Wednesday Service | INTENSE EMOTIONS | Part 3: Angry with Myself | Jordan Brawner

[1] We can feel angry with ourselves… because we feel

Romans 7:15-20 New International Reader’s Version

¹⁵ I don’t understand what I do. I don’t do what I want to do. Instead, I do what I hate to do. ¹⁶ I do what I don’t want to do. So I agree that the law is good. ¹⁷ As it is, I am no longer the one who does these things. It is sin living in me that does them. ¹⁸ I know there is nothing good in my desires controlled by sin. I want to do what is good, but I can’t. ¹⁹ I don’t do the good things I want to do. I keep on doing the evil things I don’t want to do. ²⁰ I do what I don’t want to do. But I am not really the one who is doing it. It is sin living in me that does it.

• We might be stuck… because we are living in

• We might be stuck… because we have we haven’t done

• We might feel stuck… because we are ourselves to others [one of the cruelest things we can do to ourselves]

• We might feel stuck… because we are

[2] We can feel angry with ourselves… because we have

1 John 3:20 Good News Translation

²⁰ If our conscience condemns us, we know that God is greater than our conscience and that he knows everything.

• We can be really hard on ourselves

• We might say things to ourselves we would never say to a friend

• A pattern of self condemnation can take us to a faithless place

[3] We can feel angry with ourselves… because we can’t see any

Psalm 34:17-19 New International Reader’s Version

¹⁷ Godly people cry out, and the Lord hears them. He saves them from all their troubles.
¹⁸ The Lord is close to those whose hearts have been broken. He saves those whose spirits have been crushed.¹⁹ The person who does what is right may have many troubles. But the Lord saves him from all of them.

[4] We can feel angry with ourselves… because we aren’t living out our

[5] We can feel angry with ourselves… because we haven’t with someone who

Matthew 11:28-30 Living Bible

²⁸ Come to me and I will give you rest—all of you who work so hard beneath a heavy yoke. ^29-30 Wear my yoke—for it fits perfectly—and let me teach you; for I am gentle and humble, and you shall find rest for your souls; for I give you only light burdens.”

[A] Because of Jesus… we can

• God wont waste our

Romans 8:28 Amplified Bible

²⁸ And we know [with great confidence] that God [who is deeply concerned about us] causes all things to work together [as a plan] for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to His plan and purpose.

• God can take the worst of everything we ever gone through and it for good

[B] Because of Jesus… we can

1 Corinthians 3:6 New International Reader’s Version

I planted the seed. Apollos watered it. But God has been making it grow.

• Celebrate … don’t wait for big results

Colossians 3:12 New International Version

¹² Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.

Romans 7:21, 24-25 Good News Translation

²¹ So I find that this law is at work: when I want to do what is good, what is evil is the only choice I have… ²⁴ What an unhappy man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is taking me to death? ²⁵ Thanks be to God, who does this through our Lord Jesus Christ!

• Jesus has the power to get me

[C] Because of Jesus… we can be at with ourselves

• I can forgive myself… because Jesus has forgiven me

Hebrews 10:19-25 Good News Translation

²² So let us come near to God with a sincere heart and a sure faith, with hearts that have been purified from a guilty conscience and with bodies washed with clean water. 

I John 1:9 New International Reader’s Version

But God is faithful and fair. If we confess our sins, he will forgive our sins. He will forgive every wrong thing we have done. He will make us pure.

[D] Because of Jesus… we can know that we are loved

John 20:1-2 New International Reader’s Version

Early on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb. It was still dark. She saw that the stone had been moved away from the entrance. ² So she ran to Simon Peter and another disciple, the one Jesus loved. She said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb! We don’t know where they have put him!”