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Irritability And Anger

Wednesday May 9, 2018

Many of us who are overcoming a lifestyle of addiction experience irritability and anger in certain situations. 

Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, and slander, as well as all types of evil behavior. (Ephesians 4:31 NLT)

On any given day we may not be feeling good about who we are.  When this happens it’s easy to blame others we believe are contributing to our discontent.  A circumstance may arise and suddenly we find ourselves becoming irritable and angry.  We often feel justified to lash out at those who have offended us.  The person or persons on the receiving end of our behaviour may not even understand what is happening.  They may have innocently said or done something that triggered a fuse within us which caused us to explode into a rage.  What on earth is going on within us when a situation can arouse this type of behaviour?

Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad?  I will put my hope in God!  I will praise him again—my Savior and my God!  (Psalm 42:11 NLT)

Irritability and anger are likely reflective of something going on deep inside us.  Our angry response to a situation may even bypass our thinking process.  However, we still need to bring these behaviours before God and seek His wisdom about the root cause.  We need to be willing to expose the underlying reason for our wounded heart.  We may be discouraged over things that have happened in our past and have never grieved their impact or asked God for His healing.  We may doubt that anyone, including God, could help us.  Fortunately, we are reminded in recovery meetings that “God could and would if He were sought.” With God, understanding and even overcoming our deep-rooted anger is possible. 


Purify me from my sins, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.  Oh, give me back my joy again; you have broken me—now let me rejoice.  (Psalm 51:7-8 NLT)




Prayer: Gracious God, please reveal the underlying root of my irritability and anger problems and enable my broken heart to be made whole, so I may find peace and joy in all I do. Amen

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