Rev. Rene Autry

God has given us His Word to help us.  Whatever He tells us to get rid of, is for our benefit.  Ridding our lives of wrath and anger brings peace and good interpersonal relationships.  If you have a problem with anger, God is going to help you.  He has promised to give you an abundant life.

#1  The first step to removing anger from your life is to become completely convinced that God wants it gone.  So write these scriptures on a 3X5 card, and say them aloud over and over on a daily basis to get His Word down in your Spirit.  This will help you to submit to His will.

Ephesians 4:31

Colossians 3:8

Psalm 37:8

James l:19-20

Ephesians 4:26

Look up anger and wrath in a topical concordance or look on www.Bible-Topics.com for a list of all scriptures and study these also.

#2  Repent of the sin involved and ask for and receive God's forgiveness.  Keep doing this every time you mess up and become angry.  Keep your joy.  Jesus likes to forgive you, because He loves you.

#3  Pray through about anger.  Pray about every aspect of your anger.  Pray as many times as it takes to have a "release" in your spirit about your anger.  Get serious in prayer.

#4  Do warfare against the devil in regard to anger in your life.  Use the Name of Jesus.

#5  Analyze your triggers.  What specific things start your anger?  Pray about those.  Watch out for your specific trigger situations and use more self-control at those times.

#6  Don't use anger as protection.  God and faith in Him are your shield.  Anger does nothing that is helpful.  Your armor is listed in Ephesians 6.

#7  Develop better reactions.  Think about the times you've become angry, and ask yourself, "What other reaction could I have had in that situation?" Substitute other reactions for anger.  Examples:  No reaction at all, silence, talking about another subject, leave the room, agreeing in some way with the other person. 

Learn to react more slowly.  Think about the offense, and take some action instead of becoming angry.  Do express your thoughts and opinions in a calm manner.  Think first.  Then speak. 

#8  Deal with the emotion of anger at its onset.  The second you sense any anger rising, put it down.  Say within yourself, "No, I won't have that.  I rebuke anger.  I will obey God." 

#9  Apologize.  Force yourself to apologize to anyone with whom you have become angry.  Make this a policy.  Then think of that policy as you are dealing with other people.

#10  Don't give up.  Mistakes are going to happen, but be diligent and be honest with yourself and with the Lord.  He is going to help you to get rid of anger completely.

Be blessed!

If you would like free transcripts of the radio messages on anger, write to me by e-mail, and I will send them to you via e-mail.

Be blessed!  God loves you so very much!