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01:03 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. 01:11 >>JESUS SAID, 'I SAY TO YOU, WHOEVER IS ANGRY WITH HIS 01:14 BROTHER WITHOUT A CAUSE, SHALL BE IN DANGER OF THE JUDGMENT.' 01:18 NOW DON'T MISS THAT JESUS SAID 'WITHOUT A CAUSE' - MEANING 01:22 THERE MAY BE A TIME WHEN ANGER IS APPROPRIATE. 01:28 >>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO 01:31 SHARING GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA. 01:34 THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST TELEVISION 01:37 BROADCASTS. WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND 01:40 ENJOY THIS EDITION OF AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS. 01:49 >>I HOPE YOU ARE ALL IN A GOOD MOOD BECAUSE I'M GOING TO TALK 01:52 ABOUT ANGER; AND IF YOU'RE ALREADY ANGRY THIS MAY GO THE 01:57 WRONG WAY. THE MESSAGE TITLE TODAY IS 02:01 DEALING WITH, WHAT MAY SOUND LIKE AN OXYMORON, 02:04 THE ANGRY CHRISTIAN. YOU KNOW, BACK IN MARCH THIS 02:08 YEAR, THERE WAS A PLANE THAT WAS TRAVELING FROM LAS 02:12 VEGAS TO HAWAII. SOMETIME SHORTLY AFTER THEY 02:16 FINALLY PASSED OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN, ONE OF THE PASSENGERS 02:21 BECAME VERY AGITATED BECAUSE THEY ASKED FOR A BLANKET - I 02:26 GUESS THE PLANE WAS COLD - AND THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT SAID IT WAS 02:31 TWELVE DOLLARS FOR ONE OF THEIR BLANKETS. AND HE SAID, 'THAT'S 02:36 NOT REASONABLE.' HE SAID, 'YOU'RE THE ONES MAKING THE 02:38 PLANE COLD.' THEY SAID, 'WE'RE SORRY, THAT'S JUST WHAT IT IS 02:42 FOR ONE OF THE BLANKETS.' AND IT TURNED INTO QUITE A STIR. 02:48 AT ONE POINT THEN, THE 66-YEAR-OLD MAN THREATENED TO 02:52 TAKE THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT OUT TO THE WOODSHED. 02:56 THEY WEREN'T SURE EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANT, BUT THEY TOOK IT AS 02:58 A THREAT AND THEY WERE AFRAID - 'YOU KNOW, IF THIS FELLA'S GOT A 03:02 TEMPER AND WE GET OUT OVER THE MIDDLE OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN, WHO 03:07 KNOWS WHAT COULD HAPPEN AT THAT POINT?' 03:09 SO THEY TURNED BACK AND THEY SCHEDULED - THEY MADE AN 03:13 UNSCHEDULED LANDING THERE AT LAX - LOS ANGELES - AND EVERYBODY 03:17 WAS DELAYED FOR HOURS. THEY ESCORTED THE MAN OFF THE 03:21 PLANE - PROBABLY WRECKED HIS HAWAII VACATION. 03:26 SOMEBODY COMMENTED LATER, THEY SAID, 'IT COST THE AIRLINE 03:31 $12,000.00 TO MAKE THAT UNSCHEDULED LANDING BECAUSE OF A 03:35 DISPUTE OVER A $12.00 BLANKET. ANGER IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE. 03:42 YOU READ FIRST IN THE BIBLE WHERE CAIN BECAME ANGRY WITH HIS 03:46 BROTHER AND GOD ASKED CAIN, 'WHY ARE YOU ANGRY?' 03:51 IF THERE'S SIN AT THE DOOR, YOU NEED TO DEAL WITH THAT. 03:54 THAT ANGER IN THE HEART OF CAIN LED HIM TO KILL HIS BROTHER. 04:00 THE BIBLE TELLS US JESUS SAID, 'I SAY TO YOU, WHOEVER IS ANGRY 04:03 WITH HIS BROTHER WITHOUT A CAUSE, SHALL BE IN DANGER OF THE 04:07 JUDGMENT.' NOW DON'T MISS THAT JESUS SAID, 'WITHOUT A CAUSE' - 04:11 MEANING THERE MAY BE A TIME WHEN ANGER IS APPROPRIATE. 04:16 1 JOHN 3:12, "NOT AS CAIN WHO WAS OF THE WICKED ONE AND 04:20 MURDERED HIS BROTHER. AND WHY DID HE MURDER HIM? 04:24 BECAUSE HIS WORKS WERE EVIL AND HIS BROTHER'S RIGHTEOUS." 04:27 SO THAT'S THE ANSWER WHY SOME PEOPLE BECOME ANGRY, IS BECAUSE 04:29 THEY'RE WRONG. I THINK IT WAS CHARLES DE GAULLE 04:33 WHO SAID, 'WHEN I'M RIGHT I GET ANGRY. 04:36 WINSTON CHURCHILL, ON THE OTHER HAND, 'WHEN HE'S WRONG HE GETS 04:40 ANGRY. SO WE OFTEN ARGUE WITH EACH 04:42 OTHER BECAUSE I'M RIGHT AND HE'S WRONG.' 