Anger

Outline for a sermon preached on January 28, 2018, entitled “Anger” as part of the series “The Journey.”

INTRODUCTION

1. TEXT: James 1:19-21.
2. We must talk about anger.
3. Anger is experienced by everyone.
4. The Bible states that slow anger is a virtue (Ephesians 4:26).
5. It is a glory of God that He is slow to anger (Exodus 34:6).
6. God is angry because God loves.

OUTLINE

1. What is anger?
2. There are two primary sources for anger.
   1. People and Circumstances.
3. We all have a technique when dealing with anger.
   1. Overtime we moralize our strategy.
   2. We must be willing to confront our attitudes towards anger.
4. There are wrong ways to deal with anger.
   1. Four basic ways people deal with anger:
   2. Repressed, Suppressed, Expressed, Confessed.
   3. Our temper tantrum will not produce the right things of God.
   4. It is a sin to blow up in anger.
   5. It is a sin to never get angry.
   6. It is a sin to control anger and not deal with its root.
5. James advice when dealing with anger.
   1. Be quick to hear.
   2. Slow to speak.
   3. Repent of sinful anger.
      1. Turn from the wrong.
      2. Turn to the Word.

CONCLUSION

1. PRAYER