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Tag: Anger

  • “Unhurried Anger”

    Beloved, have you ever started reading your Bible, feeling everything was all right between you and God, only to have the Word unexpectedly cut deep into your soul to reveal some sin(s) you had ignored or tried to hide? Well, that usually happens because God is trying to eradicate sin in His children. The Holy Spirit utilizes the Word to infiltrate the secret camouflaged recesses of the heart to do His convicting and purifying work. How you react to that procedure is an indicator of the validity of your faith.

    In James 1:19-20 (AMP), “Anger” refers to an adverse “cynical” reaction to that process. It’s a deep-rooted down to the core resentment complemented by the arrogance of rejection. Sometimes that kind of dislike can be slick – tricky. In 2 Tim. 4. 3 (AMP) Paul described it well: those who “but wanting to have their ears tickled [with something pleasing], they will accumulate for themselves [many] teachers [one after another, chosen] to satisfy their own desires and to support the errors they hold.”

    Beloved Paul is talking about the people who drift from church to church, social media post to post. Their search is for someone who will tell them what they want to hear—or a congregation that wants a pastor or a divine leader who’ll make them feel good about themselves instead of preaching and teaching the Word and setting a high standard of holiness.

    Sometimes dislike toward the Word stops being slick – tricky and turns into wide-open public hostility. That’s precisely what happened to Steven in Acts 7:57-60. The crowd Stephen confronted covered up their ears, drove him out of the city, and smashed him with rocks until they killed him. Many others throughout history have experienced the lethal blows of those whose bitterness of God’s Truth turned to hatred for His people. Acquiring the Word incorporates being quick to hear what it reveals and slow to get upset “mad” when it differs from your point of view or confronts your sin.

    As we end another week and prepare to walk through Weekend’s door, let’s disengage our hostile attitude towards the Truth that exposes our secret sin(s) or differs from our secrets or (hidden agenda’s) opinion. We must welcome The Word’s rebuke and listen to its warnings; the real healing occurs when we stop resenting what the Truth has uncovered. When a Christian brother or sister confronts sin in your life, accept it. Rejecting their counsel will automatically start the disconnection process for support to your revival. ✝️❤️

    Let Us Pray:
    Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for the power of Your Word to convict me and propel me to repentance. I welcome Your Word of Truth that embeds correction with humility and thanksgiving. In Jesus’ Mighty Name I Pray, Amen and Aaamen. ✝️❤️

    May your Friday be filled with agape love and your weekend be escorted by the revealing Truth of God’s Word. ✝️❤️😊

  • “Probing For Spiritual Answers – Does God Permit Disasters?”

    Does God Permit Disasters
    Praise The Lord Beloved!!! ✝️❤️😊

    This morning’s question was: Bishop Houston, the Coronavirus, has disturbed many lives and has delivered many tragedies. Does God permit disasters and pandemics to educate us?
     
    Thank you for your outstanding question. 😊
     
    Answer:
    Beloved, the coronavirus season not only installed panic, but it has also created many questions that have been asked many times with many different methods with a diverse outlook.
     
    First, let’s get a clear understanding right now. Disaster, conflict, and panic are direct assaults of Satan, whose total focus is to steal, kill, and destroy any way he can (*1). Persuading us to examine these things and investigate the love of God is just part of Satan’s scheme to suppress, beat down, and torture. When conflicts and catastrophes occur, it’s not a permitted verdict by God that demands reformation, appropriate, or educates the Believer on something.
     
    Isaiah 54:14-15 says, “In righteousness, you shall be established; You shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear; And from terror, for it shall not come near you. Indeed they [oppression, fear, and terror] shall surely assemble, but not because of Me. Whoever assembles against you shall fall for your sake.” I have a clergy associate that has a video clip that displays him in his garage working on a home project without medical gloves or a mask while being quarantine. He demonstrates unprecedented faith. His view of tragedy, pandemic, and other things that try to oppress us, grants us an awesome example of how we, as Christians, should act when true faith in our daily life is applied.
     
    There’s no doubt, oppression, concern, and panic will attempt to invade our mental consciousness. The Word of God is very transparent about that. But it’s just as open that these issues “ARE NOT” from God; they’re not a component of His blueprint or His will. Beloved, God’s not an extremist nor a persecutor.
     
    And realistically, the awful thought that God permits danger to rectify or reprimand us is contradictory to the essential principle of salvation. God placed our immorality, illness, virus, unhappiness, pain, and deprivation on Jesus to redeem us. Jesus was presented to us to carry our unhappiness and anxiety—not to give it to us. The issues the devil created were put on Jesus so we wouldn’t have to endure them.
     
    Beloved, God doesn’t require or acquire the devil to rectify His children!!!
     
    God educates and rectifies us with His Word and the Holy Spirit. That’s the way He deals with us. When you have a chance, read John 16:13, 2 Timothy 3:16, and 1 Corinthians 2:9-10 to see what I’m saying to you up close and personal. God has assigned the Holy Spirit to be the instructor that tutors His children (*2).
     
    In Acts 10:38, we can see God’s mindset described: Jesus “went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.” And He made clear it was the Father in Him who did those good works (*3). It’s preposterous for anyone to envision Jesus harming people!!! So, it makes it even more ridiculous even to propose a thought of our Heavenly Father who (by the way) sent Jesus to represent Him to us?
     
    Now I want you to understand that I understand there are Biblical references to the rage of God. But you must read those references in their framework. God’s not using His anger to educate His people. He’s directing it against those who’ve allowed themselves to become His enemies. (*4). But toward His children, Jesus compared Him to a human father who only gives wonderful presents—not horrible ones—to those who request them (*5).
     