04:45 WHAT DE GAULLE SAID. BUT IT'S TRUE. 04:48 SOMETIMES WE BECOME ANGRY BECAUSE SOMEONE'S RIGHT. 04:51 1 JOHN 3:15, "WHOEVER HATES HIS BROTHER IS A MURDERER, AND YOU 04:55 KNOW THAT NO MURDERER HAS ETERNAL LIFE ABIDING IN HIM." 04:58 WELL, MAYBE BEFORE WE GO ANY FARTHER, IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA 05:01 TO JUST - LET'S LOOK AT A SIMPLE DEFINITION - WHAT IS ANGER? 05:04 ANGER, A NOUN, 'A STRONG FEELING OF DISPLEASURE, BELLIGERENCE, 05:09 HOSTILITY, OR WRATH AROUSED BY SOME REAL OR PERCEIVED WRONG.' 05:15 THAT'S ANGER. NOW, YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED 05:18 THAT THERE IS GOOD ANGER. ROMANS 1:18, "FOR THE WRATH OF 05:24 GOD IS REVEALED FROM HEAVEN AGAINST ALL UNGODLINESS AND 05:28 UNRIGHTEOUSNESS OF MEN, WHO SUPPRESS THE TRUTH 05:31 IN UNRIGHTEOUSNESS." SO DOES GOD EVER GET ANGRY? 05:35 SEE, WE ARE MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD AND THERE IS A PASSION - 05:39 THERE IS A RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION - THERE IS AN APPROPRIATE 05:43 EMOTION OF ANGER THAT WE SHOULD ALL HAVE INSIDE TOWARDS THE 05:49 JUST PURPOSES. JESUS GOT ANGRY. 05:56 MARK 3:1, "AND WHEN HE HAD LOOKED AROUND AT THEM WITH 06:00 ANGER," - CAN'T BE MISUNDERSTOOD - "BEING GRIEVED BY THE HARDNESS 06:04 OF THEIR HEARTS." - THEY WERE MAD THAT HE WAS 06:06 GOING TO HEAL THIS MAN. HE SAID TO THE MAN, 'STRETCH OUT 06:09 YOUR HAND.' HE STRETCHED IT OUT AND HE WAS RESTORED. 06:13 HE BECAME ANGRY AT THEIR COLD HEARTEDNESS. 06:20 MOSES BECAME ANGRY - EXODUS 32:19 - HE CAME DOWN THE 06:23 MOUNTAIN AFTER GETTING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND, OF COURSE, 06:26 THERE, AGAIN, YOU'VE GOT THE LAW. 06:28 THE DEVIL WAS MAD AT THAT SO HE TEMPTED EVERYBODY TO SIN. 06:30 "...HE SAW THE CALF AND THE DANCING. SO MOSES' ANGER BECAME 06:35 HOT," - WAS THAT THE RIGHT KIND OF ANGER? 06:39 HE WAS JUST SO OUTRAGED THAT AFTER THEY JUST MADE THIS 06:43 COVENANT WITH GOD, MOSES HAS THE TEN COMMANDMENTS STILL RADIATING 06:46 IN HIS HANDS WITH THE WRITING OF THE HAND OF GOD AND HE GOES TO 06:50 THE PEOPLE AND THEY'RE BREAKING ALL TEN COMMANDMENTS. 06:53 YOU KNOW, THERE'S A TIME FOR RIGHTEOUS JUSTIFIED ANGER. 06:57 THE EARLY CHURCH FATHER JOHN CHRYSOSTOM SAID, 'HE WHO IS NOT 07:02 ANGRY WHEN HE HAS CAUSE TO BE SINS. FOR UNREASONABLE PATIENCE 07:08 IS THE HOTBED OF MANY VICES.' IN OTHER WORDS, NOT BEING ANGRY 07:13 WHEN YOU SHOULD BE ANGRY CAN BE A SIN BECAUSE IT CAN BE AN 07:17 INDIFFERENCE - IT CAN BE A LUKEWARMNESS THAT YOU'RE NOT 07:20 OUTRAGED BY SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE A PROBLEM. 07:25 MARK 11:15, "SO THEY CAME TO JERUSALEM. 07:29 THEN JESUS WENT INTO THE TEMPLE AND BEGAN TO DRIVE OUT THOSE WHO 07:33 BOUGHT AND SOLD IN THE TEMPLE, AND OVERTURNED THE TABLES OF THE 07:36 MONEY CHANGERS AND THE SEATS OF THOSE WHO SOLD DOVES." 07:39 AND HE WOULD NOT ALLOW ANYONE TO CARRY WARES THROUGH THE TEMPLE 07:43 AND HE SAID, 'YOU'VE MADE MY FATHER'S HOUSE A DEN OF 07:45 THIEVES.' NOW I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE WENT AS FAR AS NEHEMIAH 07:49 IN THE BIBLE, WITH THE CHURCH AND, HOPEFULLY, THE PASTORS WILL 07:52 NOT EVER HAVE TO RESORT TO THIS, BUT NEHEMIAH SAYS, "I CONTENDED 07:56 WITH THEM AND CURSED THEM AND STRUCK SOME OF THEM AND PULLED 08:00 OUT THEIR HAIR AND MADE THEM SWEAR BY GOD SAYING, 'YOU WILL 08:05 NOT GIVE YOUR DAUGHTERS AS WIVES TO THE SONS OF THE PAGANS, NOR 08:08 TAKE THEIR DAUGHTERS TO YOUR SONS' NEHEMIAH SAID, 'THIS IS 08:12 HOW WE GOT CARRIED OFF TO BABYLON IN THE FIRST PLACE AND 08:15 YOU'RE STARTING TO DO IT AGAIN.' AND HE FLEW OFF THE HANDLE. 