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2. Mindset: Anger
A recent CBS news story asked this very important question: Why is everyone so angry? The story states: "According to a poll taken just before the pandemic, 84% of people think Americans are angrier than a generation before and 42% admitted that they themselves were angrier.
But what makes us so angry?
We asked online and logged more than 200 answers. Money was number one, with 32 responses mentioning the cost of living and the gap between the haves and have nots.
There were 30 votes for lousy politicians and a broken political system. Twenty-three blamed social media trolls and the peddling of unrealistic perfection.
Fourteen mentioned being overworked and underpaid. There were also votes for COVID, bad weather, traffic, and the media.
So, we know what's happening in the world, but what's happening in our brains? Why do we get angry and snap?"
It's easy to see that there are a lot of reasons why people get angry, but people from the beginning, have had to deal with things which cause anger. Could the issue be we just don't handle anger very well? This is a problem in which Christians struggle as well. Anyone who follows Jesus has had to face the harsh reality that more often then not, anger and it's consequences just don't magically go away. So what are we missing? How can we better respond when the rage begins to rise?
The foundation of this sermon series is that through Jesus we have a better way to handle issues like anger. Throughout the apostle Paul's ministry, one of his consistent teachings to believers is that they must not conform but be transformed. "Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind," ~ Romans 12:2 The key is learning how to renew our minds, or simply put: change the way we think about emotions like anger. In part two of Mindset we will study one of the apostle Paul's teachings from his Ephesian letter specifically addressing anger. In this section of scripture we can begin to not only think differently about anger, but find freedom from it's control. We hope you find it to be helpful!
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By Tom Steele
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A recent CBS news story asked this very important question: Why is everyone so angry? The story states: "According to a poll taken just before the pandemic, 84% of people think Americans are angrier than a generation before and 42% admitted that they themselves were angrier.
But what makes us so angry?
We asked online and logged more than 200 answers. Money was number one, with 32 responses mentioning the cost of living and the gap between the haves and have nots.
There were 30 votes for lousy politicians and a broken political system. Twenty-three blamed social media trolls and the peddling of unrealistic perfection.
Fourteen mentioned being overworked and underpaid. There were also votes for COVID, bad weather, traffic, and the media.
So, we know what's happening in the world, but what's happening in our brains? Why do we get angry and snap?"
It's easy to see that there are a lot of reasons why people get angry, but people from the beginning, have had to deal with things which cause anger. Could the issue be we just don't handle anger very well? This is a problem in which Christians struggle as well. Anyone who follows Jesus has had to face the harsh reality that more often then not, anger and it's consequences just don't magically go away. So what are we missing? How can we better respond when the rage begins to rise?
The foundation of this sermon series is that through Jesus we have a better way to handle issues like anger. Throughout the apostle Paul's ministry, one of his consistent teachings to believers is that they must not conform but be transformed. "Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind," ~ Romans 12:2 The key is learning how to renew our minds, or simply put: change the way we think about emotions like anger. In part two of Mindset we will study one of the apostle Paul's teachings from his Ephesian letter specifically addressing anger. In this section of scripture we can begin to not only think differently about anger, but find freedom from it's control. We hope you find it to be helpful!