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How are you feeling?

I am feeling...
GLAD MAD SAD SCARED SHAME SHOCKED

The Power of Feelings: Elephant & the Rider

BIG IDEA: Allow your anger to lead you to God

MAD
When you are mad, do you STUFF or PUFF?

Types of Anger
--Unrighteous
--Righteous

Anger is often a secondary emotion that reveals itself by conceals your true feeling.

Truth about Anger
Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to be angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires. James 1:19-20

In your anger do not sin. Ephesians 4:26

BIG IDEA: Allow your anger to lead you to God

My God, whom I praise, do not remain silent, for people who are wicked and deceitful have opened their mouths against me… Psalm 109:1-2

Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy;
let an accuser stand at his right hand.
When he is tried, let him be found guilty,
and may his prayers condemn him. May his days be few… Psalm 109:6-15

With my mouth I will greatly extol the Lord;
in the great throng of worshipers I will praise him.
For he stands at the right hand of the needy,
to save their lives from those who would condemn them. Psalm 109:30-31

"Find a person who has embraced anger, and you will find a person with a wounded ego." --Dallas Willard

What are you angry about?
What will happen if you don’t deal with it?
Will you trust God with it?

BIG IDEA: Allow your anger to lead you to God

REFLECTION/ SURRENDER
Name it! - "I am feeling..._________ ."
Tame it! - "I am feeling this way because _________ ."
Claim it! - "Lord, I give you my feelings of ________ and false beliefs of _____. What Truth (verse) do you want me to claim to comfort and guide me?" Write it down.

Benediction
May you jump into the arms of Jesus.
And may He push you out in the world.
May you be healed as you participate in the healing of others.
Not because you must but because you may.
This is why we were born!
Woo!

Beyond Sunday
Like pain is a warning sign to our body, so emotions are to our soul. Our emotions are more than a feeling for they provide us an opportunity for greater understanding of ourselves and intimacy with God. In this 7-week series, More Than A Feeling, we will focus on one of six core emotions each week, while practicing how to deal with how we feel with the help of God. This week, we look at how God wants us to handle things when we get MAD.

1. How are you dealing with what you are feeling? Have you been taking time to reflect on your emotions and using the process of Naming, Taming, Claiming, and Proclaiming? If so, what have you gained? If not, what holds you back from doing so?

2. What do you see as the difference between righteous and unrighteous anger? (Give personal or biblical examples) And why is it so important that we handle them both in a godly manner? Why do we feel like we often have the right to be condemning and overbearing when we have righteous anger?

3. Read Psalm 109 out loud. Identify what is causing the psalmist anger, where he takes it too far, and when he gets it under control. What does this say about God that this interaction with Him is in the Bible? What confusion or encouragement does this give you about how to deal with your anger?

4. Read silently Ephesians 4:26 and James 1:19-20 multiple times. What is standing out to you about these commands in the Bible? If God’s word is written “to correct and train us in righteousness…” (2 Timothy 3:16), how willing are you to allow God to teach you a new way of dealing with your anger instead of stuffing or puffing? What helps or hinders you from doing so?

5. Who suffers when you don’t deal well with your anger?

6. Practice & Prayer:
Take 5-10 minutes to identify a feeling and bring it to God using the following process:
Name it! - "I am feeling..._________ ."
Tame it! - "I am feeling this way because _________ ."
Claim it! - "Lord, I give you my feelings of ________ and false beliefs of _____. What Truth (verse/thought) do you want me to claim to comfort and guide me?"
Proclaim it! - Share what you have gained with another person.

Resources
--Get a Journal / Feeling Wheel (Daily) -- Find them in the back of the Worship Center.
--Seen Seminar - Feb 6 -- see below
--Book: Restore My Soul: Reimagining Self-Care for a Sustainable Life -- see below
--Movie: Inside Out -- see below
--Local Therapist -- see below
--Podcast or Right Now Media: Managing Anxiety w/ Steve Cuss -- see below

For PCC's budgeted giving year
(June 1, 2022 through May 31, 2023)

Annual Budget: $3,000,000

Giving Update (as of 1/17/23)
Needed to Date: $2,000,000
Giving to Date: $2,021,985
Overage to Date: $ 21m985