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01/26/24- Harrisonburg campus: Healthy Me: Mind Made Up Part 3 – Pastor Kevin Griffin

‭‭LAST WEEK OF SERIES HEALTHY ME

STARTED 3 WEEKS AGO

COVERED LONELINESS- DEPRESSION-ANXIETY

 LONELINESS

  1. RECOGNIZE/REALIZE GODS PROMISE TO NEVER FORSAKE US.
  2. EMBRACE GODS DESIGN FOR COMMUNITY.
  3. ASK YOURSELF “WILL ANYONE BENEFIT FROM MY LONELINESS?

 DEPRESSION/ANXIETY

  1. EMBRACE COMMUNITY
  2. CAST YOUR ANXIETY ON HIM (I PETER 5:7)
  3. LISTEN FOR HIS WHISPER. HE WISHPERS BECAUSE HE IS CLOSE.
  4. MEET WITH A TRAINEDE CHRISTIAN COUNSELOR.
  5. POSSIBLY MEET WITH MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS.

THIS WEEK: ANGER- SOME THINGS REALL

SLIDE 5: COMMANDERS/REDSKINS HELMET/LOGO

  • I MEAN I KNOW THIS IS TROUBLE
  • SOME OF US ARE EXCITED TODAY
  • SOME OF US- THIS MAKES US ANGRY TODAY

SLIDE 6: PICTURE OF TOILET PAPER ROLL

  • WHEN THIS HAPPENS- DOESN’T IT TICK YOU OFF?
  • WHEN IT HAPPENS IN A PUBLIC PLACE- AWFUL
  • HAPPENS IN YOUR HOUSE- ROLLS RIGHT THERE

SLIDE 5: LONELINESS

  • RECOGNIZE/REALIZE GODS PROMISE TO NEVER FORSAKE US.
  • EMBRACE GODS DESIGN FOR COMMUNITY.
  • ASK YOURSELF “WILL ANYONE BENEFIT FROM MY LONELINESS?

DEPRESSION/ANXIETY

  1. EMBRACE COMMUNITY
  2. CAST YOUR ANXIETY ON HIM (I PETER 5:7)
  3. LISTEN FOR HIS WHISPER. BECAUSE HE IS CLOSE.
  4. MEET WITH A TRAINEDE CHRISTIAN COUNSELOR.
  5. POSSIBLY MEET WITH MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS.

ANGER:

  • WOMEN LOSE TEMPER 3 XS WEEK/MEN 6 TIMES
  • WOMAN ARE MORE VERBAL WITH ANGER
  • MEN ARE MORE PHYSICAL
  • WOMEN EXPRESS ANGER AT PEOPLE/ MEN AT THINGS
  • SINGLE ADULTS EXPRESS ANGER TWICE AS OFTEN AS MARRIED
  • PLACE YOU EXPRESS ANGER MOST OFTEN AT HOME
  • 51 ILLNESSES ARE DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTED TO ANGER

  “SPEAK WHEN YOU ARE ANRGY AND YOU WILL MAKE THE BEST SPEECHES YOU WILL EVER REGRET”

  AMBROSE BIERCE

INTRODUCED TO ANGER  

GENESIS 4:2-7

  2 Next she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a tiller of the ground. 3 In the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an offering of the fruit of the ground, 4 and Abel for his part brought of the firstlings of his flock, their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering, 5 but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell. 6 The Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your countenance fallen? 7 If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is lurking at the door; its desire is for you, but you must master it.”

EPHESIANS 4:22

   “YOU WERE TAUGHT, WITH REGARD TO YOUR FORMER WAY OF LIFE, TO PUT OFF YOUR OLD SELF, WHICH IS BEING CORRUPTED BY ITS DECEITFUL DESIRES; TO BE MADE NEW IN THE ATTITUDE OF YOUR MINDS; AND TO PUT ON THE NEW SELF, CREATED LIKE GOD IN TRUE RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HOLINESS.

EPHESIANS 4:25-26

   THEREFORE EACH OF YOU MUST PUT OFF FALSEHOOD AND SPEAK TRUTHFULLY TO YOUR NEIGHBOR, FOR WE ARE ALL MEMBERS OF ONE BODY. “IN YOUR ANGER DO NOT SIN. DO NOT LET THE SUN GO DOWN WHILE YOU ARE STILL ANGRY.

  • HE HAD JUST TALKED ABOUT UNITY
  • HE HAD JUST TALKED ABOUT SENSUALITY/GREED

SUNSET

  • EVERY SUNSET- BEAUTY IN IT
  • THINK- AM I ANGRY WITH SOMEONE?

 EPHESIANS 4:27-28

  27. AND DO NOT GIVE THE DEVIL A FOOTHOLD. ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN STEALING MUST STEAL NO LONGER, BUT MUST WORK, DOING SOMETHING USEFUL WITH THEIR OWN HANDS, THAT THEY MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE WITH THOSE IN NEED.

 CHECK ENGINE LIGHT

  • THE LIGHT COMES ON TO INDICATE PROBLEM UNDER HOOD- ENGINE NEEDS CHECK UP.

WARNING IMAGE

  READ AND FULLY UNDERSTAND OPERATORS MANUAL BEFORE USING THIS EMOTION.

FAILURE TO FOLLOW OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS COULD RESULT IN DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY.

