Book Recommendation: Parenting with Words of Grace
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Pastor Mike Allen
- Jun 29
- 2 min
Day 50: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace
The Bigger View. Anger is about the immediate gratification of our own desires. Anger says, "I am the biggest thing that matters at this...
Pastor Mike Allen
- Jun 29
- 2 min
Day 43: Mediations in Anger, Patience, Peace
Why can't everyone be like me? Underlying our anger is pride. It is pride that our way of doing things, our expectations, our responses,...
Pastor Mike Allen
- Jun 24
- 2 min
Day 31: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace
Full vent or Straight-up Embarrassment. Anger does not make us behave in particular ways, but rather in our anger we choose to behave in...
Pastor Mike Allen
- Jun 24
- 2 min
Day 26: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace
Anger forgets. Anger feels justified, after all, this is why we are angry. In our minds our standard has not been met. Our expectations...
Pastor Mike Allen
- Jun 24
- 2 min
Day 24: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace
Satan loves anger. Ephesians 4:26-27 warns against giving Satan an opportunity in our hearts in the area of anger. This is sinful anger...
Pastor Mike Allen
- Jun 24
- 3 min
Day 22: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace
Anger's Victim. Let's be clear, we are not a victim of anger when anger is our own sin. We are not controlled by people, circumstances,...
Pastor Mike Allen
- Jun 23
- 2 min
Day 16: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace
Completely Humble. Jesus lived the life that we were intended to live, but cannot live because of our sinfulness. He lived in a way that...
Pastor Mike Allen
- Jun 23
- 2 min
Day 14: Meditations in Anger, Patience, and Peace
Forgiven! God is a God who loves to forgive and who has forgiven sin through the cross of His righteous and precious Son. Our...