1) It’s okay to be mad, but you should not be rude.
2) If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem.
3) It’s okay to make mistakes if you learn from them and fix them.
4) Words can hurt, or words can help.
5) If you can’t control your emotions, other people will control you.
1) It’s okay to be mad, but you should not be rude.
The Bible emphasizes the importance of managing emotions and treating others with kindness and respect.
James 1:19 and 20: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.
- Ephesians 4:26: In your anger do not sin.
- Proverbs 29:11 Fools give full vent to their rage, but the wise bring calm in the end.∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞
2) If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem. (Eldridge Cleaver)
Matthew 12:30
Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.
Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.
→ Life requires alignment—there is no neutral middle.
James 4:17
So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.
So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.
→ Inaction in the face of known good becomes wrongdoing.
Ezekiel 33:6
If the watchman sees danger and does not warn the people… their blood I will require at the watchman’s hand.
→ Responsibility includes speaking up and acting when you see danger.
If the watchman sees danger and does not warn the people… their blood I will require at the watchman’s hand.
→ Responsibility includes speaking up and acting when you see danger.
Isaiah 1:17
Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression…
→ Active engagement is necessary to find solutions, not passive avoidance.
Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression…
→ Active engagement is necessary to find solutions, not passive avoidance.
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3) It’s okay to make mistakes if you learn from them and fix them.
• Mistakes have the power to turn you into something better than you were before.
• Mistakes are meant for learning not repeating.
• Mistakes are meant for learning not repeating.
Proverbs 24:16 For though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again. → The true measure of our character is seen in how we learn from those mistakes and rise again.
Proverbs 28:13 Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.
→ It is important to acknowledge our mistakes and confess them. Hiding or denying our faults hinders our personal and spiritual growth, but confessing and renouncing them leads to finding mercy and experiencing spiritual prosperity.
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4) Words can hurt or words can help.
The Bible offers a wealth of wisdom about the impact of our words.
We are called to use our words to glorify God and bring blessings to those around us.
Proverbs 15:4 A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse one breaks the spirit.
Proverbs 12:18 The babble of some people is like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise is healing.
Matthew 12: 36, 37 36 I tell you, on the day of judgement people will render an account for every careless word they speak. 37 By your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.
Ephesians 4:29 No foul language should come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for needed edification, that it may impart grace to those who hear.
Colossians 4:6 Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you know how you should respond to each one.
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5) If you can’t control your emotions, other people will control you.
The following verses emphasize the importance of self-control, responding with grace, and seeking God's guidance in managing emotions.
2 Peter 2:19 For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved.
→ If your emotions “overcome” you, they (& those whom you let trigger you) will effectively rule you.
→ If your emotions “overcome” you, they (& those whom you let trigger you) will effectively rule you.
James 1:19-20 Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry.
Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
Proverbs 29:11 Fools give full vent to their rage, but the wise bring calm in the end.
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