Isn’t it amazing that we all hate to admit when we are angry? “I’m not yelling! I’m not angry! I’m not mad! And my personal favorite and my own response, I’m fine”  Ephesians: 4:26 tells us “Be angry and sin not” It is clear from this scripture that it is not a sin to get angry. So how do we be angry and not sin. Common reactions to Anger is to blow up at people while other’s clam up. In other words some people express it and while other repress it. In the Old Testament Go...

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Philippians 2: 1-24  If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Your attitud...

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I am going to try to challenge your thinking. It is very easy for us to look on things that come into our lives as bad. That is because it makes our flesh uncomfortable or feel bad. So we automatically perceive whatever it is as bad. Because of our perception of things it will affect how we react to whatever the situation is. Let's look at Israel and Moses. God sent Moses to free his children. At first they did not want to go. They were comfortable in their life and their hearts had turned fr...
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