Heatwave: Staying Cool Under Pressure Dealing with

Heatwave: Staying Cool Under Pressure Dealing with Anger, Anxiety, and Agendas August 6th

LifePoint Church

The Heatwave of Anger: Anger is a _________ to not getting what we ________

S ________ (your) anger

(Ephesians 4:26a)

•God gets angry (Mark 3:5) •God gets angry slowly (Exodus 34:6-7) •God gets that we get angry (Psalm 4:4)

L ove _______ ___________

(1 Corinthians 13:5)

•Our world is angry (Galatians 5:20) •God loves our world (Romans 5:8) •Love means helping others go slow: •common ________ (Matthew 5:45) •gentle ______ (Proverbs 15:1)

O ffer ___ ___________

(Ephesians 4:26b-27)

Many churches are measuring the wrong things. We measure things like attendance and giving, but we should be looking at more fundamental things like anger, contempt, honesty, and the degree to which people are under the thumb of their lusts. Those things can be counted, but not as easily as offerings. Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy •we have an adversary (Ephesians 6:12) •settle matters quickly (Matthew 5:23-24)

W______

a little

(James 1:19-20)

When the heat of anger rises, go S L O W