A Calm and Biblical View of Anger 

I don't know how to thank you Brother Mike for this amazing sermon. I struggle with anger and as a born again christian it always leaves me feeling defeated and guilty. I'm almost in tears writing this. You tackled all the issues i had in a way that i didn't expect. May God bless you and your family. I hope i can share this message effectively with my mum who's English isn't as good as mine. Oh before i forget, when you said you used to struggle with anger too i was so shocked cause of your calm spirit which i admire so much already. It gave a new hope of Christ's transformative power. i want to also look more like Christ and less like my past self. God Bless

This was amazing and I needed this. I'm a new Christian and anger is my weakness.

This was a very challenging message for me, it made me aware of how I so often either overlook the sinfulness of my anger or try to justify it. You've given me plenty of Proverbs to meditate on, thank you Pastor Mike and may The Lord continue to bless your ministry.

Thank you for speaking the Word of truth and giving it to me. I’ve been angry since 2 years old. 50’s now and certainly need to be humbled to seek the Lord about my stubborn proud angry resentful bitter malicious wrathful heart. O God help

Mike, i just recently found jesus, while your apologetics got me to think deeper and brought me from agnostisism to christianity, your ministry and teaching of the gospel is changing my life in amazing ways. You are incredible thank you so much for what you do in the name of the Lord. I love you brother.

49:00 this is why I keep listening. Even if in one while video, one nugget unseats an old bad theology I was taught, it helps me reestablish biblical truth rather than how I was raised. In “forgive and forget” I was certainly taught you can’t bring it up, can’t “remember it”. Of course that’s practically impossible, but it also creates a great difficulty to get out of abusive situations because then you can’t identify unhealthy and dangerous patterns. I think “forgiveness” had been defined to me, bit by bit, as dismissing and forgetting, no repentance required. That’s not even Gods standard of forgiveness, how could He require it to be ours? Now, in Christ, I can not respond from anger, I can not hold a grudge, but I can also say “because of these repeated, consistent, unrepentant behaviors, I have to let X person out of my life for my health and protection of those around me. (Or many other applications, like actually holding ministers or false prophets accountable.)

This applies to anxiety too I think. Thank you so much for what you do Mike. The gentleness you speak with is good, I grew up with an abusive father so sometimes when men speak harshly or simply emphatically I feel fear and anger. I want to run away or I assume they are wrong because I am afraid, and I have to fight those assumptions. Watching sermons was difficult for a very long time. It still is sometimes with the loud ones. I have never had this problem with yours. Thank you.

You just showed me what’s going on with me, I’m filled with malice! Ohh Jesus I commit myself to you make me more like you take my malice and fill me with the love you have for ALL people. Fill me with your Holy Spirit!

This was so helpful. I didn't realize I had "anger issues" but my very strained issue with one of my parents has really shown me my heart. I have repented and prayed for God to guide me to please Him with how I manage my emotions. I will definitely be meditating on these scriptures. The Word of God has ALL the answers! And you're right, Mike, the calling is HIGH when it comes to self-control.

God is using you in an amazing way. Your honest and sincere relationship with the Lord is evident and very refreshing. May you stay strong and continue your race with perseverance. Thank you for your strong biblically based answers to some tricky teachings. I am driven to live for Christ and to be pleasing to Him and your teaching has helped me see where I have glazed over some life issues that are indeed important

Running into this video was an answer to my prayers. I bottle it all up and didn't even realize it was malice. For the last few years, I have been praying and praying about anger toward some people. I had been praying for these people a little bit here and there, but it didn't occur to me to pray for them every time I felt anger. Since hearing this video, I've been praying for these people whenever I feel anger or hard feelings arise. It's truly helping and is the answer to my prayers. I'm so grateful for the wisdom in this video. Thank you!

I've watched this honestly at least 5 more times after the live stream. This is probably my favorite of all your videos I've watched because of how helpful it was in my personal walk with the Lord. My anger was really affecting me and I signed up for a few online Christian counseling sessions hoping that would help, but she (counselor) never brought up the Bible at all and just told me I need to make time to relax after work and I'll be less angry. It didn't help at all. I found real, biblical help in this video- and it gave me hope that I can change with God's help. I soo wish you did online counseling!! I can't thank you enough for doing this topic, at just the right time. It's already helped me so much.

I JUST WANTED TO TELL U HOW MUCH I LOVE ALL YOUR VIDEOS. SUCH A JOYFUL THING TO SEE A TRUE BIBLE-BELIEVING CHRISTIAN. GOD BLESS YOU AND KEEP IT UP. YOU ARE REFRESHING.

2021 and this video is still touching lives. Thank you for staying obedient and allowing Holy Spirit to work through you.

