Below are snippets from a devotional that one of my church mothers sends to me! I thought these reminders were very useful in managing or anger!

The author of the devotional is  Lisa Bevere, who shared the contest from her book  Be Angry But Don’t Blow It .

1. Make the choice not to overreact in anger. Decide to exercise constructive anger. This must be a conscious choice and decision. You must set your heart and mind to change, to turn from your old ways, patterns, and habits, and to allow the Word of God to transform you.

2. Allow yourself a chance to step back from what has happened to you before you react. Proverbs 29:20 warns us, “Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.” — NIV

3. Take responsibility. Remember, responsibility is a good thing. It is not something to be avoided, but rather embraced. It is the empowerment, ability, or enabling to respond. When you blame others for your reactions, you are reduced to a slave of their whims or actions. Be responsible and own up to both your good and bad responses. First Peter 5:6 exhorts us to “Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that He may lift you up in due time.“— NIV

4. Learn from your mistakes. This is actually a natural progression of taking responsibility. Whenever you take responsibility you are in the position to grow from your mistakes. Proverbs 24:16 encourages us, “For though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again, but the wicked are brought down by calamity.” — NIV

5. Forgive yourself and others. Forgive those who have hurt you. In Luke 17:4, Jesus told us, “If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says, ‘I repent,’ forgive him. “— NIV
Forgiveness is to be given to those who repent even if they repeat their offense seven times in one day. ” Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors“— Matthew 6:12 NIV

6. Step out of the way and make room for God. When the situation still seems hopeless after you have forgiven and done what is necessary to reconcile, then you are in a position to step back and echo the words of David: “May the Lord judge between you and me. And may the Lord avenge the wrongs you have done to me, but my hand will not touch you. “— 1 Samuel 24:12 NIV
God will accomplish His plan in our lives. We will live in frustration and anger if we think we are ultimately in charge. Rage seeks a target or payment for wrongs done; fury and wrath seek revenge or recompense. But this is an area God does not want us to touch. God’s Word tells us, ‘It is mine to avenge; I will repay,’ and again, ‘The Lord will judge His people’. — Hebrews 10:30 NIV

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