Disarming Anger and Resolving Conflicts

Ephesians 4:26, 27 (NKJV)
Be angry, and do not sin, do not let the sun go down on your wrath, nor give place to the devil.

 

Four “Don’ts” of Dealing with Anger:

 

1. Don’t deny your anger.

  • Don’t feel guilty about your anger.
  • Cultivate an atmosphere of honesty.

 

2. Don’t justify sin because you are angry.

 

3. Don’t go to bed on your anger.

 

4. Don’t give the devil a place in your marriage!

James 1:19, 20 (NKJV)
So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

 

Four Steps to Resolving Conflicts in Marriage:

 

1. Confront in a loving and positive manner.

 

Proverbs 15:1 (NKJV)
A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.  

 

2. Complain and don’t criticize.

 

3. Listen to your spouse and believe them.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (NKJV)
Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

 

Forgive and let it go.