Thank you Mike! We learn a lot with your explanation of scripture. God bless you and your family! ❤️🙏

This teaching is an answer to my recent prayers Thank you, i am trying to handle my anger better And im a long time Christian

That definition of malice convicted my heart. I will be praying to see everyone the same and not have my view skewed.

Thanks for not just saying "don't, don't, don't"... you encourage people to acknowledge, slow down, pray. We can take heart and take action!

Thank you, I needed this tonight I’m fighting every day to walk with Christ as closely as I can God is Good all the time and he helps me with so much I can’t thank you enough for this message Mike truly has blessed me and helped me in my walk with Christ.

Much appreciation for breaking down the definitions of each word. It puts things into a better perspective and allows a deeper understanding on how to combat these spiritual things. Blessing’s!

Thank you so much Mike for this video. Throughout my life I’ve struggled with anger,but more recently, it’s been boiling over into rage, and I don’t know how to deal with it since it’s seems so off and on 😞 however when you look online for resources on “anger management” you get so many answers like: hit a punching bag, scream into your pillow, etc. All of these “solutions” seem like things that would feed the anger or develop unhealthy habits for coping with it. I really appreciated hearing the verses you compiled together and how you pulled Colossians 3:8 apart and broke it down. ❤️

Mike, once you have kids then preach to me about controlling anger 🤣 Thank you for this great video! I'm actually going to show this to my 12 and 10 year olds as apart of our daily devotional 😊 We are all working on ourselves.

Made a huge error yesterday and because of my anger almost threw away a company I’ve built for 20 years. Needed to hear this message like I need air. Ty Mike.

I needed to hear this 🙏 God bless you.

Hi Mike! Thanks for this study! Perfect timing! A learned a couple of new things! I'm gonna have to listen to this a second time. God Bless!

Thank you so much for this lesson, Mike. I have listened to it again and again over the past week as I’m processing the heavy impact anger and its attendant sins have had on my life, and this lesson has been both convicting and healing for me. This is going to be a weird analogy, but your lessons sometimes serve for me as a kind of spiritual ipecac syrup. Whenever I have gotten hold of some bad theology or discovered some cognitive dissonance over a long-held mistaken belief, I liken it to spiritual food poisoning, making me feel miserably sick almost on a physical level. But listening to your thoughtful examinations helps me cleanse out the bad and “settle my stomach,” so to speak, so I can be nourished with the biblical truth. Odd analogy, I know, but your teaching has been very valuable for me and I wanted to share that. Thank you.

Thank you Mike. This is an area of struggle for me and I appreciate the wise council. As you were going through those scriptures, I was reflecting on how those non-application of those scriptures has lead to the attitudes and perspectives common today. You see a great many people who are angry at the world and looking for reasons to rage and when that rage is directed your way, especially when it is undeserved and unprovoked, it tends to invoke anger in you, just as the proverb says. In times past the display of anger in public was highly frowned upon and this had a dampening effect on how much anger spread. I must learn to use soft words, as you did in your example.

I really needed to hear this today! Thank you Mike for your obedience. Lord Christ thank you for the love you give to us, a love we don’t deserve. 🙏🏽🎚️

Thank you Teacher and Brother. God knows how much you have helped me.

I always go back to this video and it blesses me every time. It’s hard but God’s Holy Spirit helps us to be more like Him:

I remember when I was unsaved I was so wrathful toward other people, whether it were a neighbor or family member or friend. One of the most humiliating and embarrassing examples I remember is: I was 16 years old, driving too fast in the neighborhood, and it made a dad very concerned. (I can understand why, he wanted to protect his children)... he proceeded to follow me home and block me in my driveway to yell at me to slow down. Instead of replying kindly, I (being a carnal wicked person) yelled at him, cussed him out with the worst things I could think of and I’m pretty sure I had no feelings of remorse for what I did.. I don’t even know what he said in response but it certainly made things 100x worse. I praise God that He saved me despite my many failures like the one I just described, and that He saved me and countless others from the grip of sin. It will never fail to amaze me how God our Father, the effectual working of the Holy Spirt, can transform a wretched person by giving them a new heart, and cause them to repent and hate the sin they once loved... I thank The Father for salvation by the shed blood of Christ Jesus.

I have a lot of self hate and anger tours myself. It plays a big part in my relationship with my child, and partner. I’m embarrassed and shamed for it, and is something I hope the lord can take away.

Hello! Me finding this four years later because I deal with anger. Thank you for this video!

This is so needed! Praise Jesus.. In these times we need to put off all ungodliness and put on Christ

I watched the debate you had with Skylar and I thought you did great! Especially when the conversation went onto slavery. I’ve seen your stuff on a biblical understanding of slavery before but seeing it stand up so well to active scrutiny was amazing to see! Thanks for everything you’re doing Mike. God bless you.

