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In today’s episode, Mark dives into some of the toughest and most relatable dilemmas families face: transitioning your parenting style as teens leave for college, navigating disagreements with your spouse over parenting strategies and the complexities around busy teen schedules. He also tackles challenging topics like helping teens through the aftermath of divorce and understanding — and celebrating — the sometimes obsessive fandoms that provide comfort to young people. Don't miss this episode!

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Humorist Ken Davis will encourage you to find joy by embracing a lighthearted attitude, even when your life isn’t perfect. He explains how God helped him overcome his own physical disabilities and find self-acceptance by understanding that he only had to be the best version of himself – just the way God made him to be.

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It’s so easy to get inside our own heads. It’s an echo chamber of thoughts – often negative thoughts – that feed each other. One anxious thought sits there and germinates the next anxious thought. Pretty soon it’s a garden of worry and depression. Today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie helps us pull those anxious thoughts out by the roots, and let the truth of God plant itself deeply in our hearts and minds. Glad you’re along today for good insights from Scripture!

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Tired of anger hurting relationships? Want to stop losing your temper? Chip shows it's possible to control your temper and even turn anger from a foe into a friend.

Introduction: How to make anger work for you

• Anger is like a wild stallion out of control or under control.
• Our anger holds powerful potential for good and evil; it must be harnessed!

The A, B, C, Ds of anger:

• Acknowledge the anger
• Backtrack to the primary emotion
• Consider the cause
• Determine how best to deal with it

The practical process: How to deal with your anger

1. At whom am I angry?
2. What should I do?
3. How do I deal with the situation?
4. When should I deal with it?

God’s 3-step training method to bridle anger:

Step #1: “Be Quick to Hear”

• Our immediate response to God, others, circumstances, and our anger is to be “receptive listeners” not “reactionary responders.”
• Key Question: What is this anger telling me?

Step #2: “Be Slow to Speak”

• Our interim response to God, others, circumstances, and our anger is to “think before we speak.”
• Proverbs 10:19; 13:3; 29:20
• Key Question: What must I do to prevent a “verbal reflex response?”

Step #3: “Be Slow to Anger”

• Ecclesiastes 7:9
• Our life changing response to anger begins when we replace “reaction” with “reflection.”
• Key Question: What root issue is behind this anger? (ABCD Method)

Summary:

• Anger is a choice
• Anger is a secondary emotion
• It’s not wrong to feel angry, it’s what you do with it.
• The A, B, C, Ds of anger

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• Overcoming Emotions that Destroy Resources
• Message Notes

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• Overcoming Emotions that Destroy Small Group Offer

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Think complaining is just harmless venting?  Today on BOLD STEPS, Mark Jobe warns about the spiritual dangers of grumbling in Part 2 of this challenging message.  Through the example of the Israelites in Exodus 16, we’ll see how wrong focus takes us from celebration to complaining, and why challenges test our dependence on God.  Fight the grumble this season on Bold Steps with Mark Jobe.

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