Senators at the Congress Building in Bogota, Colombia, were recently visited by a group of Seventh-day Adventists to highlight the church’s values on strong families. Church leaders, along with a Pathfinder group, met with the president of the senate, 20 other senators and more than 80 officials to offer the this year’s missionary book Hope for Today’s Families the church is distributing across the globe.
Ernesto Macías Tovar, the president of the Senate, thanked the Adventist Church for the…
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New Health and Wealth
Annonciata and Niyibizi live on a hillside farm in a rural community in Rwanda. The concepts an training that they received from the EMBRACE project have drastically improved their lives. In this video we hear how they now enjoy better health and have a much better annual income. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyszDw_TpuA
Healthfull and Helpful
Winfredo lives in a coastal village in the Philippines that is only accessible by boat. He has found the ADRA EMBRACE training to be excellent. He says, "the new ideas and concepts that ADRA shared have been helpful and healthful". Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1bMiUI1OTY
Becoming a Better Father
Man Kyaw Thar, a farmer in rural Myanmar, believed that by simply being present for children, making sure they were fed and safe, that he was being a good father. After attending an ADRA training seminar on parenting skills, he learned that there were many things that he could do to become a better father. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kghmLde5YI
Tuesday: The Role of Anger in Conflict
Who hasn’t experienced anger at one point or another? What makes it harder is when that anger is directed at a family member. Along with refusing to forgive, anger can turn into a poison that will wreak great pain and suffering on the home and family and relationships in general.
Read Ephesians 4:26-27 and Ecclesiastes 7:9. How can we balance our understanding of anger as an emotion and anger as a sin? What is the difference?
What does James say in James 1:19-20 that we should apply at all times that we can, but especially when dealing with family members whose actions and attitudes and words make us angry?
Anger
If you’re angry about something, instead of letting it hover like a dark cloud over your life, turn it into something positive. Pray for those who hurt and abuse you, forgive them and become a blessing to them. It probably won’t be easy at first, but when you make the decision and stick with it, God will take care of the rest.
Sometimes the root of anger stems from the homes we grew up in. Angry people often come from angry families because they learn from their role models and carry on the same behavior in their own lives, eventually passing it on to their children. At times anger may be the result of unmet needs or from jealousy, as was Cain’s case, which led to the murder of his brother. You may have a good reason to be angry, but don’t use it as an excuse to stay that way. Don’t deny it or try to justify it. Instead, ask God to help you deal with it in a positive way. The apostle Paul gives us good advice: “Don’t let evil defeat you, but defeat evil with good” (Rom. 12:21, CEV).
| We all have things that anger us, even to the point of pain. And, in some cases, we probably are justified in that anger. The question is, How can we, through the power of God, not let that anger make us, and others around us, miserable? |
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