Daily Bible Study – Immanuel experience…

LEARN and PRACTICE the WORD of GOD

The personality of God

God’s Promises of healing to the afflicted one

Ways to receive God’s Healing… 

Inner wounds and healing: Sudden Action – Anger

Anger notes from Bible

1. Anger put Jesus on the cross.
(Continuation from yesterday)

2. In anger do not do sin and it must be solved before sun set.
Ephesians 4:26 “In your anger do not sin” : Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry…”
The above Word explains that do not allow anger to grow and to do sin. Secondly, before sun set anger must turned down into a solution.

Below Word explains that Jesus might had angry when He found people uses church as a business place. He had taken a whip of cords but He did not beat. Here Jesus taken the ‘whip of cords’ indicates His anger but He never beaten signifies that anger could not control Jesus’ emotions, so it never grown to a level of sin ….

John 2:13-25 14 Jesus found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers doing business When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers’ money and overturned the tables. And He said to those who sold doves, “Take these things away! Do not make My Father’s house a house of merchandise!”

I. Anger reactions in the body.

Anger triggers the body’s ‘fight or flight’ response. Other emotions that trigger this response include fear, excitement and anxiety.

The following are the common effect of anger in a person’s body. 

* headache
* digestion problems, such as abdominal pain
* insomnia
* increased anxiety
* depression
* high blood pressure
* skin problems, such as eczema
* heart attack
* stroke.
* body instinctively tightens,
* Adrenaline floods your system.
* heart pumps faster.
* jaw and muscles clench.
* blood vessels constrict.
* gut tenses.

II. Uncontrollable Anger leads to anger- addiction. 

Anger addicts cope with conflict by accusing, attacking, humiliating, or criticizing or self-justifying or self-centering etc. Uncontrollable anger is dangerous and it will leads to sin.

The common dynamic with anger addicts is that they use anger to cope with feeling inadequate, hurt, or threatened, whether the person acts out occasionally or not. Anger is one of the hardest emotions to control due to its evolutionary value of defending against danger.

How to Communicate with Anger Addicts?

1. Surrender Your Reactivity. Pause when agitated.

Take a few slow breaths to relax your body. Don’t react impulsively or engage the anger even though your buttons are pushed. *Reacting just makes you weak. * Though you may be tempted to lash out try not to give in to the impulse. See your face in the mirror, focus on your breath, not the angry person. Try to see the entire scenario from a third parties point of view. You may still feel upset but you’ll be calm and in charge at the same time!

Find the following ways to surrender reactivity..:

1. Stop Striving & Start Abiding.
Psalm 46:8 says, “Cease striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth” The first step in learning to let go of control is to stop striving. We don’t have to strive to make our life turn out a certain way; we just have to abide in Him.

2. Confess and Surrender Your Need for Control.
Go to God and be honest — tell Him how you feel. Say, “God I confess I like being in control. It makes me feel safe and secure. It makes me feel like I have a purpose. But I know that being a control freak isn’t going to get me anywhere. Help me surrender control to you each and every day. Help me trust in you deeply, so that I will not fear surrendering that control. Help me remember that you hold it all.”
If you’re having trouble surrendering through prayer alone, try taking out a piece of paper and write down the things you are holding so tightly to. One by one, lay the pieces of paper on the floor and as you’re doing so, imagine yourself literally laying them down at the feet of the Father.

3. Be Still and Know.
In Exodus 14, we see the best Egyptian fighters try to capture the Israelites (this is the scene before the parting of the Red Sea). Instead of trying to control every little detail of their escape plan, in verses 13-14 Moses tells the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm … the LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still”. And you know what God did? He rescued them! He was in control the whole time, even when the enemy was on its way, ready to take the Israelites down. He can do the same for us when we trust and rest in Him.

4. Trust, Trust, Trust.
Trusting in God is a lifelong process. Like many aspects of the Christian faith, it’s a choice that we make every day. We have to learn to let go of trying to figure out the “whys” of life and trust that God understands more than we ever could. Here’s what has helped me trust God when my flesh would rather trust myself: making a list of all the things God has carried me through – your pain, wages of sin, curses, wounds, punishment, tension, failure, fear, anxiety etc

5. Seek God.
God holds the world in His hands — but we’ll never fully grasp the power and extent of those hands if we’re not tuned in to and focused on Him. When we surrender control, wait and trust in God’s plan, we can know that he will be faithful to lead us where He wants us to go. Jeremiah 29:13 says “You will find Me when you search for Me with all your heart” Seek God and he will direct your steps.

Prayer: Dear Abba Father, You know how I struggle with anger in my heart and how I still have hatred toward those that have hurt and abused me in so many ways. Lord, my anger is so deep within my soul that I sometimes feel my head is going to burst. I know Lord that there is no way that I can control my own anger for I have tried and failed so many times… I can manage for a while and then I feel as if I am about to explode from within. I know I need to deal with the very root of my anger – help me Lord. Lord I know that the only way to deal with my anger is to keep my heart and my thoughts focused on You – who took the punishment for all my sin – all my anger –all my hatred. I reject the spirit of anger and accept the Prince or peace. Reside in me Holy Spirit and lead me in Your path. I pray by the name of Jesus. Amen.