The Bryce Crawford Podcast - Anger Issues (EP 34)

Episode Date: June 25, 2024

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What's going on, guys. Welcome back to another episode of the Bryce Crawford podcast. I'm Bryce and today I'm super excited. We're back. Episodes again. Guys, we've had a lot of craziness. We've been trying to move. We've been packing.

We've been making the street videos. It has just been a lot going on, but we are back with the episodes. And I wanted to start off this episode with something that I have been struggling with a little bit lately. I've been struggling a lot with quick anger and quick frustration. And so that's why today's episode is about anger and frustration. But before we get into it, I want to tell you guys two ways you can support us. Number one, go to Jesusinthe street.com, get you a Jesus shirt, a gospel conversation starting t-shirt. Or you can sew into our nonprofit ministry with a one-time or reoccurring tithe and offering in the description of this YouTube video if you're watching on YouTube.

but if you're listening on Spotify, thank you guys for listening and supporting us. Let's get into it. As I've been reflecting on anger and frustration lately, I've realized that anger is directly correlated to pride in the sense that anger has this self-seeking righteousness that comes from a place of, I'm right. I've noticed that when I get frustrated, it's because I believe I'm more right than the other person

or the other thing or the other circumstance. I'm just more convinced that everything's about me, me, me, I'm right, I'm right, I'm right. that was where a lot of my frustration and anger was coming from was me thinking that things were about me and me thinking that I'm right, which if you reflect, like, even looking into the depth of things, I would notice that, let's say that there was something small that occurred. Like, this happened a few times over the course of this month. Something small would happen, like super small. A lot of people would say it's the cherry on top to their big issues in the world. Something small would

happen and I would be extremely frustrated. What I would realize is it wasn't the small thing that was the issue, but there was a deep underlying issue that had produced that anger and frustration within me that created that to be the cherry on top. And so we're just going to talk about anger and what that looks like today. So before we get into that, I got to find it in my notes because I just lost it on my screen. I started writing down the podcast stuff in my notes now. So I could be little bit more organized. What I come to realize is that God is just as much in the, in the structure of things as he is in the fluidity of things. I think there's a difference in being dead set on something and not allowing the spirit to move than creating a structure and allowing the spirit to flow within

that. So that's what we started doing over these podcast episodes. Ecclesiasty 7 says, be not quick in your spirit to become angry for anger lodges in the heart of fools. Someone that stores up anger in their heart is a fool is what ecclesiasis says and a lot of us think oh i'm not going to say anything about it i'm not going to say anything about it but that's how the anger buildup produces so much frustration in our heart that the smallest thing can cause a spill out of frustration and really we're not frustrated at that small thing we just have issues that are undelt with did you know that communication will be your biggest weapon against anger and frustration i don't believe there's a such thing as over communication when it comes to something that's affecting you, affecting your

mood, or bothering you. It's like, hey, this thing is really bothering me. Can we talk about it? Because maybe I might be wrong here. Like, it doesn't have to be this crazy thing of like, oh, I'm frustrated at everything. No, but I think communication is key when it comes to dealing with this anger and frustration and not even just with people at your circumstances, but with God. like the prayer that David cries out in Psalm 139 Search my heart God and know me Isn't just about a sin It's like anger like God search my heart

Like what's making me angry what's making me frustrated You know in Ephesians 4 Paul writes Be angry and do not sin Because anger takes the low road on handling things Like we're not even talking about big things here Like imagine the passive aggressiveness that you should show people because you're angry.

Or the bitterness you show people. Maybe you give someone the silent treatment because you're holding a grudge against them, but it's crazy because Jesus doesn't hold grudges against us. Isn't it crazy to think that in today's society will hold a grudge over something so small, and yet God, being all-knowing, knows all the sin you've committed, and yet doesn't hold a single grudge against you? Be angry and do not sin, Paul writes.

And so I think there's almost a call of, what do you do when you feel that anger? Because it seems to me by what Paul's writing is, it's the fruit that is born because of your anger and frustration, passive aggressiveness, ridicule, silent treatments. Anger always takes the low road in handling situations. It's never good. And scripture actually says, don't let the sun go down on a brother when you're angry,

aka handle everything communicate talk to your brother talk to your sister i think that's been my biggest help just in general in life when i've realized i'm angry or frustrated about something it's so crazy how the bible teaches us in order for us to learn we have to humble ourselves in order for you to communicate about problems that you're having you have to humble yourself and acknowledge that you might be wrong and it's okay with being wrong. Everything's not about being right. We have to humble ourselves when it comes to communicating with someone that we're frustrated about something because we have to be open to letting it go. We have to be open. And a lot of people like purposefully want to harbor grudges and stuff. A lot of people want to purposefully do that. It's super sad. Don't let the sun go down on your anger.

