Offer the sacrifice of righteousness through faith in Jesus Christ!

6/18/2018

Be angry, and do not sin. Meditate within your heart on your bed, and be still. Offer the sacrifice of righteousness, And put your trust in the Lord. Psalm 4:4-5 NKJV

God created us in His image and likeness. God gets angry. His anger does not distort His perfect judgment. His anger does not detract from His loving nature. God calls us to be perfect just as He is perfect. He calls us to be Holy just as He is Holy!

God knows when we get angry we will be tempted to sin.

In my duties as a substance abuse counselor I spent a lot of time talking about anger. Anger is not a sin. It does lead to sin if we do not trust God with our emotions. Many of us have learned to express our anger in sinful ways.

How can we avoid acting out in sinful ways when we get angry? The Word of God gives us the answer. Meditate within your heart on your bed and be still.

God does not want us to sit in the lotus position and make funny noises when we are angry. He wants us to meditate on the truth. He wants us to turn to Him in prayer!

Meditating on truth is not a passive way of dealing with anger. It is spiritual warfare. It takes our focus off the lie that leads us into sin. It opens our hearts to the Lord. It opens our eyes to the sin that so easily besets us. Prayer brings God into the equation!

God tells us to be still. When we are angry it is better to wait until the emotion wanes before making a decision or doing something that can never be undone!

The bible tells us to offer the sacrifice of righteousness. God wants us to trust Him with our thoughts feelings and emotions. God does not want us to act out in sin even when our anger is justified. Righteousness is living by faith in a faithful God!

We can trust God with everything. He holds the universe in the palms of His mighty hands. He is the ultimate authority over Heaven and Earth. If we trust Jesus with everything we won’t get angry about anything.

God knows we will become angry. He knows there will be times when we will act in sinful ways. When we have done something shameful we should turn to Jesus. We should trust Jesus to forgive our sin.

Trust the Lord with your anger. Trust Him enough to receive His forgiveness.

Offer the sacrifice of righteousness through faith in Jesus. The Lord can replace your anger with thankfulness!

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Louie Garcia

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Jesus can use you to shake the foundations of the prison and set people free!

Now it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune telling. This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.” And this she did for many days. But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out that very hour. Acts 16:16-18 NKJV

The slave girl was speaking the truth. She was possessed by an evil spirit. The evil spirit was drawing people away from Christ!

This attack came as God’s servants went to prayer. The enemy of our souls attacks when we step out in faith. Satan seeks to distract us. He wants us to focus our attention on things other than Jesus.

The devil perverts the truth. He uses it against us. No one can serve two masters. This girl was speaking the truth about Paul and his companions while practicing witchcraft. When people claim to speak for God we must consider how they live.

The girl followed the disciples for several days before they cast the demon out of her. It is important for us to wait on the Lord before stepping out in faith. The bible tells us Paul was greatly annoyed by this girl. Paul was not fearful. The Lord was with Him!

Paul and Silas were put in jail. The owners of the slave girl were angry at the loss of income when the demon was cast out of her. While Paul and Silas were in jail they shared the gospel with the jailer. His entire household was saved.

God uses Satan’s attacks for His glory and our salvation!

Satan is a real being. He takes people captive to do his will. There really are demons who seek to destroy God’s people and bring destruction to our world.

We have nothing to fear from the devil or his demons when we live according to God’s will. We have nothing to fear from anyone or anything when we step out in faith to serve Jesus!

Jesus wants us to fear Him and Him alone. He wants us to know His power and authority are unequaled in all of creation.

God wants you share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the people in your life. Jesus wants you to walk in great boldness because He is with you everywhere you go!

Jesus can use you to shake the foundations of the prison and set people free!

Offer the sacrifice of righteousness through faith in Jesus Christ!

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