08:19 JOHN WESLEY, HE SAID, 'HE THAT WOULD BE ANGRY AND SIN NOT MUST 08:24 NOT BE ANGRY WITH ANYTHING BUT SIN.' SO THE RIGHTEOUS ANGER IS 08:30 THE ANGER AGAINST A SIN OF SOME FORM. MARTIN LUTHER BECAME ANGRY 08:36 AT THE CHURCH'S ABUSE OF POWER. HE SAID, 'WHEN I'M ANGRY, I CAN 08:40 WRITE, I CAN PRAY, I CAN PREACH WELL. FOR THEN MY WHOLE 08:43 TEMPERAMENT IS QUICKENED, MY UNDERSTANDING IS SHARPENED AND 08:46 THE MUNDANE VEXATIONS AND TEMPERAMENTS DEPART.' 08:49 WHEN HE SAW THE OUTRAGEOUS THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING IN 08:51 THE CHURCH, HE WAS ANIMATED BY THIS RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION. 08:55 AND, IF YOU'VE EVER READ ANY OF LUTHER'S WRITINGS, YOU COULD SEE 08:58 THAT HE DID HAVE A PRETTY ANIMATED NATURE, TO PUT IT 09:03 MILDLY. ARISTOTLE PUT IT THIS WAY: 09:06 'ANYBODY CAN BECOME ANGRY, THAT'S EASY. 09:08 BUT TO BE ANGRY WITH THE RIGHT PERSON TO THE RIGHT DEGREE AT 09:11 THE RIGHT TIME FOR THE RIGHT PURPOSE IN THE RIGHT WAY, THAT 09:15 IS NOT WITHIN EVERYBODY'S POWER AND IT IS NOT EASY.' AND A LOT 09:19 OF TIMES WE THINK THAT OUR ANGER IS THE RIGHTEOUS ANGER AND IT IS 09:23 NOT. >>DON'T GO ANYWHERE, FRIENDS, IN 09:26 JUST A FEW MOMENTS WE'LL RETURN TO TODAY'S PRESENTATION. 09:30 HAVE YOU EVER STRUGGLED WITH DEPRESSION OR ANGER? 09:33 CONFUSION? MAYBE YOU'RE BOUND BY A VARIETY OF ADDICTIONS. 09:36 YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE TELLS A STORY ABOUT A MAN WHO WAS, WELL, 09:39 HE'S THE MOST LOST MAN IN SCRIPTURE. 09:42 HE'S CALLED THE DEMONIAC OF DECAPOLIS AND HE LIVED IN THE 09:45 MOUNTAINS BY THE SEA OF GALILEE, SURROUNDED BY PIGS, LIVING IN A 09:49 CEMETERY, COVERED WITH CHAINS AND SELF-INFLICTED SCARS. 09:53 HE WENT AROUND CRYING ALL THE TIME. 09:55 HIS CONDITION LOOKED HOPELESS. HE WAS FILLED WITH 09:58 A LEGION OF DEMONS. BUT THEN HE MET JESUS 10:01 AND EVERYTHING CHANGED. WE'VE WRITTEN A BOOK THAT 10:04 DESCRIBES THIS ENCOUNTER AND HOW YOU CAN HAVE THE 10:07 SAME EXPERIENCE. IT'S CALLED BROKEN CHAINS . 10:10 TO GET YOUR FREE COPY CALL THE PHONE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN AND 10:13 ASK FOR OFFER #709 OR VISIT OFFERS.AFTV.ORG . 10:20 LET'S GET BACK TO TODAY'S PRESENTATION AND LEARN SOME MORE 10:23 AMAZING FACTS ABOUT THE WORD OF GOD. 10:26 >>WHAT CAUSES ANGER? WELL, SOMETIMES, JEALOUSY. 10:32 SOMETIMES WE GET ANGRY WHEN WE ARE BEING CHALLENGED. 10:36 PETER DENIED CHRIST AND, AFTER SOMEONE ASKED HIM THE THIRD 10:39 TIME, AND HE KNEW HE WAS WRONG, HE BEGAN TO SWEAR AND TO CURSE. 10:48 SOMEONE FEELS LIKE THEY'RE UNAPPRECIATED THEY CAN BECOME 10:51 ANGRY. THAT'S OFTEN - SEVERAL OF THESE REASONS I'M GIVING YOU ALL 10:55 KIND OF POINT BACK TO SELFISHNESS AND PRIDE - WHEN OUR 10:58 PRIDE'S OFFENDED WE OFTEN GET ANGRY - NEGLECT - POTIPHAR'S 11:03 WIFE BECAME ANGRY WHEN JOSEPH WOULD NOT ACCEPT HER ADVANCES, 11:07 AND SHE WAS WILLING TO SEND HIM TO JAIL. THEN THERE'S THOSE WHO 11:12 THE ANGER DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL AT ONCE BUT IT COMES AS A RESULT OF 11:15 STORING THINGS. THEY JUST - THEY'VE GOT THIS MINI STORAGE 11:20 AND SOME LITTLE OFFENSE, IT'S NO BIG DEAL. 11:23 THEY JUST LET IT GO, BUT THEY REMEMBER IT AND THEY FILE IT AND 11:28 THEN SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENS AND THEY FILE IT. 11:29 AND YOU'D NEVER KNOW, BUT FINALLY THEY - IT'S LIKE YOU GET 11:33 FREQUENT FLIER MILES AND THEN THEY SEND YOU ON A FREE TRIP 11:37 AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME. YOU EVER MEET ANYONE LIKE THAT? 11:42 AND SOME PEOPLE, THINGS HAPPEN AND YOU THINK, 'OH, THEY 11:44 SWALLOWED IT. IT'S OKAY' BUT, NO, THEY DIDN'T. 11:47 AND THEY'LL PROCESS IT WITH YOU LATER. 