God tells us in Ephesians 4:26-27 to "Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger and do not give the devil an opportunity." Do you suppose the plight of marriages in America could have anything to do with the fact that Christians don't apply Scripture even when it really, REALLY hurts? The devil gets an opportunity in our relationships (friendship, social, business, marital, etc.) often times because we sin when we are angry.
Seeing that anger is a God-given emotion, I've been working on formulating a working definition of anger for many years. It has been an evolving definition and today I finally put it down in words, in the back of my Bible in fact. I won't give a long essay here, but will close with something for you to think about.
Destructive Anger = An out-of-control attempt/expression to regain control of an out-of-control situation.
Righteous Anger = A godly, emotional response to sin and its cohorts.
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