/a><\/p>\n > <\/strong>Listen to dynamic audio messages by Dr. Brandt<\/a><\/p>\n ><\/strong> Experience freedom and healing from sin problems<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Are you feeling hurt, furious and mad as can be, because of a circumstance or a person? But when you are asked \u201cHow are you?\u201d you smile and say \u201cI\u2019m fine.\u201d For some reason, we think that Christianity is to control our emotions. We think \u201cAs long as I don\u2019t let my anger show, I\u2019m […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[11,5],"tags":[39,96,78,120,235],"author_meta":{"display_name":"ddunn","author_link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselinginsights.com\/author\/ddunn\/"},"featured_img":null,"coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["Biblical Mental Health<\/a>","Inner Peace<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Biblical Mental Health<\/span>","Inner Peace<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["anger<\/a>","attitude<\/a>","bitterness<\/a>","emotions<\/a>","Inner Peace<\/a>"],"unlinked":["anger<\/span>","attitude<\/span>","bitterness<\/span>","emotions<\/span>","Inner Peace<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 12 years ago","modified":"Updated 1 year ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on October 26, 2009","modified":"Updated on August 10, 2020"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on October 26, 2009 1:18 pm","modified":"Updated on August 10, 2020 11:15 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"ddunn","author_link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselinginsights.com\/author\/ddunn\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselinginsights.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselinginsights.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselinginsights.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselinginsights.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselinginsights.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselinginsights.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8002,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselinginsights.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490\/revisions\/8002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselinginsights.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselinginsights.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselinginsights.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Want more? 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