11:50 BUT PRIDE IS A BIG PROBLEM. 1 TIMOTHY 6:4, "HE IS PROUD 11:54 KNOWING NOTHING, BUT IS OBSESSED WITH DISPUTES AND ARGUMENTS OVER 11:58 WORDS, FROM WHICH COME ENVY, STRIFE, REVILING, EVIL 12:02 SUSPICIONS," - NOW WHAT'S THE FALLOUT OF ANGER? 12:09 ANGER DESTROYS COMMUNICATION, IT GENERATES FEAR, IT SCARS 12:12 RELATIONSHIPS AND, IF THE TRUTH BE TOLD, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE 12:16 THAT ARE LIVING WITH ANGER THAT IS BURIED IN THEIR LIVES. 12:22 A LOT OF MARRIAGES HAVE UNRESOLVED ANGER, AND SO, 12:27 BECAUSE THERE'S NO FORGIVENESS BECAUSE OF SLIGHTS OR GRIEVANCES 12:31 OR PROBLEMS - AND THEY MIGHT BE JUSTIFIED - AT ONE TIME IT MIGHT 12:34 HAVE BEEN A RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION - BUT YOU'VE NEVER 12:37 LET IT GO; YOU'VE NEVER FORGIVEN, AND SO YOU CLING TO 12:40 THE ANGER. I'VE MET PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN 12:41 ANGRY FOR YEARS WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAD. 12:44 AND YOU THINK, 'BOY, THAT'S REALLY SAD.' IT'S LIKE, IF I LET 12:48 GO OF THE ANGER - SOMEONE'S GOT TO STAY ANGRY AT THEM. 12:53 THEY'RE DEAD. THEY'RE IN THE GRAVE. 12:54 THEY DON'T KNOW IT. BUT THEY'RE DESTROYING THEMSELVES WITH THEIR 12:59 ANGER. I READ ABOUT HOW COSTLY ANGER IS. 13:05 THERE'S A PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE THAT MADE THE MISTAKE OF HITTING 13:08 HIS COACH AND HE LOST A 32 MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT. 13:14 ANGER'S EXPENSIVE. SOME OF YOU REMEMBER WHEN MIKE 13:16 TYSON GOT ANGRY DURING A BOXING MATCH AND SO, INSTEAD OF JUST 13:21 BOXING WITH EVANDER HOLYFIELD, HE BIT OFF A PIECE OF HIS EAR. 13:25 WELL, YOU REALIZE HE LOST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. 13:28 I HOPE IT TASTED GOOD BECAUSE THAT WAS THE MOST EXPENSIVE MEAL 13:32 HE'D EVER BOUGHT - MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM THAT. 13:38 AND, AGAIN, THAT FLIGHT I JUST MENTIONED TO YOU OVER THE 13:40 [PACIFIC] - $12,000.00 FOR A BLANKET. 13:44 YOU KNOW, IF I WAS ON THAT PLANE, I WOULD HAVE SAID, 'LOOK, 13:46 I'LL PAY FOR YOUR BLANKET. LET'S JUST KEEP GOING. 13:48 LET'S TAKE UP A COLLECTION. HOW MANY WILL GIVE 5O 13:49 CENTS FOR THAT BLANKET? (LAUGHTER) AND LET'S JUST GET TO 13:52 [HAWAII].' - AND TRY AND CALM THE GUY DOWN, YOU KNOW. YOU 13:57 KNOW, MOSES LOST THE PROMISED LAND BECAUSE HE LOST HIS TEMPER? 14:03 AND, I SUPPOSE, IF I HAD BEEN LEADING THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, 14:06 I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE LOST IT A LOT SOONER. 14:08 BUT MOSES HAD A TEMPER AND - YOU REMEMBER, HE KILLED AN EGYPTIAN 14:12 - BURIED HIM IN THE SAND AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FORTY YEARS. 14:17 AND THEN, AFTER - ACTUALLY, HE DID THAT WHEN HE WAS 40 YEARS 14:21 OLD - 80 YEARS LATER HE LOSES HIS TEMPER AGAIN. 14:24 SO YOU MAY BE THINKING, I'VE GOT IT UNDER CONTROL FOR A WHILE AND 14:26 THEN YOU'VE GOT TO WALK WITH THE LORD. 14:29 SOME PEOPLE SAY, 'WELL, YOU KNOW, I LOSE MY TEMPER BECAUSE 14:33 I'M SPANISH' - 'I'M ITALIAN' - 'I'M IRISH - I'VE GOT RED HAIR' 14:38 - 'I'M ENGLISH' - 'I'M GERMAN' - YOU NAME IT, PEOPLE SAY, 'OH, I 14:42 CAN'T HELP IT BECAUSE I'M HUMAN.' YOU EVER HEARD THAT? 14:47 'GOT IT FROM MY MOTHER.' 'GOT IT FROM MY FATHER.' 'IT'S IN THE 14:51 WATER.' WE'VE ALL GOT EXCUSES FOR WHY WE LOSE OUR TEMPERS. 