Anger is what we feel when we could easily say with our words, “I am against that.” God created us as people who are capable of feeling, expressing, and acting in anger. However, many of us fear that our expressions of anger hurt more than they help. Many people make it their goal to avoid feeling anger altogether, by avoiding conversations or circumstances that trigger negative and angry emotional responses.
If we embrace the Bible’s teaching about anger, we must learn to express anger in its proper place: a place that honors God while loving others and reflecting his heart. The following biblical truths about anger should shape your understanding of how to express anger in healthy ways.
#1 – Anger is a gift from God for our good.
If you struggle to think about anger as good, it is likely because negative feelings and destructive outcomes often follow intense feelings of anger. As Christians, we have often heard teaching about anger equating it with other serious sins and assume that it must be avoided at all costs. However, demonizing the emotion of anger as always wrong is an unbiblical imbalance that needs more careful thought.
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