Psalms 4:4 Don't sin by letting anger control you. Think about it overnight and remain silent.
My Thoughts
This does not say don't sin by being angry... we are all going to get angry at some point .... and sometimes we need to be angry when we see injustice in the world. Sometimes anger bring about wonderful change. What we don't need to do is let anger control us.. control our words.. cause us to act out in a way that we will regret later. So often if we would just keep our mouth shut... send up a prayer to God and ask Him to help us with our thoughts...and our words.. when we wake up we find that we are not even angry any more. How many marriages, friendships, relationships could be saved if we didn't let anger control us??
We can learn to recognize the signs of anger in our bodies... in our minds.. if we pay close attention. Then we can learn to react by sending up a prayer to God and making the decision to talk about what upsets us tomorrow... after God has had time to work on our heart, our words.
We choose to give up control to anger.. and we have the choice to take that control back and give that anger to God... God knows every body's heart. God knows the whole situation. God will set our minds and hearts right if we just give Him the chance...if we choose not to sin by letting anger take control of our actions and words.
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