14:56 THERE IS NO GOOD EXCUSE BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOSE YOUR TEMPER AND 15:00 WHEN YOU HAVE A TANTRUM, YOU ARE, AS I SAID, BASICALLY GIVING 15:04 YOURSELF OVER TO THE DEVIL. YOU'RE CREATING A WINDOW TO DO 15:09 THINGS YOU'LL LATER REGRET. A BAD TEMPER IS A VERY 15:13 EXPENSIVE COMMODITY. MOSES WAS NOT ALLOWED TO LEAD 15:17 THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL INTO THE PROMISED LAND BECAUSE HE LOST 15:21 HIS TEMPER AND SAID, "HEAR NOW, YOU REBELS! MUST WE BRING WATER 15:26 FOR YOU OUT OF THIS ROCK?" AND THEN HE SMOTE THE ROCK - HE 15:28 BEGAN TO BEAT THE ROCK WITH HIS STAFF. GOD SAID, 'YOU DID NOT 15:32 HONOR ME BEFORE THE PEOPLE. I CANNOT USE YOU.' 15:35 HE WAS TO BE A TYPE OF CHRIST. PROVERBS 25:28, "WHOEVER HAS NO 15:41 RULE OVER HIS OWN SPIRIT IS LIKE A CITY BROKEN DOWN, WITHOUT 15:44 WALLS." MEANING THE DEVIL HAS ACCESS TO YOUR LIFE. 15:47 WE NEED WALLS. YOU NEED SELF CONTROL. 15:50 ECCLESIASTES 7:9, "DO NOT HASTEN IN YOUR SPIRIT TO BE ANGRY, FOR 15:56 ANGER RESTS IN THE BOSOM OF FOOLS." 15:59 AND NOTICE HOW SOLOMON SAID THAT - 'DO NOT HASTEN IN YOUR 16:02 SPIRIT.' HE DOESN'T SAY YOU SHOULD NEVER 16:03 BE ANGRY, BUT DO NOT HASTEN TO BE ANGRY - BECAUSE ANGER RESTS - 16:07 THAT MEANS IT STAYS - IN THE BOSOM OF FOOLS. SOMEONE SAID 16:13 ANGER WILL LESSEN YOUR PERCEIVED IQ. HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED THAT 16:17 THE EMPTIER A POT IS, THE QUICKER IT BOILS? 16:21 - THE MORE SHALLOW THE WATER IN THE POT, THE QUICKER IT BOILS. 16:25 IF A PERSON HAS A LITTLE DEPTH, THEY'RE USUALLY MORE CONTROLLED. 16:30 THOMAS KEMPIS SAID, 'WHEN ANGER ENTERS THE MIND, WISDOM DEPARTS. 16:36 SOMEONE ELSE SAID, 'AN ANGRY MAN IS SELDOM REASONABLE AND A 16:39 REASONABLE MAN IS SELDOM ANGRY.' YOU'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL, PEOPLE 16:44 OUT THERE ALWAYS GIVING EVERYONE ELSE A PIECE OF THEIR MIND - YOU 16:46 KEEP GIVING AWAY ENOUGH PIECES OF YOUR MIND, YOU HAVE NOTHING 16:48 LEFT. ANGER WILL AFFECT YOUR IQ. RALPH WALDO EMERSON SAID, 16:55 'WE ALL BOIL, JUST AT DIFFERENT DEGREES.' SO YOU WANT TO BE 16:57 SLOW. ANGER IS BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE VERY 17:03 CONSCIOUS ABOUT THE HEALTH MESSAGE AND THEY WONDER 17:05 WHY THEY'RE NOT HEALTHY. IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU'RE 17:08 EATING, IT'S BECAUSE OF WHAT'S EATING YOU. 17:11 AND, IF WE ALLOW OURSELVES TO BE EATEN UP WITH ANGER, YOU CAN 17:16 FOLLOW THE HEALTH MESSAGE, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BE SICK. 17:19 ANGRY, CYNICAL PEOPLE DIE YOUNG. THIS WAS A STUDY THAT WAS DONE 17:22 BACK IN 1989, BUT I THINK IT'S STILL RELEVANT. 17:25 THEY TESTED A VARIETY OF MEN AND THOSE WHO SCORED HIGH FOR 17:28 HOSTILITY ON THE STANDARD TESTS ENDED UP BECOMING FOUR TIMES 17:33 MORE LIKELY TO DIE PREMATURELY THAN MEN WHOSE SCORES WERE LOW. 17:38 THEY ALSO TOOK ANOTHER 27 MEN IN CORAL GABLES AND THEY STUDIED 17:41 THEIR HEART/BLOOD DISTRIBUTION AND THEY ASKED THEM A BUNCH OF 17:44 QUESTIONS AND THEY DID PHYSICAL TESTS AND MENTAL TESTS AND THEY 17:48 FINALLY SAID, 'THINK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT MADE YOU REALLY 17:50 ANGRY THAT HAPPENED.' THEY MEASURED THE HEART WITH ALL 17:52 THESE VERY SENSITIVE INSTRUMENTS AND THEY DISCOVERED THAT THE ONE 17:57 THING THAT AFFECTED THE DISTRIBUTION OF BLOOD FROM THE 18:00 HEART TO THE TISSUE THE MOST WAS WHEN THEY WERE THINKING ANGRY 18:04 THOUGHTS. IT RELEASED CHEMICALS IN THEIR 18:07 BODY THAT RESTRICTED THE BLOOD VESSELS AND AFFECTED 18:10 THE FLOW OF THE BLOOD. THAT AFFECTS YOUR HEALTH. 