One thing to do for long term change in dealing with
your anger is to repattern my mind.
If you have had an habitual pattern of dealing with anger in an
inappropriate way, then you're going to need to practice these over a long
term, to change your life style from one of anger to one of love and one of
patience. You repattern your mind.
"Be transformed by" making New Year's
Resolutions, No. "Be transformed
by" watching an informercial and buying a videotape. No. Romans 12:2 (NIV), "Be transformed by the renewing of your
mind."
The Bible makes very clear, the way you think
determines the way you feel. And the way
you feel determines the way you act. If
I'm angry it's because I feel angry. And
if I feel angry it's because I'm choosing to think angry thoughts. If I want to change my behavior or my
feelings, I've got to change the way I think, change the computer. Your beliefs control your behavior. So you have to start repattering your mind.
Everything in society teaches you to reprogram
yourself and not express anger appropriately.
On TV, forty percent, if not more, of the shows will have inappropriate
expressions of anger. TV teaches – get
angry, use a gun. Get angry, blow them
up. Get angry, 'cuss them out. Get angry, yell back. Get angry, seek revenge. We're programmed with that over and over so we
start to act that way. You need to
repattern your mind with the truth, not with lies. Because the truth sets you free, that's what JESUS
said.
One thing to do is to read two chapters in your
Bible every day. One is Ephesians 1 and
the other is Romans 8. Both of these
talk about finding your security in GOD rather than finding your security in
fame and fortune and other people and relationships and things like that which
can all let you down. Angry people are
insecure people. They are threatened by
the world. When I feel threatened, I get
angry. The antidote to getting the anger
lowered in my life is to start feeling good about myself. You'll feel good about yourself when you
realize what GOD has said about you. You
matter to GOD. HE knows everything about
you and HE still loves you. HE made you
for a purpose. HE brought you to this
blog for a purpose. You're here today
for a purpose. You matter to HIM. When you read those chapters over you'll see
what GOD says about you and you'll start feeling better and your irritability
reduces because your insecurity is lowered.
Pick up a little baby that's crying... Once they're secure and warm,
they stop crying. It's the same
principle.
Just a thought from the front porch…
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