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18 Mar

Be Slow to Anger

Beth Gable Hicks Blog, Human Traits to Overcome 0 0

When you are blessed to have a friend who is slow to anger, you can learn to imitate that behavior and be more like Christ. Certainly, Christ showed anger, but it was only when he saw the disobedience of someone as leading to self-destruction (not because he didn’t get his way)! The example of Jesus is really of one who denied himself on a daily basis from the human tendency toward wrath. So we are called to be slow to…..

Holding Your Tongue

Beth Gable Hicks Blog, Godly Traits 15 0

There is value in holding our tongue, or practicing temperance. The Old Testament emphasizes self-control as a core virtue as evidenced in both Solomon’s books of Proverbs and in the Ten Commandments. The New Testament does as well, with self-control being one of the fruits of the spirit. Remember Matthew 5:39? Jesus said, “Do not resist one who is evil. But if anyone strikes you on the right check, turn to him the other also.” It is always unexpected when…..

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