Anger Archives - My Manna https://mymanna.org/category/anger/ Daily Devotionals for Comfort and Counsel from the Bible Thu, 18 Aug 2016 22:00:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://i0.wp.com/mymanna.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/cropped-My-Manna-512-x-512.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Anger Archives - My Manna https://mymanna.org/category/anger/ 32 32 189112494 Discernment https://mymanna.org/discernment/ Thu, 18 Aug 2016 22:00:06 +0000 http://mymanna.net/?p=2121 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” Matthew 7:1-2. A reader writes, “As Christians we are told not to judge others. However, we are also told not to cast our pearls before swine. Does that not involve a judgment? This has always confused me.” There is a difference between judgment and discernment. Judgment A...

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]]> Bible 2“Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” Matthew 7:1-2.
A reader writes, “As Christians we are told not to judge others. However, we are also told not to cast our pearls before swine. Does that not involve a judgment? This has always confused me.”
There is a difference between judgment and discernment.
Judgment
A judgmental person is-
– a critical, negative, and often an angry and even hostile person.
Jesus was saying that if you project this kind of an attitude onto others, that’s what you will receive in return.
That’s true in much of life-
– for what we project is what we get back.
Thus, if we project a judgmental attitude, that’s what we’ll get back.
Or if we project a loving attitude, that’s what we will receive in return.
What we sow is what we will reap!
Discernment
Also, the Bible says, that a spiritual person judges or appraises all things.1 Corinthians 2:15.
So while we are not to be a judgmental person, we need to judge or appraise actions and “all things” to discern that which is good and that which is bad or evil.
When Jesus said, “Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs,”  he was telling us to use discernment and judge the actions of evil people, but not to be judgmental towards them. Matthew 7:6.
We are to love these people-
– but at the same time lovingly avoid sharing with them what you know will be rejected and trodden on.
– to love people when I hate and even despise what they are doing.

“Dear God, please give me the wisdom to know how to evaluate (judge) all things, and help me to separate a person from his destructive actions. Help me to hate sin but love the sinner just as You do. And help me to love the things You love and hate the things You hate—and give me the wisdom to know the difference. Thank You for hearing and answering my prayer. Gratefully in Jesus’s Name, Amen.”

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]]> 2121 Resolve these issues right away! https://mymanna.org/resolve-issues-right-away/ Thu, 14 Jan 2016 16:00:28 +0000 http://mymannaonline.com/?p=1541  Friday, 15 January 2016  “If you are angry, don’t sin by nursing your grudge. Don’t let the sun go down with you still angry—get over it quickly; for when you are angry you give a mighty foothold to the devil”  (Ephesians 4:26-27).  The story or legend is told how two monks, when travelling back to their monastery in inclement weather, came to the fjord of a river.   There they met a young woman who was afraid to cross the river....

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“If you are angry, don’t sin by nursing your grudge. Don’t let the sun go down with you still angry—get over it quickly; for when you are angry you give a mighty foothold to the devil”  (Ephesians 4:26-27). 
The story or legend is told how two monks, when travelling back to their monastery in inclement weather, came to the fjord of a river.  
There they met a young woman who was afraid to cross the river.
Seeing her dilemma one of the monks offered to carry her across the river on his back which offer she accepted. 
Later that evening the monk who didn’t help the young lady accused the monk who did of breaking the rules of their monastic order:
“You know we are to have no dealings with the opposite sex,” he said, “and you were wrong in doing what you did.” 
To which the other monk quietly replied:
“I carried her only across the river. You are carrying her still.” 
When we fail to resolve our anger, and keep nursing our grudges-
– we not only give a “mighty foothold to the devil,”
– but we also hurt ourselves,
– damage our physical well-being,
– and do serious harm to our close relationships.  
As another has said, when we nurse our grudges and fail to forgive those who have hurt us-
“It’s like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.” 
So, is there anything you are still carrying?
Any grudges, resentments, bitterness, hurts, unresolved grief?  
If so-
I urge you to follow the advice of the Scriptures and resolve these issues right away! 
And, if necessary-
– see a qualified counsellor to help you to do so.  
Your health and relationships depend on it. 
(PR)

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