18:15 LIVING IN SUSTAINED ANGER IS NOT GOOD. 18:20 EPHESIANS 4:26, "...DO NOT LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON YOUR WRATH." 18:24 NOW THIS VERSE HAS SOMETIMES BEEN MISUNDERSTOOD. 18:27 SOMEONE WAS INTERVIEWING AN OLD TEXAN WHO'D BEEN MARRIED FOR 18:31 SIXTY YEARS AND THEY SAID, 'TO WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE YOUR LONG 18:35 AND HAPPY MARRIAGE?' HE SAID, 'WELL, WE DETERMINED 18:37 EARLY ON NEVER TO LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON OUR WRATH. 18:42 WE WOULDN'T GO TO SLEEP UNTIL WE RESOLVED OUR DIFFERENCES.' AND 18:45 HE SAID, 'I HAVE TO TELL YOU, THERE WERE WEEKS WE DIDN'T 18:47 SLEEP.' (LAUGHTER) SO IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO KEEP SHORT 18:51 ACCOUNTS. BUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU'LL 18:55 FIND, IF YOU DO GO TO SLEEP, EVEN IF YOU ARE ANGRY, IT 18:58 GOES AWAY IN THE MORNING. WHAT YOU NEEDED WAS 19:00 A NIGHT'S SLEEP. SO, A LOT OF TIMES, WHEN 19:04 THERE'S DISPUTES IN FAMILIES OR MARRIAGES, OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT 19:07 BE, REST ON IT AND THINGS SORT THEMSELVES OUT. 19:13 SOMETIMES IN THE MORNING YOU GET A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE AND YOU 19:16 REALIZE IT'S NOT THAT BIG A DEAL. 19:19 DON'T EVER DISCIPLINE YOUR CHILDREN IN ANGER. 19:22 DON'T EVER LOSE YOUR TEMPER IN FRONT OF YOUR CHILDREN. 19:26 THREE RULES FOR RAISING CHILDREN IS EXAMPLE, EXAMPLE, EXAMPLE. 19:31 THERE WAS AN AUTHOR FOR NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, HE WAS WRITING AN 19:34 ARTICLE ABOUT THE AMISH PEOPLE. AND, ONE DAY, AS HE WAS VISITING 19:38 THE AMISH SCHOOL, THE THING THAT STRUCK HIM WAS THAT NONE OF THE 19:43 CHILDREN IN THE PLAYGROUND EVER RAISED THEIR VOICES AND YELLED. 19:47 THEY ALL PLAYED IN A VERY KIND, COOPERATIVE WAY. 19:51 AND HE WENT TO THE SCHOOLMASTER AND HE SAID, 'YOU KNOW, I DON'T 19:53 KNOW IF I'VE EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.' HE SAID, 'I DON'T 19:55 EVER SEE ANY OF THE AMISH CHILDREN YELL AT EACH OTHER.' 19:59 AND THE SCHOOLMASTER SAID, 'HAVE YOU EVER HEARD AMISH ADULTS 20:03 YELLING AT EACH OTHER?' HE SAID, 'NO, I HAVEN'T.' HE 20:07 SAYS, 'THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T HEAR AMISH CHILDREN YELLING 20:09 AT EACH OTHER.' >>WOW. 20:11 >>WHEN YOU SEE KIDS GOING BALLISTIC IN PUBLIC, YOU WONDER 20:15 WHAT ARE THEY SEEING AT HOME? NOT ALWAYS, BUT IT 20:21 MAKES YOU WONDER. NEVER DISCIPLINE YOUR 20:23 CHILDREN IN ANGER. JEREMIAH 10:24, "O LORD," - THE 20:28 PROPHET PRAYED - "CORRECT ME, BUT WITH JUSTICE; NOT IN YOUR 20:32 ANGER, LEST YOU BRING ME TO NOTHING." 20:35 WHAT IF GOD DISCIPLINED US IN ANGER? 20:37 WELL, HE WILL, SOMEDAY, FOR THE LOST. 20:39 AND WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE WRATH OF THE LAMB? 20:41 THEY DON'T SURVIVE. SO, IF YOU DON'T WANT YOUR 20:44 HEAVENLY FATHER TO DISCIPLINE YOU IN ANGER, YOU DON'T WANT 20:47 TO DISCIPLINE OTHERS IN ANGER. SO WHAT DO YOU DO? 20:50 WHAT ARE SOME TIPS FOR OVERCOMING INAPPROPRIATE ANGER? 20:53 BECAUSE I'VE TOLD YOU THERE'S A RIGHT TIME TO BE ANGRY. 20:56 ALRIGHT, PATIENCE - ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS. 21:00 IT SAYS IT OVER AND OVER IN THE BIBLE - PROVERBS 15:18, "A 21:04 WRATHFUL MAN STIRS UP STRIFE, BUT HE WHO IS SLOW TO ANGER 21:10 ALLAYS CONTENTION." YOU NOTICE HE SAYS 'SLOW TO ANGER'. 21:14 IT DOESN'T SAY YOU NEVER HAVE ANGER. 