How does God say to get rid of anger? (2023)

How do I get rid of anger at God?

God Hands Us Over

In the Bible we see this phrase over and over—when God gets angry, he “hands us over.” But what does this mean?

People often express their anger in different ways, but they usually share four common triggers. We organize them into buckets: frustrations, irritations, abuse, and unfairness.

Anger itself is not a sin, but the strong emotion, unrestrained, can lead very quickly to sin. As God said to Cain, “It's desire is for you, but you must rule over it” (Genesis 4:7).

Modern psychologists view anger as a normal, natural, and mature emotion experienced by virtually all humans at times, and as something that has functional value for survival.

The Bible says “Be angry and do not sin” (Ephesians 4:26) and we do that by drawing near to the God who can help us through it.

“In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold.” It's not uncommon for someone to feel angry at God. Many believers, however, are reluctant or afraid to bare such feelings, so they bottle them up.

Emotions that can Trigger

Because anger is easier to feel, it can distract you from experiencing and healing the pain you feel inside. Among the most triggering primary emotions is frustration. Frustration is often experienced when you are feeling helpless or out of control.

The adrenal glands flood the body with stress hormones, such as adrenaline and cortisol. The brain shunts blood away from the gut and towards the muscles, in preparation for physical exertion. Heart rate, blood pressure and respiration increase, the body temperature rises and the skin perspires.

Prayer To Remove The Spirit Of Anger

Lord, forgive me for the times I have given in to anger, malice, wrath or fury. For when I have let my emotions get the better of me and lost control. Have mercy on my soul and show me Your kindness.

What does the Bible say about releasing anger?

Psalms 37:8-9. 8 Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret—it leads only to evil. 9 For those who are evil will be destroyed, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.

The most common appearance of anger in the Bible is God's rage against sin. Sin offends his perfect righteousness; its power rebels against his Lordship; its presence corrupts his creation. Sin demands his justice and judgment. Anger is meant to reveal an injustice, a wrong that needs righting.

God created this emotion so we would be solving those problems in our lives. Our anger signals us to look deeper in our hearts. When we don't do that we can develop problems with anger.” God gave us the emotion of anger to help us solve problems and let us know when something isn't right in our own hearts.

There are three types of anger which help shape how we react in a situation that makes us angry. These are: Passive Aggression, Open Aggression, and Assertive Anger.

Anger, Thoughts, & Social Behavior

Pain alone is not enough to cause anger. Anger occurs when pain is combined with some anger-triggering thought.

The Good News: God grants glory to those who recognize their anger and control it.

People can become enraged at God if they think God should have protected them in the way that they think He should have, if He didn't answer their prayers in the time frame that they specified, or if they no longer feel His presence.

In most cases, people become angry at God when they perceive that God is responsible for something harmful or unfair. These include the sorts of events that insurance companies would call “acts of God”—devastating events that can't be easily blamed on another person, such as natural disasters.

Anger at sin is good, but anger at goodness in sin. That is why it is never right to be angry with God. He is always and only good, no matter how strange and painful his ways. Anger toward God signifies that he is bad or weak or cruel or foolish.

It is not sinful to feel angry toward God. It is human. We have a concern for righteousness, and whenever we encounter what we perceive to be unjust situations, we experience anger. Knowing that God is all-powerful and could have averted these events, our anger is often toward God.

What is the spiritual cause of anger?

Anger is caused by legitimate desires (most of the time) that come, wrongly, to rule us. These desires could be called “natural desires,” like love, fear, hope, longing, respect, control etc. Natural desires for good things are meant to stay below our desire to please God.

Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

Anger is a God-given emotion that gives us energy to protect someone else or ourselves, or to take action against an injustice.

God's punitive anger — that is, his punishing or condemning anger — is completely absorbed by Christ when he died. He became a curse for us. He bore our sin. But God may still be angry and displeased and grieved toward his beloved children in a disciplinary sense rather than a condemning sense.

It's not a sin to question God — search the scriptures if you doubt. I believe God wants us to question His plan and His ways. He settles our doubts by giving us the belief that His ways are not always our ways.