May 29, 2020 Higher Everyday Devotional :- AVOID ANGER
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HIGHER EVERYDAY
FRIDAY MAY 29, 2020
AVOID ANGER
TEXT: JONAH 4:1-11
MEMORY VERSE: “Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?” (JONAH 4:4).
A black cobra (snake), looking for its supper, entered the workshop of a carpenter. It accidentally bumped into a double-edged metal axe and got slightly injured. In anger, the snake bit the axe with full force. Out of fury, the cobra wound itself round the object to strangle and kill it for causing it pain. It continued wrapping itself very tightly around the blades. The next day, the carpenter found a dead cobra wrapped around the axe blades. The cobra died as a result of its own anger and wrath. Angry people cause more harm to themselves. Anger is one letter short of danger and a letter different from angel. When the letter ‘R’ (rage) is replaced by ‘L’ (love), a believer becomes an angel.
Someone said, “holding to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.” Jonah learnt this lesson in a hard way. Those who are born again and purified can conquer anger and other sins. Are you born again? Acting right is hard in anger.
QUOTE: Acting right is hard in anger.
CHALLENGE: Anger rests in the bosom of fools.
PRAYER: Lord, I want to be totally free from anger.