21:17 AGAIN, PROVERBS 16:32, "HE WHO IS SLOW TO ANGER IS BETTER THAN 21:21 THE MIGHTY, AND HE WHO RULES HIS SPIRIT THAN HE WHO TAKES A 21:25 CITY." SO YOU PRAY FOR THE SPIRIT OF 21:26 GOD TO GIVE YOU PATIENCE AND SELF-RULE. 21:30 DO YOU KNOW THE PHRASE 'SLOW TO ANGER' IS MENTIONED NINE TIMES 21:32 IN THE BIBLE? IT DOESN'T SAY DON'T BE ANGRY, 21:35 IT SAYS 'SLOW TO ANGER'. YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 21:38 YOU'VE GOT THE REAL REASON TO BE ANGRY. 21:40 AND ABRAHAM LINCOLN HAD AN INTERESTING HABIT: ONE TIME HIS 21:46 SECRETARY, STANTON, CAME TO HIM AND HE WAS JUST OUTRAGED BY 21:49 SOMETHING SOMEONE ELSE IN THE GOVERNMENT HAD DONE AND LINCOLN 21:52 SAID, 'I THINK YOU OUGHT TO WRITE A LETTER AND TELL HIM 21:54 EXACTLY HOW YOU FEEL.' SO STANTON SPENT A DAY AND A HALF 21:57 WRITING THIS LETTER. HE BROUGHT IT TO LINCOLN AND 21:59 SAID, 'SO, SHOULD I MAIL IT NOW?' HE SAID, 'NO, DON'T MAIL 22:01 IT.' HE SAID, 'THROW IT AWAY NOW.' HE SAID, 'YOU PROBABLY 22:04 ALREADY FEEL MUCH BETTER.' HE SAYS, 'NOW WRITE ONE THAT'S 22:07 DISCREET AND DIPLOMATIC.' HAVE YOU EVER DONE THAT? 22:11 SOMEONE DOES SOMETHING OR MISTREATS YOU OR THEY DO 22:15 SOMETHING INCONSIDERATE AND YOU TYPE OUT AN E-MAIL AND THERE'S 22:19 JUST SMOKE COMING OFF THE KEYS, YOU KNOW? 22:22 AND YOU HAVE ALL THE RIGHT WORDS AND YOU LOOK AT IT AND THE 22:29 LONGER YOU LOOK AT IT YOU THINK, 'WELL, MAYBE I OUGHT TO CHANGE 22:32 THAT WORD.' WELL, I DON'T NEED THAT LINE IN THERE, I'LL DELETE 22:36 THAT ONE AND' - DON'T EVER SEND AN E-MAIL WHEN YOU'RE ANGRY, 22:40 BECAUSE YOU CAN'T UNDELETE - YOU CAN'T UNSEND, YOU KNOW WHAT I 22:43 MEAN? AND YOU SEND SOMETHING WHEN YOUR 22:47 BLOOD'S BOILING AND LATER YOU SAY, 'OH, I OVERREACTED AND NOW 22:53 THAT PERSON WILL NEVER BE A FRIEND AGAIN. 22:55 ALL I NEEDED TO DO WAS THINK ABOUT IT A LITTLE MORE.' WRITE 22:58 THE LETTER, BUT USE A PENCIL AND PAPER. 23:01 DON'T DO IT ON YOUR KEYBOARD, YOU MIGHT BUMP THE SEND BUTTON. 23:04 (LAUGHTER) JAMES 1:19, "...LET EVERY MAN BE SWIFT TO HEAR, SLOW 23:09 TO SPEAK, SLOW TO WRATH; FOR THE WRATH OF MAN DOES NOT PRODUCE 23:14 THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD." PRAY WHEN YOU'RE ANGRY. 23:20 SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE ANGRY YOU WILL FEEL LIKE PRAYING THE LEAST 23:26 BUT IT IS WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE PRAYING THE MOST. 23:29 IT DOESN'T HELP IF THE PERSON YOU'RE ANGRY AT - IF THEY'RE 23:33 ASKING YOU TO PRAY, BUT YOU MAY NEED TO. 23:38 CLAIM THE PROMISES OF GOD. 23:39 THE BIBLE'S FULL OF EXCEEDING GREAT AND PRECIOUS PROMISES LIKE 23:42 GALATIANS 2:20, "I HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST" - IT'S 23:46 HARD TO BE ANGRY WHEN YOU REALIZE, 'HEY, JESUS DIED ON A 23:49 CROSS FOR THIS PERSON'S SINS. HE DIED ON A CROSS FOR MY SIN. 23:52 WHAT RIGHT DO I HAVE TO BE SO ANGRY AT THEM?' 23:55 YOU KNOW SOMETHING THAT HELPS ME NOT BE ANGRY WITH PEOPLE? 23:58 I HEAR ABOUT FOLKS WHO SAY THEY'RE ANGRY AT GOD AND, IF YOU 24:04 TRUST THAT GOD IS GOOD, YOU CAN USUALLY WORK YOUR WAY THROUGH 24:06 THAT. BUT WHEN YOU GET ANGRY AT PEOPLE 24:09 - I THINK ABOUT THAT PARABLE IN MATTHEW 18, OF THE UNMERCIFUL 24:12 DEBTOR WHO IS FORGIVEN TEN THOUSAND TALENTS AND GOD HAS 24:20 FORGIVEN US SO MUCH THAT WHAT RIGHT DO I HAVE FOR THE LITTLE 24:23 OFFENSES THAT WE HAVE WITH EACH OTHER? 24:25 THE OTHER THING THAT HELPS ME IS I REMEMBER THAT THE LORD LOVES 24:29 EVERYBODY AND SINNERS ARE GOING TO DO DIABOLICAL THINGS BECAUSE 24:33 THEY'RE BEING TEMPTED BY THE DEVIL. 24:34 SO, IF PEOPLE DO DEVILISH THINGS, THAT'S TO BE EXPECTED IF 24:38 THEY'RE LOST. YOU'VE GOT TO LOVE EVEN THOSE PEOPLE. 24:41 JESUS SAID 'LOVE YOUR ENEMIES' - RIGHT? 24:43 HE DIDN'T SAY 'BE ANGRY AT THEM.' 