CM3100-Week Two Devotional
There is so much violence today. A lot of it comes from an angry heart. A heart filled with bitterness, envy, and malice that fuels and burns from an angry spirit.
Our devotional today seems like it is a very simple solution to a problematic society that projects its anger toward all and has taken several innocent lives to the grave. There are a lot of angry people in this world.
I believe this passage of scripture calls for a change of heart that comes by way of a changed nature and is performed by the Holy Spirit. When I returned from Vietnam, my heart was filled with so much anger, and my ex-wife would ask me, why was I so angry? We haven’t done anything to you.
I could not answer her right away because …show more content…
Taking my inventory throughout the day and talking with the Lord helps me to be able to respond to others with a soft answer and not speak harsh words that only stir up anger. Being nice seems to come so easy to people, but for, me I have to work at it.
I thank God that He delivered me from that heart of stone. I could have been one of those people whose anger was so out of control they took innocent lives and maimed others. God has been so good to me. He has brought me a mighty, mighty long way and all to Him I owe. The person I am today, I love and others have told me the same.
Apostle Paul writes of how important it is to renew our minds daily and to think on good things, on lovely things, just things, pure things, and things of good report (Php. 4:8 KJV). There is power in the tongue, and that rascal has to be controlled by a mind regulated by the Holy Spirit.
As a leader, words chosen carefully and spoken with the right tone of voice can influence and motivate people to work together for a common goal. When I speak to others, I try to speak in a way that lets them know that I am concerned about them and what they think. I am concerned about their feelings, their troubles, their hopes, their ideas, and their goals in
There is so much violence today. A lot of it comes from an angry heart. A heart filled with bitterness, envy, and malice that fuels and burns from an angry spirit.
Our devotional today seems like it is a very simple solution to a problematic society that projects its anger toward all and has taken several innocent lives to the grave. There are a lot of angry people in this world.
I believe this passage of scripture calls for a change of heart that comes by way of a changed nature and is performed by the Holy Spirit. When I returned from Vietnam, my heart was filled with so much anger, and my ex-wife would ask me, why was I so angry? We haven’t done anything to you.
I could not answer her right away because …show more content…
Taking my inventory throughout the day and talking with the Lord helps me to be able to respond to others with a soft answer and not speak harsh words that only stir up anger. Being nice seems to come so easy to people, but for, me I have to work at it.
I thank God that He delivered me from that heart of stone. I could have been one of those people whose anger was so out of control they took innocent lives and maimed others. God has been so good to me. He has brought me a mighty, mighty long way and all to Him I owe. The person I am today, I love and others have told me the same.
Apostle Paul writes of how important it is to renew our minds daily and to think on good things, on lovely things, just things, pure things, and things of good report (Php. 4:8 KJV). There is power in the tongue, and that rascal has to be controlled by a mind regulated by the Holy Spirit.
As a leader, words chosen carefully and spoken with the right tone of voice can influence and motivate people to work together for a common goal. When I speak to others, I try to speak in a way that lets them know that I am concerned about them and what they think. I am concerned about their feelings, their troubles, their hopes, their ideas, and their goals in