Why are you angry bro
1. How would you explain in your own words the sense of indebtedness that lies behind our moments of anger?
2. Think back to some of your own experiences of anger. Try to identify what it was on those occasions that you wanted, but failed to get—thereby triggering the anger.
James 4:1-2(NLT)- You want what you don’t have
3. What’s the connection between anger and hurt?
Unclaimed Freight- “Show me an angry person and I will show you a hurt person”
4. From your own observations, how does unresolved anger typically affect a person?
Colossians 3:8(NLT)-But now is the time to get rid of anger, rage, malicious behavior, slander, and dirty language (it grows if not checked)
Genesis 4:5-7(NLT)- we take it out on others even when we are angry with God.
5. Andy says in this chapter, “I bet you have a story to tell”—a story about “the legitimacy of your anger.” If that’s true about you, what is that story?
When we tell our story we expose Anger to light- Power of testimony.
6. How would you assess your own life in terms of the anger you’re experiencing? In what ways might you need help in this area?
7. What is the remedy for your anger (In your thoughts)
1 Peter 3:9(NLT)-Ouch, true walk it out scripture.
What the Word says about anger.
Ephesians 4:26 -And “don’t sin by letting anger control you.” Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry,
Proverbs 29:11 (NLT) Fools vent their anger, but the wise quietly hold it back.
Proverbs 22:24-25(NLT)-Don’t befriend angry people or associate with hot-tempered people,
or you will learn to be like them and endanger your soul.
Confronting Anger
1. Why is anger especially dangerous?
2. How would you explain the process of how anger leads to bitterness?
3. What is the “secret formula” that Andy speaks of in this chapter? How would you describe it in your own words?
4. How hard is it for you to “Get Rid” of the feeling you have been carrying?
Ephesians 4:31-Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. (What Is Malice)
5. What would you replace that with? (easier said than done)
Ephesians 4:32- Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
6. Are first response is to say Paul doesn’t know my story. What was his current condition when he penned this antidote for anger?
7. Can you forgive a person who is a repeat offender and if not what does life look like?
What Does the Word say:
Matthew 18:21-35(NKJV)- “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him?