Don't let a minute pass by of your anger. The second you feel frustration, sit down with that brother or sister hey I'm really bothered by this can we talk about this to just make sure I'm not not just feeling a feeling like to make sure I just want to talk about this to clear the air boom and you'll come to realize that communication is so powerful when it comes to your frustration I believe anger is a barrier that causes us a separation how do I phrase this anger is a barrier to our joy with the Lord because anger will allow us to miss the

blessings of God and take God for granted. Because anger is all about me, me, me, me, me, I'm right, I'm right, I'm frustration, listen to how I feel, but anger creates this gap between us and God and we can miss the goodness of him because we're more worried about us being right than about what he has in store for us. And I feel like anger doesn't allow us to look at our brothers and sisters rightly. Yes, there are brothers and sisters that do you wrong, but at the end of the day, they're your brother and sister. Oh, you had a dad that didn't understand you at home, a parent that didn't understand you at home?

At the end of the day, they're still your brother or sister. Oh, you got a best friend that did you wrong and you're super frustrated. At the end of the day, they're still your brother and sister. You got a classmate or a coworker that's talked bad about you behind your back and they don't know that you know that they were talking bad about you, and you hold a grudge against them?

At the end of the day, they're still your brother and sister. And you know what? even in the midst of all the on-purpose attacks that people do, you know, people that do stuff on purpose to get you frustrated. Why can't we hope all things in people? Why can't we believe the best in people? Gratitude is going to be your number one weapon against sin, and anger can produce sin.

There is such thing as righteous anger, but anger can produce sin. Gratitude is going to be your number one weapon against it, because how can you be grateful and angry at the same time? how can you be grateful and anxious at the same time? Because anger, there can be anger and anxiousness can come together, and you can't be grateful and angry or anxious at the same time. So it's going to be your number one weapon.

Proverbs 3 says, Whoever is slow to anger has a great understanding, but he who has hasty temper exalts folly. The fruits of the spirit, self-control, and patience, can be accessed in a moment where you feel the deepest amount of anger. and frustration. Because the fruits of the spirit aren't something that you have to reach out and grab. As a believer, the fruits of the spirit are within your heart. Their fruit on your tree. Your tree is bearing that fruit. So when you feel a feeling of anger and frustration, you just

reach from within and take a bite out of self-control. You reach from within and take a bite out of patience. It's not asking God. We don't have to ask God for more patience during anger. We don't have to ask God for more self-control when we feel anger. We just have to reach within our heart and take a bite of the fruit of self-control and the fruit of patience that is already being born on the tree of our heart because we have the Holy Spirit inside of us. The fruits of the Spirit are something accessible to us. We don't have to keep asking for more, more, more. It's within us.

We just got to take a bite out of it when necessary. Anger can be really dangerous, friends. And I think my number one piece of advice about anger and frustration is going to be, if you have an issue with a brother or sister, handle it before the sun goes down, like we mentioned earlier. Because like Ecclesiasi says, only a fool

stores up anger in their heart. Only a fool. And even when we store up anger in our heart, we let out unwarranted frustration on people that have nothing to do with our issues. Or we don't get to serve people with the best version of ourself. We serve people with a version

that is self-seeking. for our own because we're so angry about something else. We're more worried about us being right and our needs met. That's what anger will do. Anger is all about us at the end of the day. Outside of righteous anger, I don't see anything good coming from anger. So I'm going to pray if you're someone that struggles with anger and frustration easy. I'm not going to pray for more patience and self-control in our life.

I'm going to pray that God gives you opportunity to access the fruits of the spirit of patience and self-control in your life. Because what I've realized is like at the end of the day, most of the things that we get frustrated at are either things we can't control or things that don't matter at the end of the day. This morning, when I was prepping for this podcast episode, I was laughing at the fact that things I was frustrated about two days ago aren't even affecting me today, much less yesterday.

I wasn't even worried about thinking about it until that moment. so I'm just going to pray that God will give you opportunities to access the fruits of the spirit of patience and self-control this week but that God will just give you supernatural understanding that a lot of stuff that you're frustrated about isn't that deep

we operate out of grace grace is what's given to us that isn't deserved we operate from grace my day is filled with grace his grace my breath is filled with his grace My speech is filled with His grace. So we're going to pray.

Jesus, I thank you for my friend. God, I thank you for anyone watching or listening to this episode. Jesus, I just pray that you will give them peace. I pray that you will give them supernatural instances in their week this week to be able to access the fruits of self-control and patience. And God, I just pray that you will give people supernatural understanding this week. that their issues and struggles aren't as deep as it may seem, and that you'll give them a freedom and release.

In Jesus' name, amen. Friends, you go be free from anger. Go be free. Everything's been handled. And what I've realized is if we have a good father in heaven, number one, every good gift comes from him. But if we have a good father in heaven, then I don't have to worry about my situations or circumstances around me.

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