Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
Proverbs 22:24
And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
Timothy 2:24
Satan knows your hot buttons. He’ll do all he can to make you into an angry person. Angry people have a very difficult time trusting God. In fact, I don’t believe it’s possible for an angry person to enter God’s rest because their anger prevents them from fully believing and trusting God in all things. I know this was true in my life and I’ve seen it in others.
Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
Ephesians 5:20
Here’s a huge key to kingdom living. Whenever you’re tempted to get mad about anything (including strife), stop and praise the Lord immediately instead. This is how Jesus had me turn things around in my life. Immediately praising God instead of getting angry – and continuing to linger on my anger – really helped me to begin to see that God was working all things together for my good. All things. What a tremendous blessing it was when God showed me this.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Galatians 5:22-23
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts,
Colossians 3:15a
God bless,
Mark and Ann