Chapter 10: Anger Reflects Inferiority Feelings

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1.	What is STEP 10 toward anger management?

2.	The way you manage your emotion is a commentary on your

	and when your anger is out of bounds it hints at a shaky .

3.	In its best uses, anger elevates you from a
	position to one of
	with the person who is being disrespectful.

4.	Why do we all have to contend with feelings of inferiority at times?

5.	What does the prophet Isaiah say about this in Isaiah 64:6a?

6.	Our propensity toward sin creates feelings of uneasiness and gives us a natural tendency to

7.	In the following Scriptures what message of hope does the Apostle Paul offer?
	a) Rom. 3:24:
	b)1 Cor. 6:11:

8.	In moderating your anger it can be helpful to be aware of two common traps:
	a)
	b)

9.	Read 1 Corinthians 12:12-31. The Apostle Paul teaches that every believer has a vital role assigned by God Himself; therefore we should neither boast nor think too little of ourselves. Briefly explain how we are instructed to act toward one another.

10.	In what ways do people express anger from feelings of inferiority?
	a)
	b)

11.	Using Psalms 139:14 what words of encouragement can be offered to those suffering from feelings of inferiority?

12.	For those who are cynical, what words of instruction are found in Psalms 19:14?

13.	What is the most common escape sought by those experiencing feelings of inferiority?

14.	Give some examples of people seeking a superiority edge.
	a)
	b)
	c)
	d)

15.	The roots to our attempts to be superior are in our childhood tendency toward

16.	Explain how trying to establish superiority is like riding a never-ending see saw

17.	The competitive adversarial edge in a person’s relationships perpetuates ongoing

18.	To avoid the inferior-superior trap, we must acknowledge that we are all equal in

19.	In John 3:16 what statement does Jesus make that indicates equality in human value?

20.	It is folly to try to compare our human values because we don’t have the same

21.	We tend to base our judgments on very superficial criteria when essentially we are the same; equal in both our
	and in our
	within our families, marriages, friendships, workplaces, and churches.

22.	The Apostle Peter struggled with the assumption that he, a Jew, was superior to Cornelius, a Roman. God finally showed him that He loved them both. What was Peter’s conclusion? (Acts 10:34)

23.	The key to managing our anger differently is to recognize our
	with one another.

24.	In Colossians 3:11 what names did the Apostle Paul mention when he taught equal acceptance of all groups into God’s family?
	a)
	b)
	c)
	d)
	e)
	f)
	g)
	h)

25.	The key to healthy anger is to communicate it with

26.	In Proverbs 15:23 what words of wisdom does Solomon offer regarding the way we communicate with others?

27.	Name some areas in which humans are obsessed with evaluative standings.
	a)
	b)
	c)
	d)

28.	A strong emphasis on evaluation coupled with the inevitable inability to be perfect leads head-on to
	and .

29.	In 2 Corinthians 10:12 what were the Apostle Paul’s words to the Corinthians regarding evaluations?

30.	Humans are poor
	of real characters and that is why we are instructed by God to stay out of the
	.

31.	What did Jesus teach regarding judgment?
	a) (Luke 6:37a)
	b) (Luke 6:37b)

32.	Every judgment that we make becomes the basis for our judgment. What does Jesus say about this in Matthew 7:2?

33.	Sidestepping human evaluations keeps us from being
	and .

34.	Rather than getting lured into false games of superiority we are more capable of seeing people for what they are:

35.	What reminder did the Apostle Paul declare to the saints at Ephesus?
	a) (Eph.2:1)
	b) (Eph.2:8)