A thought by Jentezen Franklin from his book, Love Like You've Never Been Hurt: Hope, Healing and the Power of an Open Heart (p. 98). Baker Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) Anger can be a real problem especially if you are ruled by it. Jentezen says, “We have all been there to some degree. It is normal to get angry and to want to do something about it. But we cannot position ourselves to love like we’ve never been hurt if we are ruled by our tempers. “Ephesians 4:26 tells us, ‘And “‘don’t sin by letting anger control you.’” Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry.’ Anger is not a sin. Mismanaging it is.” He goes on, “The next verse warns, ‘For anger gives a foothold to the devil.’ When we hold on to anger, when we nurture it, when we harp on it, when we think about it and dream about it, we give a place to the devil. The Greek word translated ‘place’ or ‘foothold’ is topos , which means
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