Wow. Needed this. Thank you Mike.

thankyou for this!!! i was really dealing with my anger towards family, love ones, i just can't handle and this really opens my eyes in other ways that I didn't even know or imagine about, I'm really blessed to hear this, you are blessed shalom ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

I’ve recently started weening myself off of an anxiety medication and I Now get frustrated and angry very quickly and I HATE IT. I’ve been praying but it’s not going away. It’s a battle to say the least and I must get it dealt with because it’s impacting my walk with Jesus

So much conviction @ 26:30, but then, "they honked at me, so I'll honk back.. for extra longgg". That's literally what brought me to study this topic and your video today. Happened down the beach front just a few hours ago. I'm struggling with pure rage lately, I was ready to chase that person down and with convincing justification start a fight with them. The thoughts were insane, I mean I'm kinda insane in regards to my anger atm. Anyway, how ironic.

great topic and very helpful because we all struggle with anger even when we don't realise it.. God can help us put out the raging flames of unrighteous anger and return to us peace for agitation , love for malice, and healing for injury.

I needed to hear this so much. I struggle with anger and this has helped me to focus now on overcoming it completely. God bless you!

Holding in anger without knowing how to channel it into something less destructive can cause major mental and emotional issues. How are we supposed to handle the anger if we aren’t allowed to feel it? It hurts and poisons is from the inside out but no one ever taught me how to manage my anger or how to deal with it. I’m struggling with this as a woman in my mid thirties.

This has really blessed me, Mike. There are a couple of select people in my life that really makes me show my anGRR.

This is such a blessing! Thank you Mike!

I'm so angry I came across this video, but very grateful to you, I pray the Lord will help me on this one..

Hi pastor Mike, first thank you for answering my question, second you pronounced my name just fine. ( I like the french pronunciation better then English). Normally I am sleeping during the podcast but happen to wake up and log in on this topic, which is one I needed to hear about. God Bless you.

The things that anger God-wickedness, rebellion, injustice-should also anger us. Paul tells to “abhor what is evil, and cling to what is good” (Rom. 12:9). Consider the following Biblical data: The Bible tells us that God is angry with sinners (Isa. 34:2), and He becomes angry with His people when they dishonor Him (Deut. 1:34, 37). Jesus, our perfect example, experienced anger at the hardness of people’s hearts (Mark 3:5). Paul commands the Ephesians, “Be angry and don’t sin” (Eph. 4:26a). If God experiences anger, it cannot be an inherently sinful emotion. Since the Spirit inspired Paul to command believers to be angry and not to sin, it must be possible.

Mike. I really appreciate this content on anger, even though it’s from years ago. Bible is timeless. Thank you. Quibble: you responded to a wife about dealing with an angry husband that has anger issues. While your response was solid, you might have missed the part of encouraging her to examine her own heart. It felt like you were giving her a free pass or that it would be simple for her to quickly realize if she was contributing to the situation. Women have a very different style of anger than men on average and this issue (anger) is super easy to hang on men as if it’s only a male issue. And wouldn’t we say that in the complexity of a marriage relationship that it is a rare situation that both husband and wife are not in some way culpable. I feel pretty strongly about this but completely open to any push back.

Good word for changing the monologue in head great practice I have pinned it to my heart Lord help me by Your Spirit in that moment.

I've been listening to the living waters podcast a ton lately, they are such a great resource for Godly wisdom! Awesome that you are working with them

This was so needed I love how you explain the passages ❤ thank you

This was absolutely amazing . I love you . Thank you .

This is so deep, I’m going to listen to this every night, I feel why couldn’t I have seen this years ago, it’s not going to be easy but it’s a deadly game against the devil

“No problem buddy have a great day”, that’s Awsome! I want to try that, I will try that

So convicted!! Thank you for the breakdown.

Amen brother, keep teaching! Praise God for what this teach today, 9/9/2023, has done for my wife and I. Roger

I’ve always been very conflict avoidant and it meant I constantly got steamrolled by users and abusers. These days I refuse to be bullied, which often means that I’m physically shaking when I have to stand up for myself, and it very much enrages people when they can’t control my thoughts and opinions. I’m not looking for a fight and I don’t want to lose relationships, but sometimes the other person is relentless and exhausting. I just want to not have to deal with the world.

Anger is a hard one for most of us, me especially! I need to listen to a lot more of these type of videos.

As a follower with anger issues from combat I'm always on the look out for Bible solutions...thanks

Well Jeez, I feel like you are SPEAKING TO ME. I battle so much with being easily angered.

