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…

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S102P8 – 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…

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S102P7 – 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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Love them like Jesus

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…

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S102P6 – 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…

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S102P5 – 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,…

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S102P4 – 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…

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S102P3 – 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…

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S102P2 – 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.…

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S102P1 – 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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