Tax Free life - Anger Management

Proverbs 16:32
Better a patient person than a warrior,
    one with self-control than one who takes a city.

Proverbs 25:28
Like a city whose walls are broken through
    is a person who lacks self-control.

What does self-control look like?

1. A gentle answer

Proverbs 15:1
A gentle answer turns away wrath,
    but a harsh word stirs up anger. 

2. Perspective on consequences

Proverbs 21:23
Those who guard their mouths and their tongues
    keep themselves from calamity

3. Seeking advice

Proverbs 12:15
The way of fools seems right to them,
    but the wise listen to advice.

4. An unexpected gift

Proverbs 21:14
A gift given in secret soothes anger,
    and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath.

5. Advanced prevention

Proverbs 27:17
As iron sharpens iron,
    so one person sharpens another.

6. A graceful truth

Proverbs 27:6
Wounds from a friend can be trusted,
    but an enemy multiplies kisses. 

Christ is Enough (Colossians)


Colossians 2:2 (Message)
I want you woven into a tapestry of love, in touch with everything there is to know of God. Then you will have minds confident and at rest, focused on Christ, God’s great mystery.

Colossians 2:6
So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him,

Colossians 2:8 (Message)
Watch out for people who try to dazzle you with big words and intellectual double-talk. They want to drag you off into endless arguments that never amount to anything. They spread their ideas through the empty traditions of human beings and the empty superstitions of spirit beings. But that’s not the way of Christ.

Christ is enough on his own

Colossians 2:9 (Message)
Everything of God gets expressed in him, so you can see and hear him clearly. You don’t need a telescope, a microscope, or a horoscope to realize the fullness of Christ, and the emptiness of the universe without him. When you come to him, that fullness comes together for you, too. His power extends over everything.

Christ is enough for forgiveness

Colossians 2:13-14 (Message)
When you were stuck in your old sin-dead life, you were incapable of responding to God. God brought you alive—right along with Christ! Think of it! All sins forgiven, the slate wiped clean, that old arrest warrant canceled and nailed to Christ’s cross.

Christ has redeemed our old life

2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 

The God who Delivers

1 Kings 1:29
As surely as the Lord lives, who has delivered me out of every trouble

1 Kings 1:29
9 The king then took an oath: “As surely as the Lord lives, who has delivered me out of every trouble, 30 I will surely carry out this very day what I swore to you by the Lord, the God of Israel: Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place.”

His Presence is our Deliverer

Psalm 139:7
Where can I go from your Spirit?
    Where can I flee from your presence?
8
If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
    if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
9
If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
    if I settle on the far side of the sea,
10
even there your hand will guide me,
    your right hand will hold me fast.

His Pardon is our Deliverer

Psalm 51:7-9
7
Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
    wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
8
Let me hear joy and gladness;
    let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
9
Hide your face from my sins
    and blot out all my iniquity.

Luke 15:20
“But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.

God’s miraculous provision

Philippians 4:19
And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches

I AM The Way

John 14:3-6
 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. 4 You know the way to the place where I am going.”
5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”
6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 

Ephesians 2:1
As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.  

Psalm 103:14-15
14 for he knows how we are formed,
    he remembers that we are dust.
15  The life of mortals is like grass,
    they flourish like a flower of the field;

1. THE WAY
2. THE TRUTH
3. THE LIFE

Romans 3:23
There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. 

John 10:11-18 (NIV)
11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.    12 The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. 13 The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. 14 “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.  17 The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life—only to take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.” 

John 10:16
I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.

The Good Shepherd is:

1. REALLY GOOD
2. A LEADER WHO CALLS US CLOSE
3. CALLING MORE TO HIMSELF

I am the light of the world

John 8:12
When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” 

John 1:4 
In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.  

John 1:5
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome[a] it. 

John 13:30
As soon as Judas had taken the bread, he went out. And it was night. 

1. He is the exclusive light

2. His light is transportable

3. His Light is illuminating

James 1:5
If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. 

4. His light is a place you can choose

John 3:19-21
This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.