READ: Proverbs 22:24-25

“Make no friendship with a man given to anger,

       nor go with a wrathful man,

lest you learn his ways

       and entangle yourself in a snare.”

THINK: We can spend time with a person that gets mad real easily, but according to Proverbs there is the opportunity to learn from this person their way of handling problems. Anger is not a sign of being great. Anger only tends to get us into more trouble than we can handle.

When was the last time you became angry? How did you handle it? Better still, how did Jesus handle His anger (Mark 3:5; Luke 23:34). Anger is a God given emotion, but the question we must answer is: Will we handle it, or will it handle us.

CHALLENGE: Who is the person you hang out with that is given to anger? Is this the person you want to become? Who do you know that handles their anger in a godly way? Ask God to help you find people to surround yourself with that are not given to anger.