    I pray this answer has helped you. I promote the scriptures I’ve provided. I pray that you’ll meditate on them and allow them to bless you with tranquility and prove the Holy Spirit is in you. Amen? Aaamen. ✝️❤️😊
     
    Probing For Spiritual Answers Cross-Reference Verses
    *1. John 10:10
    *2. John 14:26
    *3. John 14:9-10
    *4. Nahum 1:2 and Romans 1:18
    *5. Matthew 7:9-11

  • “Don’t Be Hurried into Anger”

    Listen To God's Word
    James 1:19-20 “Let everyone be . . . slow to anger; for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God”. These are awesome Bible verses that help me stay saved. 😀

    Beloved, have you ever began reading your Bible, perceiving all is well between you and the Lord, only to have the Word unexpectedly cut deep into your soul to expose, describe, characterize and categorized a sin you’ve ignored or tried to hide? That usually happens because God wants to eliminate immorality in His children. The Holy Spirit uses the Word to infiltrate the concealed pauses “interruptions” in our heart (mind and emotions) to do His convicting and cleansing work. Now, it’s how you respond to that procedure that will be the indicator of the authenticity of your faith.
     
    The “anger” referred to in our morning scripture refers to an adverse response to that procedure. It’s a deep inside “down to the core” antipathy escorted by an intrepid refusal. Sometimes that antipathy can be indirect. Paul described those who “will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires” – (*1).
     
    These are the people who tensely go from church to church, ministry to ministry in search of someone who’ll tell them what they want to hear—or a congregation that wants a pastor who’ll make them feel good about themselves (an altered message) instead of preaching the Word (an unaltered – immature word) and setting a high standard of holiness.
     
    You know, every now and then antipathy toward the Word stops being indirect and turns to downright up in your face hostility. That’s what happened to Stephen when the crowd he confronted covered their ears, drove him out of the city, and stoned him to death. – (*2). Throughout history there have been many others that have felt the lethal misfortunes of those whose antipathy of God’s truth turned to detestation for His people.
     
    You see, to be a recipient of the Word consist of being swift to perceive what it says and unhurried to anger when it disagrees with your personal opinions or confronts your immorality. Beloved, today is your boldness covering an immoral principle? Are you defiant to what God is saying to you through the Word? Do you welcome its criticism and aware of its warnings, or do you secretly feel hostile about it? When a Christian brother or sister challenges an immoral principle in your life, do you accept or reject their advice? Amen? Aaamen. 😀
     
    Beloved, life is very short. It comes and goes like an unannounced gust of wind. None of us know the hour or day when that gust of wind will be permitted to enter our room and blow out our earthly light. So today, reach out and touch someone and tell them you love them, BECAUSE TELLING THEM LATER JUST MIGHT BE – TOO LATE.
     
    Beloved, I thank for your unconditional love. 😀
    I LOVE YOU ALL!!! Have a “Tremendous” Wednesday.
     
    CHOF Ministry’s Cross Reference Scriptures
    *1. 2 Timothy 4:3
    *2. Acts 7:57

  • “Keeping Conflict Out – ANGER”

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    Praise the Lord Beloved!!!

    In Galatians 5:14–15 it says, “The entire law is summed up in a single command: Love your neighbor as yourself. If you keep on biting and devouring each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.”

    You know Beloved, conflict can destroy relationships. It amazes me at how many Scriptures there are that address the subject of conflict. I found 43 scriptures, and that doesn’t even include other synonyms like discord and dissention. Beloved, conflict is a very serious issue that needs to be addressed.

    The definition of conflict is — controversy, hatred, disagreement, competition, disapproval. These are things we all must deal with in our relationships, no matter who we are. And the good news is that we can learn to deal with them in a healthy godly way.

    Beloved, if you’re struggling in a relationship, today is the day to change your outlook. It’s time to let God birth a vision in your heart. Ask God to help you and show you what you can do. Start believing God to come up higher in your relationships and become more aware of the causes of the conflict(s) that’s entertaining your life today.

    Over the next several weeks I will blog on the elements that causes conflict and allow the Holy Spirit and the Bible to deliver to us the knowledge that will help us keep conflict out.

    Now, the first major cause of conflict in relationships that I’ll address is “ANGER.”

    Proverbs 29:22 says:
    “An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered one commits many sins.”

    Wow!!!  Beloved, if we’re not alert, we can get into lots of trouble when we’re angry.
    The fact is that we all get angry with people, but the Bible says that we can be angry and sin not. It’s what we do when we’re angry that makes all the difference. When you’re angry with a person, it’s better to keep your mouth closed, cool down and go to a neutral corner before you do or say something you’ll regret, or before you trigger a blown out of proportioned fight. How many times have we said something or done something in anger, and later, regretted it?

    Proverbs 29:11 says, “A foolish person gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control.” Beloved, a foolish person depletes all his/her anger. Let me tell you Beloved, you’re not going to have many friends or loving family members if you do that. But a wise person holds back and thinks about his/her response. A wise person thinks about the feelings of the other person before they start throwing verbal or physical blows.

    Conflicts can be resolved without a fight and without yelling and screaming at each other. Proverbs 15:1 says: that a soft answer turns away wrath. Beloved, you can have a strong healthy debate about something without being angry. It may be a heated debate, but at least you’re talking it out!!! So, the next time you’re angry with your wife, husband, boyfriend, girlfriend, family member, co-worker or child, be intelligent and sensible, stay calm, and think before you speak.

    Amen? Amen!!!

    Please come back next week as I continue our quest to gain the knowledge to “Keep Conflict Out”.

    “To God Be the Glory!!!”