Chapter 12: Why Anger Lingers

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1.	What is STEP 12 toward anger management?

2.	When we cling to anger in spite of potentially helpful knowledge and insights, it is due to an intricate system of

3.	Change requires persistent
	and a stubborn
	to structure the thoughts and perceptions that guide us.

4.	Most rationalizations are seductive because they contain an element of

5.	You can determine if you are rationalizing your anger by asking the following questions:
	a)
	b)
	c)
	d)
	e)
	f)

6.	To effectively manage your anger, you will need to set aside your rationalizations and decide to thrive with God’s

7.	Read Isaiah 28:23-29. What conclusion does the prophet Isaiah come to regarding the guidance of God?
	(vs. 29)

8.	What promise does God make to David in Psalms 32:8?

9.	List the most common excuses that keep people tied to unhealthy anger.
	a)
	b)
	c)
	d)

10.	We all are influenced by our

11.	Each of us has a God-given reactor mode that causes us to be highly attuned to the atmosphere around us. For instance:
	a)
	b)

12.	Read Psalms 55. How does David express his feelings over the actions of his friends?
	(vs. 4)

13.	Longstanding anger problems are often the result of an emotional history full of

14.	To get beyond a painful past we must humbly acknowledge our inability to
	others.

15.	What were David’s words once he concluded to move beyond the pain of his situation? (Psalms 55:22)

16.	There are times that all the textbook efforts to openly respond to frustrations fall short; so rather than clinging to empty efforts we can

17.	List some benefits from the choice to forgive.
	a)
	b)
	c)
	d)
	e)
	f)

18.	In Matthew 6:14, during Christ’s Sermon on the Mount, what did He say regarding forgiveness?

19.	Our burdens are lightened when we realize that when humans fail us, we can find reinforcement in a God who respects our

20.	Anger reduction is much easier when everyone involved makes equal effort toward

21.	In Hebrews 12:14 what does the author teach?

22.	Just as we can become hooked on alcohol or food or materialism, we can become hooked on

23.	What did the Apostle Peter declare about becoming “hooked”? (2 Peter 2:19b)

24.	It is possible to reduce your tendency toward anger through
	and .

25.	In Psalm 2:3 what challenge does the psalmist make?