Why You Must Deal with Sinful Anger: A Biblical Approach to Lasting Transformation As we wrap up our journey through Uprooting Anger by Robert D. Jones, we find ourselves at a pivotal point. This ninth and final session is about more than just summarizing our study—it’s about embracing the urgency of dealing with sinful anger…
“Counseling through the Word” Devotional: An Angry Person is Dangerous Anger is a powerful emotion that can lead to great harm if it is not controlled. The Bible frequently speaks of the importance of self-control, especially in relation to our passions and emotions. Proverbs 25:28 uses the vivid image of a city without walls to…
Lunch & Learn: Uprooting Anger – Week 1 Recap Welcome to our first Lunch & Learn! I’m so excited to have you on this journey as we explore Uprooting Anger by Robert Jones. Over the next several weeks, we’ll be diving deep into understanding anger from a biblical perspective and learning how to apply God’s…
“Counseling through the Word” Devotional: From Anger and Bitterness to Forgiveness through Christ In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus challenges the superficial understanding of righteousness that the religious leaders of His day held. While many people thought that righteousness was simply about external actions—like not committing murder—Jesus showed that righteousness runs much deeper, going…
Biblical Wisdom for Handling Anger: Embracing the BULLETS Approach Dealing with anger is not easy. Dealing with anger is an everyday challenge, and for Christians, it presents a unique opportunity to demonstrate Christ’s teachings of love, patience, and humility. While conflict is inevitable, our response to it can either escalate or diffuse the situation. In…
About the Book I know that the one I am thinking of spending the rest of my life with is a sinner. I am one too. I know that no two people are totally compatible, and in a marriage of two sinners, there will be difficulties. But sometimes I wonder if we will make it….
About the Book “A book every person in ministry should read.” ―Daniel L. Akin, President, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary After traveling the globe and speaking to thousands of churches worldwide, Paul David Tripp has discovered a serious problem within pastoral culture. Dangerous Calling reveals the truth that the culture surrounding our pastors is spiritually unhealthy―an environment…
About the Book Each of us is hard-wired to pursue our happiness. We long for significant, profound joy. Some try to satisfy it with exotic vacations, high-tech gadgets, career success, sports, academics, drug experimentation, even ascetic rigors. Yet the longing remains. Why? In The Dangerous Duty of Delight, John Piper turns our heart toward the one true…
When was the last time someone said thank you to you? When was the last time you said thank you to someone else? So many people today struggle with a lack of thankfulness and ingratitude. This leads to struggles with complaining, criticizing, and comparing. Gratitude and thankfulness provide a powerful remedy for these problems. This gratitude journal helps us to identify what we should be grateful for and what we do as a result of seeing life as a gift.
Do you struggle with applying the truth that you learn during your study of God’s word? This God’s grace prayer journal will allow you to focus on gratitude and live in contentment in life. The journal pages encourage you to observe what you are learning from the Bible text, evaluate how you have failed to live according to the truths stated, seek forgiveness, and develop godly plans for change.
Do you struggle with the lack of hope? Do you find yourself struggling with doubt and insecurity during times of great challenge? During those times, you need to find your rest and assurance in pondering, personalizing, praying, and practicing what God’s Word says. In the short devotional, spend time meditating and studying each of these passages. Write down whatever comes to mind in the spaces below. And let God speak to you.
One of the keys to growing in Christlikeness in our lives is to unearth and discover, and biblically evaluate our thinking patterns, speaking, and acting. This worksheet will help you be honest and specific about areas in your life that are not meeting biblical standards in thinking, speaking, and acting.
The God who began a good work in you will continue it through your lifetime and will finish it when we meet him face-to-face. God works for us, and God works in us. He enables us to become more like Christ every single day. This work is progressive and continual in this life. This worksheet helps us review and evaluate gains made during counseling and discipleship, show gratitude to God for what he has done, and develop plans for future growth and change.
There probably is not a day that goes by that we do not have some level of conflict with others. This worksheet helps us focus on the problem and not the person. It helps us evaluate how we have handled a dispute and how we should deal with it moving forward.
Do you ever struggle with doing a Bible study or journaling the key ideas from your reading? This Bible Study Note Sheet will encourage you to ponder and meditate on Scripture. Also, God’s Word is meant for you, so this worksheet will help you personalize what you are learning. It will also guide you in learning to pray God’s Word, and finally, it will encourage you to put into practice the principles and promises you find in reading the Word of God.
Anger is a significant issue for so many people. People often stuff or spew their anger, but very few learn to study their anger. This journal assignment will help you to do just that. It will help you understand, evaluate, and respond to your anger in better ways.
Do you ever find yourself getting overwhelmed with problems? Do you find yourself struggling with thinking clearly during a challenging situation? This four-step approach to rethinking a problem will help.
Problems can seem overwhelming. When we are in the midst of a significant crisis, many of us struggle with defining the problem and implementing helpful solutions. This worksheet helps us to identify three unbiblical and unproductive ways of handling problems. It also encourages us to destroy problems, not people, as we deal with issues in a biblical and God-honoring way.
