REALLIFE STUDY GROUP
"Got Rage!"
ICEBREAKER: Describe one thing that really makes you mad.
INTRODUCTION:
This week’s lesson addresses the increased levels of anger and rage in our
society. The Bible says be angry and sin not. That is a very difficult thing to
process sometimes. Moses was the meekest most teachable man that ever lived but
he kept having to deal with out of control anger in
His life. The entire book of Jude addresses the subject as an underlying theme.
We will remind ourselves of some of the reasons we even get angry. Then we will
look at some principles for dealing with volatile raging people.
CONFESSION:
·
I choose to trust God with my
anger!
·
I choose to confront in love
and let God make things right.
·
I choose to release the ugly grip
of rage into the mighty hands of God.
·
I choose to ask God to
extinguish the volcanic eruptions of volatility from my heart.
·
I choose to pour out all clamor
and malice at the foot of the cross.
DEFINITIONS:
Rage: uncontrollable anger, vehement
desire or passion
OUTLINE:
12
UNBELIEVABLE REASONS FOR RAGE
1.
Unmet needs
2.
Unrealistic expectations
3.
Undisciplined habits
4.
Unrestrained passions
5.
Un-contained emotions
6.
Unconfined thoughts
7.
Untreated pain or hurt
Hurt people
hurt people
8.
Undesirable lusts
9.
Unexpressed dissatisfaction
10. Unexpected
consequences
11. Unadvised
choices
12. Unbridled
Jealousy
Bonus:
13. Unresolved
issues
14. Loss of
Control
HOW
TO DEAL WITH OUTRAGEOUSLY OUT OF CONTROL PEOPLE
1.
Use
your inside voice.
A soft
answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up
anger. (Proverbs 15:1 KJV)
2.
Think
before you speak.
The tongue
of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of
fools poureth out foolishness. (Proverbs 15:2 KJV)
There is
that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the
tongue of the wise is health. (Proverbs 12:18 KJV)
3.
Speak
from pure motives.
A wholesome
tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
(Proverbs 15:4 KJV)
4.
Know
who you can instruct and who you cannot instruct.
A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent. (Proverbs 15:5 KJV)
Whoso loveth instruction loveth
knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
(Proverbs 12:1 KJV)
Poverty and
shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but
he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured. (Proverbs 13:18 KJV)
Give not
that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine,
lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. (Matthew
7:6 KJV)
The ear that
heareth the reproof of life abideth
among the wise. He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth
reproof getteth understanding. (Proverbs 15:31, 32 KJV)
5.
Beware
of a strife sower.
A wrathful
man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. (Proverbs 15:18 KJV)
6.
You
cant help lazy! Laziness is
pathway to major frustration.
The way of
the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way
of the righteous is made plain. (Proverbs 15:19 KJV)
7.
Speak
prophetically to their purpose.
Without
counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors
they are established. (Proverbs 15:22 KJV)
8.
Timing
is everything. Dont try to correct a rager in the middle of
the rage.
A man hath
joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is
it! (Proverbs 15:23 KJV)
9.
It's
okay to be angry just don't sin and stay mad over night!
BE ANGRY and
sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
Neither GIVE PLACE to the devil. (Ephesians 4:26,27)
10. With some people you can talk until you are
blue in the face & they will not hear you.
If a wise
man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or
laugh, there is no rest. (Proverbs 29:9 KJV)
TEXT: Jude 1
STUDY
GROUP QUESTIONS:
1. What
do you do when you are angry?
2. Name
someone in the Bible that got angry.
3. How
do you feel physically when you get angry?
4. How
would you define rage?
5. Which
of the descriptions in Jude for raging people do you like or relate to most?
6. Which
of the reasons for rage listed above jump out at you?
PRAISE
REPORTS & PRAYER REQUESTS:
ACTION
POINT: This week I will try to count to 100
before I react in anger and rage.