Attack of the Heart: Anger | Pastor Jayson Workman | 7-25-2021

Attack of the Heart: Anger

Pastor Jayson Workman

Matthew 5:21-22

July 25, 2021 — South Gate 

 

Introduction

Proverbs 4:23 Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.

 

Proverbs 25:28 A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.

 

When anger RULES in your heart, it will RUIN your life.

 

1. Rooted in the heart (vv. 21–22)

 

Luke 6:45 The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

 

      Rooted in unbelief

 

      Rooted in shame

 

         a.  Secret sin

     

         b.  Selfish expectations

 

2. Ruins the best parts of your life (v. 22)

 

Quote: “Anger, held on to, is not only sin, it is spiritually dangerous.”

 

Hebrews 12:14-15 Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled. . . .

 

      Gives the enemy a foothold

 

      Destroys you and others around you

 

A heart RULED by anger will RUIN the best things in your life.

 

3. Renewing your heart is possible