RIGHTEOUS ANGER 1.

When Moses saw the people dancing and singing in honor of the idol while the patriarch was on Mt. Sinai receiving Gods covenant. 2. When Jesus saw the temple money changers trading in the Temple. Indignation is anger caused by a desire to protect another person or correct an unholy situation. Although this emotion can motivate us to take positive action, we must proceed carefully. Lets look at how believers can wisely handle this powerful emotion. How to Handle Righteous Indignation 1. Living by faith and no by sight. Mark 13:11 When they arrest you and hand you over, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say, but say whatever is given you in that hour; for it is not you who speak, but it is the Holy Spirit. When we reacted in righteous anger to a wrong or an injustice, did we sense the power of the Holy Spirit working through us? 2. Commit the matter to prayer. We should fight every battle on our knees. In fact, sometimes the Lord will ask us to intercede for a situation, rather than taking tangible action. Colossians 1:9-12 9 For this reason also, since the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 10 so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; 11 strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience; joyously 12 giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in Light. 3. Make sure your heart is clean before correcting anyone else. Matthew 7:1-6 1 Do not judge so that you will not be judged. 2 For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you. 3 Why do you look at the speck that is in your brothers eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, Let me take the speck out of your eye, and behold, the log is in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brothers eye. 4. Dont sin when you address anothers fault. Galatians 6:1-5 1 Brethren, even if anyone is caught in any trespass, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; each one looking to yourself, so that you too will not be tempted. 2 Bear one anothers burdens, and thereby fulfill the law of Christ. 3 For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. 4 But each one must examine his own work, and then he will have reason for boasting in regard to himself alone, and not in regard to another. 5 For each one will bear his own load. Closing: Whether fighting for family values in the community or coming to the aid of a suffering person, believers can find positive and godly ways to express holy anger. Rather than reacting quickly in the flesh, follow the Holy Spirits leading. He will faithfully show you how to help solve the problem