Wednesday Night August 8, 2012
keywords: angry, mad, brother, resolve, selfish, counsel, thoughts, matter
scriptures: Matthew 5, Philippians 4, Proverbs 19
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Matthew 5:22-25 Sometimes you get angry at something that you
shouldn’t be mad at. You need to pray and ask God to help you be right
in what you might be angry about. Ask God if you are doing this right.
You don’t even want to rejoice over your enemy or when others suffer
things.
You want to be upset about things that God is upset with. Have you
ever been selfish and enjoyed being selfish? Pray about it, Pray about it!
You don’t want to say that another believer is worthless like the word
“Raca”. Some people say I don’t want to have anything to do them
anymore.
Verse 24- It is more important for you to get an issue right with
another brother then to be coming to church with an unresolved issue.
Some people are going to say what they want to do. If they don’t feel
like it they will tell that you that they don’t want to do it. Some people
would rather wait than to resolve an issue.
Philippians 4:1-5 Some people don’t have godly love for other people in
Christ. Some people have a hard time passing over a matter. Verse 4-
Are you going to rejoice when the time for you to overlook a matter or
are you going to stay mad and not overlook a matter? God has said
that he is right there- the Lord is at hand. When people trip out, it is as
if God is not there.
Proverbs 19:15-21 Verse 20- Right now you might not want to do
something but the end will be better. You want to listen. You don’t
always want to learn life lessons because that is the hard way to do
things. You need to hear counsel because sometimes you can’t see
everything. Don’t be the person who just hears something but will not
really do anything. Verse 21- A lot of time you have a lot of thoughts
and thinking but what does God have to do with it? What is really
important is not your thoughts but what will help you in the Lord- the
Lord’s counsel. Are you really asking what will be pleasing to God?