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 Are people angry? You decide?
23% of adults admit to feeling a sense of anger on any given day 60% of those in customer service have experienced hostility 12% of adults admit they struggle to control their anger 20% of us have lost a friendship due to anger 53% of adults say they have been bullied at work 32% of adults say they know a family member or friend who can't control their anger. That my friends is a problem. As our society moves more & more away from Jesus. As we become more diverse in our beliefs. When we feel more like we've lost control or don't have a say. We feel trapped. We feel our values are attacked and maligned. We move towards anger. Anger is the "flashing light" on the dashboard of your life signaling there is something wrong under the hood. If left unaddressed and unchecked, there will be a breakdown. If we are going to Win the Day, we have to know how to Win over Anger. Jesus gave us the remedy. Paul picked up on the idea as he wrote to friends in Colossi. It's in learning how to forgive those we feel have wronged us. Here might be two reasons why it' hard for you to forgive. 1) You think to forgive them is let them off the hook. We've got to make them pay us back right? After all, they "owe us" we reason. If we forgive them, they won't suffer like they made us suffer? Do you ever feel like that? 2) You think to forgive them means what they did will no longer hurt us. So we wait for the pain to subside and it never does. We can't seem to forget what they have done. So we nurse the hurt. Many more people than we imagine are stuck and will never Win the Day until they Win Over Anger. Who is it in your world that has hurt you? Are there steps you need to take to forgive? Are you ready to move forward? If so you'll want to join me this Sunday as we seek to Win Over Anger. Pastor Mike  The same things that make people like you are equally true if you're on a winning team. It might be a work team or your sports team or your neighborhood homeowners group.
Things like compassion, which is basically caring about other people. Being respectful towards others. Caring how people are doing and letting them know it. Kindness is simply doing good for others. It might be helping someone out who is ill? Watching your friends child so they can have a date night? Taking a meal over. Giving a compliment. Listening to someone as they process their grief?? Humility is the opposite of arrogance and self promotion. It's recognizing that all you have is from God's graciousness towards you. Sure you & I work and think we "earn" things, more money, titles or a promotion of "trophy" of some sort... but the reality is you are where you are because someone else has helped you along the way. Arrogant, prideful people tend to forget this. Gentleness is being strong yet keeping that strength under control. It was said of Jesus that he was gentle towards all those looking for mercy. The one strong enough to command the storms and winds welcomed children into his arms. He was welcomed to parties, yet spoke the truth about the effects of greed & evil. Patience means having a long fuse, towards people. Yes in our circumstances, but patience that Paul speaks about has to do with people. Acting with kindness instead of being rude. Patient with the wait staff even when they mess up your food order. People who understand God is patient with them, know how to extend grace to others. Any team, or work group or classroom or PTO or church family that can put these 5 qualities into practice, will see them Win the Day. Come sit with Patti and I on Sunday! Let's create a Winning Culture. Together. Let's share some pulled pork. This Sunday! - Pastor Mike  In 1936-37 Dale Carnegie wrote How to Win Friends & Influence People. Today over 30 million copies have been printed, not to mention the number of digital downloads. But when Dale first published the book, only 5000 were first published.
The principles he gave are just as true today as they were 100 years ago:
Before his Dale wrote his book, Paul had some ideas on how to get people to listen to us. In this series of Win the Day, if we want to win with people; Paul wrote Colossians 4:2-6. Take note how you can have people listen to you:
If we're gonna Win at Life we absolutely need to win with people. Join me Sunday as we do a deeper dive into Making Friends that Last. Let's Win the Day Friend! Pastor Mike |
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