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And
“don’t sin by letting anger control you.” Don’t let the
sun go down while you are still angry,
27 for anger gives a
foothold to the devil. Roman 4:26-27 NLT
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Identifying anger
issues negatively impacting victorious living:
Maybe
what you need to do is to redefine the role of anger in your life. You
may need to accept that anger is a signal that things are not going
your way. You might need to reframe your attitude about anger and see
it as a motivator for you to change things or to rectify them.
If you are finding that
you are not victorious in your life you might need to accept that one
cause of it could be that unresolved
anger blocks your emotional and spiritual growth and robs you of your
joy and zest for life. You might need to accept anger as a sign that
you need to take an assertive stance to tune into how you are feeling
and why. You might need to accept that anger
is directly related to your thoughts.
(For as he thinks in his heart, so is he
. . .Proverbs 23:7,
AMP)
If you have angry thoughts you will become angry. However,
if you don't have angry thoughts, you won't become angry. Also you
need to accept that depression
is anger that has been suppressed.
If you find that you
are a hostile person then you need to accept that a hostile attitude
is often the sign of an individual with chronic, unresolved anger. The
anger can be expressed in either passive or aggressive ways.
You need to accept that if you are aggressive in your anger that
aggressive anger, verbal or physical, only intensifies once it begins
to be expressed. If you shower your anger on other people in a
“cathartic” process that such catharsis of anger, the ventilation of
anger on a person, usually leads to an increase in anger. Anger
usually intensifies when expressed in this way. You need to accept
that anger is usually related to you and your reaction to something or
someone. (And whenever you stand
praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him and let it
drop . . .leave it, let it go) . . .Mark 11:25 AMP)
It is controllable
by teaching yourself new ways to handle the “anger provoking” people,
places, things, situations, or events. You need to assess if your
angry reaction to a current situation may be because the situation is
a “trigger” or “hot button” that drags up “old,” unresolved anger.
Anger is not always bad for us. You many need to be open to accept
that anger can be turned into a source of strength to change your way
of acting and reacting to situations, events, or people. You need to
accept that ventilating anger directly on people is aggressive
behavior and benefits no one. Since you usually feel guilt, shame, or
even greater anger after such ventilation. Whatever provoked your
anger usually doesn't change. So you need to harness anger into a
productive force in your life so as to assist your spiritual and
emotional, growth.
And
“don’t sin by letting anger control you.” Don’t let the sun
go down while you are still angry,
27 for anger gives a foothold to the devil. Roman 4:26-27 NLT
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Life Recovery Group categories:
 Victorious Christian
Living: emphasizes being victorious in the battleground of the
mind. The key to a successful lifestyle is renewing the
mind so that attitudes, emotions and behaviors can change.
These groups help individuals learn to overcome life's
difficulties and maintain victory by bringing thoughts
into line with God's thoughts and God's ways. It will help
participants discover who they are in Christ and continue
to take off the old man and create the new kind of life
that God wants his children to have. The principles
learned will cause individuals to prosper in spirit, soul
and body. The support groups include group discussion and
opportunities for individual ministry and fellowship
afterward.
Current
Victorious
Living groups are:
Inside Out: Women's
Emotional Freedom -
God has placed in all women the need for
self-confidence and esteem, two characteristics widely recognized as the
basis for successful behavior.
Recognizing this need for self-confidence, individual respect,
worthiness, and esteem, each
Inside Out
session uses a biblical prospective, designed as an in- depth way
to begin to understand yourself and others. Identifying your
character becomes an invaluable tool for enjoying success in your
Christian walk as well as with family and personal relationships.
Resources include: the Transformations Recovery
Workbook and Bible. To sign up for this group
click here.
Also take a look at the Inside Out
"You
Grow Girl"
newsletter.
Man Up!
-
is simply a group of men who get together
on a regular basis to deal with issues relating to being men in today's
society. This group helps men share common feelings, concerns, and
experiences, helping with problem-solving and suppling much-needed
positive feedback and personal support for a man's situation and for his
work towards change in those situations which demand it.
To sign up for this group
click here.
Life Recovery Support Groups utilize a discussion type
format with new topics introduced weekly. There is no
charge to attend these groups. If you or a loved one has
need of one of our support groups, please feel free to
contact us.
All calls are kept confidential.
Life Recovery
Attendees includes anyone struggling with a hurt, habit or hang-up. A hurt, habit
or hang-up is anything that hinders our relationship with God. The
feeling of being hurt can be anything from past or current abuse,
abandonment, codependency, divorce, or various relationship issues.
A habit is an addiction to someone or something such as alcoholism,
drugs, food, gambling, shopping, sex or smoking. And hang-ups are
various forms of negative attitudes that we use to cope with issues such
as anger, fear, depression or un-forgiveness.
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Is
unresolved anger robbing you of living Victoriously in Christ? Are you
unable to forgive and forget the past? Are you resistant to the notion that
anger is an emotion, which deserves to be addressed, dealt with, and
respected as a normal human emotion? If you answer yes to any of these three
questions then read the following poem by
Robert Muller, a former Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations:
Decide to Forgive
Decide to forgive, for resentment is
negative, resentment
is poisonous and devours the
self.
Be the first to forgive,
to smile and to take the first step, and you will see
happiness bloom on the face of your human brother or sister.
Be always the first do
not wait for others to forgive.
For by forgiving, you
become the master of fate, the fashioner of life, the doer of miracles.
To forgive is the
highest, most beautiful form of love.
In return you will
receive untold peace and happiness.
Here is the program for
achieving a truly forgiving heart:
Sunday: Forgive
yourself
Monday: Forgive
your family.
Tuesday: Forgive
your friends and associates.
Wednesday: Forgive
across economic lines within your own nation.
Thursday: Forgive
across cultural lines within your own nations.
Friday: Forgive
across political lines within your own nation.
Saturday: Forgive
other nations.
Only the brave know how
to forgive. A coward never forgives. It is not in his nature.
To forgive, you first must
resolve the anger and resentment, which you hold from your past. Do you know
how to do this? Are you stuck in un-forgiveness towards others for past
offenses? Are you handling anger from the past as well as your current anger
in a healthy, rational, realistic, and moral way? If you are having a
problem forgiving, forgetting, reconciling, and moving on from hurts,
offenses, abuse, neglect, put-downs etc. which impact your ability to live a
Victorious Life then you need to connect with one of the Restoration Groups.
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