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The Chibi News Daily Reflection
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Hello, my name is Marjorie and I am a Baptist leader in the city of Sheffield
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The theme of this week is dealing with our anger and bitterness
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I wonder what makes you angry? Often, of course, when we have a short fuse and get angry and frustrated by stupid stuff that doesn't really matter
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it is a sign that we are unfulfilled or maybe that we are lacking something vital in ourselves
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Perhaps we carry a much deeper pain or resentment, even bitterness. Anger of course is not necessarily
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bad in itself, emotions are healthy. Jesus in the Bible gets angry which is interesting
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A righteous anger rises up in him in the temple when he sees that God's people have turned God's
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house which should be a house of prayer into a money exercise and he overturns their tables But Jesus also spoke about anger as a sin and he spoke about us dealing with our anger in Matthew gospel He says clearly not to
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let the sun go down on our anger. In other words, if there is a conversation to have, a prayer to
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pray, an action to take, then we should take this step without delay. The instruction which follows
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later in the book of James in the Bible in chapter 1 is really helpful in this respect
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My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this. Everyone should be quick to listen
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slow to speak and slow to become angry because human anger does not produce the righteousness
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that God desires. Therefore get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent
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and humbly accept the word of God which can save you
