A Woman’s Answer to Anger

Aug 14–15, 2006 - comments: 3

Today on the broadcast our special guest is Mrs. Annie Chapman, singer, songwriter, and Christian speaker who, with her husband, Steve, is involved in a ministry to families. She is also an author, and her new book is titled A Woman’s Answer to Anger: Getting Destructive Emotions Under Control.

Anger is not only a powerful emotion. It is a choice. When we allow anger to control our words and actions we are not in submission to God, but to sin. Today’s guest has spent a good part of her Christian life learning that painful lesson and discovering how to manage and channel this powerful force in her life.

Anger is a part of the emotional blueprint that God planned for our lives. It’s a part of our humanity, a reality that we must face. As we’ve seen with Annie Chapman’s compelling story, unbridled, uncontrolled anger can destroy-not the focus of our fury-but ourselves. Anger that has crossed that line into sin is rarely constructive or attractive. I think as a result of this time with Annie, each one of us should examine our hearts and ask, “How will people remember me?” As parents, as spouses, as leaders in our churches, as believers who seek to impact our world for Jesus Christ, what legacy are you and I leaving behind? Will people remember an angry, bitter person, or someone who learned to find the good that God promised would be in all things that we receive from His hand?

topic(s): Faith, Bible, Ministry, Family

3 comments (post your own) feed

1 On Aug 14th, 2006, at 10:23am, karen hancock wrote:

I was very blessed by today’s guest. I can remember listening to her music as a child and now enjoying her ministry as a 33 year old pastors wife.

2 On Aug 14th, 2006, at 12:35pm, lilly wrote:

thank you Jesus!finally someone who can speak plainly to me about ANGER.i feel like annie just spoke directly to me about the anger i have carried within my heart since i was a young girl.i have cried an ocean of tears all of these years feeling like i do not deserve God’s love because of all the anger and feeling like such a failure because i could NOT get all of the anger under control.my heart leapt when i heard her say that God’s forgiveness and my ‘human’ forgiveness are so totally different.....I had always thought the same thing about forgiving someone.  “If I do this, that will make what they have done to me ok”.....I cannot tell you how i have struggled with the anger and then feeling so totally inadequate as a Christian in forgiving and meaning it. Thank you with all of my heart....God bless you....In Christ....lilly

3 On Aug 14th, 2006, at 7:44pm, James Oldham wrote:

To whom it may concern,
I really enjoyed Annie today.  She has such a way of expressing the heart of the truth. I listened to her and her husband for years and still enjoy the music.  I am a man and really was ministered to today.  I have had anger in the past and have had to figure out on my own how to deal with it. Annie was right on and all the scriptures used I have meditated on many times and Annie was able to bring even more understanding to me. Thankyou for having her on the show.  Jim

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