Introduction: Do you ever get mad? Angry? Are you angry right now? Over what? Is it eating at you? What can you do? Is there help available? How can we appropriate biblical truth by the power of the Holy Spirit to experience freedom?

The right kind of “FIRE” is not bad; it can keep you warm in the wintertime. But the wrong kind of “FIRE” can burn down your house! Plus, it can burn down your relationships.

Suggestion: Keep a FIRE EXTINGUISHER handy!

By examining Proverbs 16:32, along with other passages, we can learn “How to Put Out the Fires of Anger,” which lead to resentment and grudges.

Follow the three (3) steps that lead to “Putting Out the Fires of Anger”:

The Causes
The Cost
The Cure

Underlying faults CAUSE earthquakes.

Suppressed anger and bitterness can be like an iceberg:
1/8 is seen protruding out of the water
7/8 is unseen underneath the water

Sparks flying CAUSE explosions.

Unresolved conflicts of the past can surface at a moment’s notice — out of nowhere.

Ventilation
Retaliation
Depression

Duke University did a study. In the research, they determined that an angry person is five times more likely to have heart disease. The devil uses this as a major tool — taking people out!

Paul writes about the cure to anger: “Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: neither give place to the devil” (Eph. 4:26–27).

“Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you” (Eph. 4:31–32).

Instead of being “Bitten with Bitterness,” Jesus has a remedy — JUST LET IT GO! He forgives us, and then He enables us to forgive others. The blood of Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit is a FIRE EXTINGUISHER!

Keep them close by!!

Conclusion: All of this anger and resentment affects our TESTIMONY as Christians, not to mention the damage it does to our relationships with loved ones and friends.

Today, people are spending thousands and thousands of dollars trying to cure the deadly disease of resentment.

If we will only admit this stronghold, confess it as sin, trust in Jesus for His forgiveness, and purpose to forgive ourselves and others, then and only then will we experience freedom like never before!

Love y’all,
Dr. Randy Reese