Life Plan Devotion #155 [Get angry]

Hi, Everyone.
I went to my PCP yesterday. My oxygen monitoring followup test showed that my oxygen level stayed up quite nicely, with oxygen but without the CPAP machine, so I get to let go of the CPAP machine (watch out; I'm flinging it!). I praise the Lord for yet another part of healing manifesting in my body.
Please pray for those having surgery today and those recovering from surgery. Please continue to remember the Juden family, whose son was killed in Afghanistan a few days ago. He was so young. I find myself remembering when Tyler used to come into my class, when he was supposed to be elsewhere, "just because." Okay, I have to stop.

Life Plan Devotion #155 [Get angry]

     I don't know about you, but anger is my least comfortable emotion, yet, it is God-given. The Bible says, "Be angry and sin not" (Ephesians 4:26a). That's the key. Even Jesus got angry, yet He did not sin. Let's see how getting angry can be beneficial.

John 2:13-16 "It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover celebration, so Jesus went to Jerusalem. In the Temple area he saw merchants selling cattle, sheep, and doves for sacrifices; He also saw dealers at tables exchanging foreign money. Jesus made a whip from some ropes and chased them all out of the Temple. He drove out the sheep and cattle, scattered the money changers' coins over the floor, and turned over their tables. Then, going over to the people who sold doves, He told them, 'Get these things out of here. Stop turning My Father's house into a marketplace!'"

     Jesus was angry at those who turned the Temple courts into a marketplace of unjust profit. The merchants forced the people to buy "approved" sacrificial animals at exorbitant prices and exchanged their currency for Temple currency at inflated rates. They abused the public trust and mocked holy worship. It wasn't right, and Jesus was righteously indignant. Anger is an emotion and one of the emotions God created in us. It can be used for good or for evil. Anger that is measured and authorized by God's purposes is justified. This kind of anger can play an important role in our spiritual, emotional, and physical recovery.

What this has to do with weight loss: You will know, beyond a doubt, that you will experience success in the area of weight loss, when you get angry enough to do something about it. When you stand up to the abusive forces in your life, and that includes addiction to food, you will be able to make the changes that will set you free from its grip. As you do, God will stand by you.

Today, think about anything in your life that God says, "Let's get this OUT!" Allow holy anger to well up inside you, and do the hard thing, to get that destructive, abusive force out of your life. God can use even anger in you, to encourage you to make changes. Surrender to the process. Listen to the group Sanctus Real singing "Whatever You're Doing." 
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Blessings,
Mary   

AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Praising God along with you. I could not wait until I could stop using my CPAP machine. They are doing an appliance now so I do not have to use it. I thank God for that. This is so wonderful for you. God is so good. God Bless you Mary.

In Christ

Karyn

Hi, Karyn.
I know I usually have the devotion posted soon after midnight, my time, but I didn't wake up! I slept all night, and I cannot remember the last time I did that! I wish I could "schedule a post"like I can do on my blogspot blog. Anyway...
Great news about your CPAP, too. I'm interested in the "appliance" you mentioned. Could you give me more information? The word makes me think "dental."
Have a great day. Thanks for reading and replying. It blesses me.
Blessings,
Mary