Here's the last thing, because I've found just letting it go, you find the next day you pick it up again. How many have found the next day you're angry again, because there you are - they did that same thing that so annoys you? Your frown-face puckers up again, and before you know it, the fire's all burning again.
How can we live out a powerful life, if we don't handle this disease of the heart - anger?
So I found one of the last things, a great help is: to hold the person in your heart and prayer, and pray blessing on them. Pray blessing on them.
Jesus told us to: “bless those who curse us, pray for those who despitefully use us”. So maybe this person has despitefully used you, and continues to do so.
If they continue to do so, then you do need to have a confrontational experience; but not if you've got anger in you.
Don't even think of trying to work anything out, until you've dealt with your own anger; because you'll hide your anger and try: we need to come and have a talk. You come to have a talk, next minute [grrr] and it's all out there, and now it's even worse; so don't even think to try and put anything right with anyone, until you've resolved what's in your own heart first.
Jesus wants us, no matter what anyone else does in life, to be able to walk in joy and peace and rest.
Now maybe others don't get to put things right, they keep still doing goofy sort of stuff - it's appropriate to set boundaries at times, and it's appropriate to confront it at times; but the biggest thing to do, is to learn to let things go to the Lord's hands, and to let your own heart be changed with the experience.
Come into the revelation of what's called grace, and come there by peace.
Closing Prayer
Father, we just thank You for this day. We thank You Lord for the spirit of grace that's on our life.
We thank You Lord, we in no way want to grieve You, and quench the operation of Your presence in our life.
We ask Lord for great grace; that you’d bring a revelation to the hearts of people.
If you don't know Jesus; this would be a great day to give your life to Jesus, a great day to open your heart to God, and to come to know Him as your friend.
Jesus died on the cross to make this possible, but it requires a decision and a choice, to recognise this offer He's made, and receive Him.
Others, as I've shared, you think: boy, He must be listening to my conversations. No, I wasn't, but I was listening to the Holy Ghost last night as I went to sleep, and He started to talk to me about this.
We want to enjoy Him in our lives, and manifest His fruit in our lives. That means we need to see the things that disturb Him.
Holding on to my rights, entitlements, putting demands on people, it grieves Him, and it leaves me angry.
If I can just let go and say: God my life is in Your hands.
Jesus said: learn in Me, let Me teach you, for I am meek.
That word meek - it's the opposite of being angry. It means: my strength is managed, and I don't rise up when my rights are violated. I've learned how to manage my inner life. It's a great strength, great strength.
If I'm angry, how is it showing up in my life? Where does it come from? Who am I angry at? What was taken? What do I think I was owed, that's taken from me; and am I willing to just find God's grace in this, and release grace to that person?
Grace or judgement, which will I walk?
I pray that God will empower you and help you, minister to you deeply in this area; and bring you to a place where quickly you're able to sort through feelings of anger, bitterness, things that come that disturb us about the behaviours of others, and how we're treated; and that you would walk in great grace and rest in your heart. Amen.