Archive for June 2021
S102P9 – Simmer down now: leave the floodgates closed
Pro. 17:14 The beginning of strife is like releasing water; therefore, stop contention before a quarrel starts. I was a pretty quiet kid even through high school, but there were times when some person or circumstance changed that for a moment or two. One particular incident occurred in eighth grade when I got into my…
Read MoreS102P8 – Simmer down now: wrath begets wrath
Pro. 14:16-17 A wise man fears and departs from evil, but a fool rages and is self-confident. A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a man of wicked intentions is hated. Her wrath had been her calling card for years. The industry might have been competitive, but her office was not necessarily so. Those who worked…
Read MoreS102P7 – Simmer down now: yield to righteous wrath
Rom. 12:17-19 Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men. If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men. Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay,”…
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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-mk5qx-107568c Each of us has a story, a history, a thousand reasons why we are where we are spiritually. Sometimes we put expectations on others that we have no business putting on them, and in the process we stunt spiritual growth instead of helping it along. Let us instead practice the love of Christ, loving…
Read MoreS102P6 – Simmer down now: a contagious condition
Pro. 22:24-25 Make no friends with an angry man, and with a furious man do not go. Lest you learn his ways and set a snare for your soul. It took only one of them to set off the rest. There was a clear leader in the bunch, and the others really just wanted to…
Read MoreS102P5 – Simmer down now: power misunderstood
Pro. 16:32 He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city. He ruled with an iron fist wherever he went. It began in childhood when he discovered that anger got him what he wanted more times than kindness. As he grew,…
Read MoreS102P4 – Simmer down now: being conscious of fueling others
Pro. 15:1 A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. I knew a lot about their family history, and I expected that the girls and their mother would have a pretty tight bond. They had been through a lot, and life was never easy, so it made sense to me…
Read MoreS102P3 – Simmer down now: the temptation of transgression
Pro. 19:11 The discretion of the man makes him slow to anger, and his glory is to overlook a transgression. House church seemed to be going well. This small group of brothers and sisters who had become disillusioned with their traditional church decided to do things on their own, and they grew closer together in…
Read MoreS102P2 – Simmer down now: an overflow of wickedness
James 1:19-21 So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God. Therefore, lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.…
Read MoreS102P1 – Simmer down now: anger will come
Like every temptation to sin, anger does not strike us all equally. Some would say they have not struggled with anger much, but others would say that anger is their biggest trap of sin. Regardless of where we find ourselves, the scriptures lay out for us some fundamental truths and tactics for reining in our…
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