'GIVE THEM A PIECE OF 24:46 YOUR MIND.' "A SOFT ANSWER TURNS AWAY WRATH" - PROVERBS 15:1 - 24:55 THERE'S AN INTERESTING EXAMPLE OF THIS IN THE BOOK OF JUDGES, 24:57 CHAPTER 8. GIDEON, WHEN HE WAS FIGHTING 25:00 AGAINST THE MIDIANITES, HE DID NOT CALL THE TRIBE OF EPHRAIM TO 25:04 GO WITH HIM TO BATTLE AND THEY FELT LEFT OUT OF THE VICTORY. 25:06 THEY, ON THEIR OWN, THEY WENT OUT AND THEY FOUGHT AGAINST THE 25:09 PRINCES OF THE MIDIANITES AND THEY WERE GOING TO, NOW, HAVE A 25:13 CIVIL WAR WITH GIDEON. AND IT SAYS - I'M READING, NOW, 25:17 JUDGES 8:1, "NOW THE MEN OF EPHRAIM ...REPRIMANDED HIM 25:21 SHARPLY. SO HE SAID TO THEM, 'WHAT HAVE 25:24 I DONE NOW IN COMPARISON WITH YOU? 25:27 IS NOT THE GLEANING OF THE GRAPES OF EPHRAIM BETTER THAN 25:29 THE VINTAGE OF ABIEZER? GOD HAS DELIVERED INTO YOUR 25:32 HANDS THE PRINCES OF MIDIAN, OREB AND ZEEB. 25:35 AND WHAT WAS I ABLE TO DO IN COMPARISON WITH YOU?' 25:37 THEN THEIR ANGER TOWARD HIM SUBSIDED WHEN HE SAID THAT." 25:41 HE GAVE THEM A GENTLE DELICATE SOFT ANSWER AND IT DEFUSED THE 25:47 WHOLE THING THAT COULD HAVE TURNED INTO A CIVIL WAR. 25:51 GRIEVOUS WORDS STIR UP STRIFE. IF YOU'RE IN AN ARGUMENT WITH 25:54 SOMEBODY AND, EVEN IN YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU MIGHT NEED TO LOOK 25:57 YOUR EYES DOWN AND SAY, 'YOU KNOW, I'LL LISTEN TO THAT. 25:59 I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.' AND JUST LET A PERSON VENT 26:03 SOMETIMES. DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU'VE GOT TO 26:05 TELL THEM HOW WRONG THEY ARE. A SOFT ANSWER - IN MARRIAGES - 26:12 A SOFT ANSWER TURNS AWAY WRATH. PSALM 46:10, "BE STILL, 26:17 AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD." DO YOU REALIZE THAT THE REASON 26:22 THAT YOU AND I HAVE HOPE OF SALVATION IS BECAUSE, AFTER THE 26:26 DEVIL DID EVERYTHING HE COULD TO GET JESUS TO REACT AT THE CROSS, 26:32 THROUGH HIS TRIAL - THROUGH HIS TORTURE - THEY DID EVERYTHING 26:35 THEY COULD TO PROVOKE CHRIST. YOU NAME SOMETHING THAT CAN BE 26:37 DONE TO MAKE A PERSON LOSE IT AND JESUS NEVER LOST IT. 26:43 BECAUSE HE DID NOT LOSE HIS TEMPER, WE CAN FIND SALVATION. 26:48 AND SO, HE SET AN EXAMPLE FOR US. HE WAS THINKING ABOUT US 26:53 WHEN HE KEPT HIS COOL. JESUS DIDN'T COME TO MAKE US 26:58 STRESS, HE CAME TO GIVE US PEACE. 27:00 HE SAYS, 'PEACE I GIVE TO YOU, NOT AS THE WORLD GIVES, GIVE I 27:02 UNTO YOU.' 'LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED.' 'BE ANXIOUS FOR 27:07 NOTHING.' 'FEAR NOT.' SO MANY TIMES PEOPLE ARE ANGRY BECAUSE 27:11 THEY JUST - THEY DON'T HAVE PEACE. 27:13 AND THE LORD IS GIVING YOU A PEACE THAT THE WORLD DOESN'T 27:16 UNDERSTAND - A PEACE THAT PASSES UNDERSTANDING. 27:20 I WANT THAT PEACE, DON'T YOU? >>WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW GOD'S 27:25 PLAN FOR OUR BROKEN WORLD, AS REVEALED IN BIBLE PROPHECY? 27:29 WANT PRACTICAL, TRUSTED SOLUTIONS FOR YOUR BIGGEST 27:32 CHALLENGES? FRESHLY UPDATED AND REDESIGNED, 27:35 AMAZING FACTS BIBLE STUDY GUIDES PROVIDE 27 BIBLE-BASED TOPICAL 27:39 LESSONS WITH BEAUTIFUL GRAPHICS AND STRAIGHTFORWARD ANSWERS THAT 27:43 ARE ENLIGHTENING, ENCOURAGING, AND EASY TO UNDERSTAND. 27:46 EACH STUDY GUIDE LEADS YOU TOWARD REAL, RELEVANT BIBLE 27:49 ANSWERS FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS IN YOUR LIFE: HOW CAN 27:53 I HAVE HEALTHIER RELATIONSHIPS? WHEN AND HOW WILL 27:55 JESUS COME AGAIN? AND SO MUCH MORE. 27:59 DON'T LEAVE YOUR FUTURE TO CHANCE. 28:01 TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE WITH TRUTHS FROM THE AMAZING FACTS BIBLE 28:04 STUDY GUIDES. 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