Prophets on Anger
Experiencing anger as an emotion and acting out in anger toward our children remarkable sentences. “If you would have God have mercy on you, have mercy on one another.” “Anger should never be permitted to rise in our bosoms, and words suggested by angry feelings should never be permitted to pass our lips.” “Never must there be expressed an oath, a condemnatory term, an expression of anger or jealousy or hatred.” “It is imperative that we understand that God's chief way of acting is by persuasion and patience and long-suffering, not by coercion and stark confrontation.” To summarize, if we are followers of Christ, we have to avoid acting in anger. Testimony Reading these quotes is evidence that God's prophets are concerned about the family and hope for eternal life. I can expect that God won’t just tell us a few interesting things about the family; He will tell us what a family ought to be and why. Further, we know that our Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Chri...