read this or i'm gonna be ANGRY!

Alec Baldwin is all over the news today. The tragedy at Virginia Tech still haunts. Then there's the babysitter in Illinois who drowned three kids in the tub. Actually, I could make a giant list of things in the news--just today's news--that centers around people's anger issues.

Your anger issues and my anger issues may not be quite as extreme (and thankfully not as public as Alec's)...but we all have them. And out of all of the emotions that we have, anger the rawest, strongest, and most destructive.

The Bible tells us that not all anger is sin. It does say, however, "In your anger, do not sin..." (Ephesians 4:26). One of the things we learn here is--and you can see this all throughout Scripture--that often times anger precedes sin. Anger sets sin on the tee for us. Proverbs 29:22 says, "An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered one commits many sins."

Hey, we all have to deal with this incredible emotion called anger. The question is: What do we do with? How do I resolve real-life anger issues God's way? How do we respond to people who keep making us angry?

Here's good news: Dwight's going to nail these questions for us on Sunday has he continues the No Strings Attached series.

Chew on this between now and then: People or circumstances can make us angry, but we can respond in forgiveness because of our relationship with Jesus Christ. God is bigger than circumstances. He's bigger than our emotions. And He wants you and I to be free...free to love...free to live...free to forgive.

Don't miss this Sunday @ NewPointe! I hope Alec Baldwin is there.