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Jesus Delivered me from Rage

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Posted by: Rmartel

I was a man who had Rage. One day at the back of a Church Jesus delivered
me. I seen every memory leave me from an Early childhood and I will pray he does the same for you through his Holy Spirit. I am weak and Jesus has all power. My Prayers goes to who ever needs deliverance.I have the Faith of a Centurion. May Jesus Bless you.


Posted by: pickone

Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.


Posted by: MarkSentMe

Rage will eat you up. The summer of 2003, my neighbor Nicole reported me to the military police for leaving my children unattended when I left for work. I had asked the neighbor across the hall to watch them (daughter- 11 and son 3 at the time) which he agreed to do. He said he would be gone to wash his car for about an hour. OK. Well, he returned and was cleaning the interior of the car in front of our building (a 3 story apartment. He was parked directly in front) The reporting neighbor was trying to stir up trouble for both me and James- neighbor across the hall. So she proceeded to call and call and call until the military police came out, about 3 hours later. By this time, James was back upstairs. I came home from work at 1 am to discover James in my apartment and my daughter still up. When I asked what happened, James told me that the neighbor across the street was watching our apartments and called to report us. I was livid.
The level of rage I felt was awful and it burned in me like an inferno. I thought if I talked about it, it would help. Nope. It just made me madder! I called a friend and talked to her, cried with her and just ranted. Finally I went to confront the neighbor. I called her awful names, said awful things, and just went ballistic like a lunatic. I did not feel better. I continued to talk to my friend, who by now was tired of me hashing and re-hashing the incident. Then she suggested this:

She said,"Try this: You go over there and apologize. Make sure it is from your heart. Don't go over there and say 'I'm sorry...but. No, you go over and apologize and mean it."
I was floored. "Me? Apologize? For what?"
"For acting like you lost your mind. You said horrid things and yelled at her and didn't behave right." she said.
"But, Lois, SHE called the MPs on me. I was just going to work..."
"OK. Well, you tried things YOUR way. Do you feel better?"
"No."
"OK, well try this then. And another thing. While you're over there, ask for their forgiveness."
"DO WHAT?? I need to ask THEIR forgiveness? She wronged me!" I was mad.
"You went over there ranting and yelling, disturbing the whole stairwell. You called her names and said terrible things. You need to ask for forgiveness for acting like that. You know better." Man! whose side was Lois on?
So I went over there. Nicole and her husband were outside with their daughter. Their neighbor was out there; she had heard my wild tirade. So I walked up.
And I said that I wanted to apologize for my out-of-control behavior. I was out of line for raving like a nut and that I thought that she was trying to hurt my kids. I then went on to ask for forgiveness (VERY HUMBLING!!).
...and it worked. The rage was gone. I didn't hang out with Nicole or her husband, but I was able to wave at her with all 5 fingers as I drove off for work!! LOL


Posted by: Rachel R

Wow! Now that's the way to deal with rage.

Thanks so much for sharing that story, MarkSentMe.

Rachel R