  • I WONDER HOW MANY OF US STRUGGLE WITH ANGER? WE MIGHT STRUGGLE BECAUSE WE FEEL GUILTY THAT WE HAVE IT- YOU SHOULDN’T
  • GOD GIVEN EMOTION
  • CANNOT LET IT RULE YOU- LIVE IN IT
  • YOU SHOULD HEAD WARNINGS GIVEN ABOUT IT

WORD INDULGE MEANS:

 TO GIVE FREE REIGN- TO GRATIFY (CANT WITH ANGER)

JOHN 2:13

  13. “THE PASSOVER OF THE JEWS WAS NEAR, AND JESUS WENT UP TO JERUSALEM. IN THE TEMPLE HE FOUND PEOPLE SELLING CATTLE, SHEEP, AND DOVES AND THE MONEY CHANGERS SEATED AT THEIR TABLES.

 JOHN 2:15

  15. MAKING A WHIP OF CORDS, HE DROVE THEM ALL OUT OF THE TEMPLE, WITH THE SHEEP AND THE CATTLE. HE ALSO POURED OUT THE COINS OF THE MONEY CHANGERS AND OVERTURNED THEIR TABLES.

JOHN 2:16

  16. HE TOLD THOSE WHO WERE SELLING DOVES, “TAKE THESE THINGS OUT OF HERE! STOP MAKING MY FATHERS HOUSE A MARKETPLACE!”

“IT IS WRITTEN, MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER” BUT YOU ARE MAKING IT A DEN OF ROBBERS. ( HOUSE OR WORSHIP/PREACHING)

  • I READ THIS IS BECAUSE JESUS GETS ANGRY
  • BUT ITS NOT BECAUSE OF WHATS DONE TO HIM
  • HES ANGRY BECAUSE OTHERS ARE MISTREATED

 PICTURE OF TWO MEN

  • ADOLF AND RUDOLF DASSLER (2 YEARS APART)
  • 1948 RUDOLF ESTABLISHES PUMA
  • 1949 ADOLF ESTABLISHES ADDIDAS

   In 1948, after over 30 years of working together, Adolf and Rudolf abruptly shuttered Geda and separated

GET BURRIED AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF CEMETARY

ANGER IS A PROBLEM

  • INCONVENIENCES TRIGGER STRONG ANGER RESPONSE
  • ANGER HAS PATTERNS- ANGER UNCONTROLLABLE
  • CAN’T NAME WHAT IS CAUSING IT
  • BLOWING OFF ANGER ONLY A TEMPORARY RELIEF
  • OTHER PEOPLE SAY YOU ARE ANGRY

 ANGER

  1. CONSIDER THE CAUSE
  2. IS IT DIRECTED AT YOU OR SOMEONBE ELSE?
  3. FORGIVE WHEN NECESSARY
  4. DON’T MISS OPPORTUNITIES

 ANGER ICEBURG

  • ANGER MAY BE WHAT EXPLODES
  • MANY OTHER THINGS ARE PUSHING IT OUT.
  • TEENAGER DEALS WITH A DATE BROKEN OFF MAY GET ANGRY- BUT ROOT OF THAT WAS REJECTION

 MATTHEW 21:14

  “THE BLIND AND THE CAME TO HIM IN THE TEMPLE AND HE CURED THEM. BUT WHAT THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND THE SCRIBES SAW AMAZING THINGS THAT HE DID AND HEARD THE CHILDREN CRYING OUR IN THE TEMPLE SAYING” HOSANNA TO THE SON OF DAVID” THEY GOT ANGRY

MARK 4:5-6

  “ HE LOOKED AROUND AT THEM IN ANGER AND, DEEPLY DISTRESSED AT THEIR STUBBORN HEARTS, SAID TO THE MAN, “STRETCH OUT YOUR HAND. “HE STRETCHED IT OUT, AND HIS HAND WAS COMPLETELY RETORED. THEN THE PHARISEES WENT OUT AND BEGAN TO PLOT WITH THE HERODIANS HOW THEY MIGHT KILL JESUS.”

ANGER IS MORE ACCEPTABLE (NOT REALLY LIKEABLE)

IT COVERS UP OTHER EMOTIONS LIKE FEAR AND HURT AND SADNESS AND DEFINITELY PLANTS A ROOT WHICH GROWS INTO BITTTERNESS

ANGER REPRESENTS ONLY WHAT IS SEEN ON THE SURFACE

A TEENAGER WHO GETS A DATE CANCELLED- MIGHT APPEAR TO BE ANGRY ABOUT THE CALLED PLANS BUT IT MIGHT BE MORE ABOUT THE REJECTION FELT OF THE BROKEN DATE

DETAIL FOOTHOLD

PHYSICAL ISSUES FROM ANGER

ROAD RAGE INCIDENTS INCREASED BY

ANGER INCREASED A PERSON LKKELIHOOD TO DEVELOP TYPE 2 DIABETES INCREASED BY 34 %

EXPRESSIONS OF ANGER – OUTBURSTS AND SUPPRESSIONS RESULTED IN LACK OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND INCREASE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO

ANSWERS TO ALL OF THESE

IS JESUS DEFINED/CHARACTERIZED BY HIS ANGER?

ARE YOU?

DO PEOPLE WHO KNOW YOU BEST- WOULD THEY DEFINE YOU BY ANGER?

WE LOST A GAME ANGER

MAC HOLMES- ANGER

ANGER

DON’T INDULGE IN ANGER

INDULGE BY DEFINITION

DON’T HAVE TO ALWYS EXPRESS OR SUPPRESS

FORGIVE ONE ANOTHER

DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON YOUR ANGER

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