Anger: A Negative Quality
Thursday, June 15, 2023Key Verse
“Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go” (Proverbs 22:24).
Text — Proverbs 22:20-25
Message
Fred encountered a routine traffic jam while driving on the highway. The policeman merely did his job by stopping him, but Fred was extremely angry at being stopped for traffic convenience. He was so furious that suddenly he began to convulse right there on the highway. What started as mere anger rapidly degenerated into a life-threatening situation. Fred could not continue his journey under the circumstance, he had to be helped back home. Embarrassingly, the situation revealed his medical condition- he was epileptic.
Anger is just one letter short of danger; and it can shorten one’s life span as it raises the blood pressure due to some biological reactions in the body. Our Lord Jesus said that the angry man is in danger of judgment. He is closer to the devil than God; and to hell than heaven. On the social level, anger shrinks your circle of friends – it isolates you. The cure for anger is simple: let Jesus into your heart. He can save one from all sins and their roots. You can be saved now if you are yet to.
Quote
The cure for anger is simple
Challenge
Unconquered anger rides you like a horse.
Prayer for today
Dear Jesus, reign within me with your peace. Amen.
About Author - Pastor W.F. Kumuyi
Listed among “500 most powerful people on the planet” by the Foreign Policy magazine in 2013, Pastor (Dr.) William F. Kumuyi is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM) headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. DCLM started in 1973 as a 15-member Bible study group right in Kumuyi’s apartment at University of Lagos where he was a lecturer. His revolutionary Bible teaching on personal holiness and commitment to evangelism soon gained so much traction and resulted in a widespread revival.
Amen