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b'Do you ever feel great, unanticipated anger come upon you? And when you get past that moment, can you really pinpoint why you were angry?\\nIt can be overwhelming and so confusing to have this happen, and people have always struggled with it, as you can see from today\\u2019s reading. Jesus healed a man miraculously on the Sabbath. But the Pharisees, the religious leaders of the day, had a surprising reaction to this wonderful event: they were furious.\\nWhy? Because Jesus had \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153worked\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d on the Sabbath, a rest day in God\\u2019s law. While God does call His people to take times of rest, the Pharisees had made all sorts of extra rules about what you could and couldn\\u2019t do on the Sabbath. So, when Jesus healed the man that day, the Pharisees were upset because Jesus had lovingly revealed that they were wrong.\\nBut they didn\\u2019t want to admit that; they were too proud. They had blind fury. They didn\\u2019t know why they were mad, and they didn\\u2019t care about who they were in relationship to Jesus.\\nBut it doesn\\u2019t have to be that way for us. No matter what the reason for our anger, we find freedom from it when we are well-grounded in God\\u2019s Word, the Bible, which shows us who we are according to God.\\nThe Bible does not say anger is a sin. However, it does instruct, \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153Be angry and do not sin\\u2026and don\\u2019t give the devil an opportunity\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d (Ephesians 4:26-27). Whether we\\u2019re sinning in response to our feelings of anger or we\\u2019re sinning in other ways, Satan loves to seize opportunities to sway our view from who we are in Christ.\\nAs a child of God in Christ, remember this: \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153Be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d (James 1:19). When you\\u2019re angry, turn to Christ for the next steps and for reminders of who you are in Him.\\n\\u2022 If you know Christ, who are you (John 1:12; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 2:10; 2 Timothy 1:7)? \\u2022 When you are angry and tempted to sin, how can reflecting on the truths of the good news of Jesus help (1 Corinthians 10:13; Hebrews 4:14-16)? \\nMy dear brothers and sisters, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger. James 1:19 (CSB)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nLuke 6:6-11; Ephesians 4:26-27'