Sermon
Overcoming Anger
Center Church
Speaker: Justin Leitch
April 29, 2024 · 42 min
Summary
Using Ephesians 4:26-32, the pastor teaches that anger is inevitable but living angry is a choice. Righteous anger exists, but sinful anger—rooted in shame, powerlessness, or past hurt—grieves the Holy Spirit and gives the devil a foothold in relationships and communities. Believers overcome anger by applying God's Word to its root causes and trusting Christ's sovereignty and forgiveness.
Highlights
Experiencing anger is inevitable. Experiencing anger is inevitable. We're all gonna face it, but living angry is a choice.
Anger is a response of love. You can't have love without anger. The opposite of love is not anger. The opposite of love is indifference.
Sitting in anger and seething in anger is like drinking a poison and expecting that poison to infect the person or problem that you're angry about.