This was perfect. Thank you.

The red light in the background is so fitting for this video 😊Thanks for making this.

Thank you so much Brother Mike

I gots me many, many angers. Saved & sober 5yrs, so I deal with it differently. Repentance a daily thing.

This is priceless information. Ty so much. Bless you.

September 2023, thank you 🙏🏻 this is really needed for me in the season I am right now!

Timely. This just happened with someone I've shared a pattern with (cycle of sweet and salty) after being away for a good spell of time. He's a first crush and lifelong friend. Even though I quickly repented, and wrote an apology-poem, no less, I'm sure this will be so fruitful in its entirety. I'm so Holy Spirit convicted for not having resembled Christ's character, because of a situational habit. I definitely could use more thoughtfulness and righteous patience. 🙏 Christ is King!!! ✝️

Unfortunatly I gave in to anger today... I feel so sorry... LORD, please forgive me

I need prayer on my anger I had trauma as a child watching my father be angry and hit us now I'm going threw the same things

Another sermon everyone should hear

Was struggling with a bit of anger but this really helped me calm down. I thought about, am I actually hurt physically or is it just my pride that is actually hurt instead of me myself. While I am an individual with a healthy amount of self-esteem I’m also an individual who prides himself on not letting his ego take control and dictate my actions. Really helped with this message thank you.

God bless you Mike! Im new to this channel. I actually went back to Christ about a month ago. And my friend got me into your channel. I loved your debate on the ressurection! Keep up the good work brother!!

I see myself as someone who is glacially slow to anger, but when it finally comes it is volcanic. It does do damage and I’m not proud of it. People in vulnerable positions in life have to deal with not only being slighted but having years of hard work being undone in front of them by people who think they won’t fight back. So you forgive it and move on, only to have years of hard work undone again by people who again think you won’t fight back. So, in my experience, being calm and controlled may avoid division and damage, but it won’t save you from losing everything over and over again.

Thank you for this honest and direct teaching. You have given much food for thought.

I've been praying so much about this the past few weeks and I'm still no better, I ask for Gods help and I try to be slow to anger but it's like every time I do this it blows up in my face.

This has been very helpful Mike. I had a rift with my boss today and I want to keep my job. Lol 😀 seeing that I will retire in 8 months. Thanks for the ammo! I will use it on myself...sparringly😇👍mercy me!

I’m so angry 😡 right now because this applies to me ❤

This was extremely Helpful, thank you so much Mike.

I love this..Thank you so much.

I'm only angry when someone makes me mad :)

Thanks for dealing with this important topic. Great broadcast.

Thank you for this video!! I love these videos. Keep them coming 😊🙏💖

I got angry at my brother's nurse because of the Cvid protocol in the ICU. Thank you God and Mike for this video.

At 20:00 you’ll be surprised how many married couples go to bed angry mad at each other. When I hear the lose your salvation crowd saying losing your salvation is easy I say then you better not go to bed mad at your spouse in that case. We not perfect we gonna slip this examples is the lost overlooked.

Thanks for creating this video, Mike.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and scriptures.

This is a keeper

@Mike Winger; I watched the video with you and Skylar....I commend you on your patience as at one point I was shouting for him to shut up and quit interrupting you. But, I think his Ephesians 1:11 verse was from the Good News Translation. And yes, translations are important. Thank you for all your teaching.

After reading my Bible dealing with blasphemy and anger for 25 years . I’ve come to the conclusion god created life he knows everything that was and is going to be so therefore god Jesus is the one responsible for all the bad things that happens to me he’s the author of that ..

I had a church leader tell me “ you have no right to be angry for anything because Jesus never got angry when He was crucified”. All things come full circle though because I recently repeated her words to her when she called me about something she was going through.

I'm a new Christian. Problem is, I get angry pretty quickly and am very prone to being stressed, and swearing. I am really trying. I was doing well for a while, but I've been the most hateful and angry than I've been in a long time today. I need to help myself.

This is awesome, thank you so much! I needed this!

Wow! Really great message you've helped me so much!!

Thank you.

Great message!

I overreact and hit my head when really angry. When angry I want to scream from the top of my lungs.

great message...….thanks so much, Mike !

I’ve got a huge anger problem. Always have struggled. I hate it.

I’m 19 with temporal adhd It’s hard I get very dark thoughts I get aggressive I wanna fight I NEED GOD💯🥺

We forgive and bless and pray for our enemies so that they may be delivered of those same transgressions that we once were in. Truly hate sin insomuch that you desire your brothers and sisters to be delivered of it as you are. Hence; judge not, lest ye be judged. HOWEVER, give no excuse to evil in itself. But approach evil with good.