{"id":5713,"date":"2019-01-24T15:23:22","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T20:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/?p=5713"},"modified":"2019-01-24T15:23:22","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T20:23:22","slug":"february-devotion-discussion-by-d-s-foster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/2019\/01\/february-devotion-discussion-by-d-s-foster\/","title":{"rendered":"February “Devotion” discussion by D.S. Foster"},"content":{"rendered":"

February 2019 \u2013 Slow To Anger<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Read Together:<\/b>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cHe who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who is quick-tempered exalts folly.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>Proverbs 14:29<\/span><\/p>\n

Playing in and coaching Division 1 college football as a defensive lineman didn\u2019t exactly give me a passive personality.\u00a0 <\/span>Every time the center would snap the ball to the quarterback, I was tin the middle of a major gang war!\u00a0 <\/span>If I didn\u2019t move quickly and take the fight to the offensive lineman who was trying to demolish me, I would get run over by a stampede of wild horses.\u00a0 <\/span>I learned to fight and to fight hard.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That was on the football field!<\/span><\/p>\n

Off the football field was a different story.\u00a0 <\/span>Last year I spoke at a college event at the University of Colorado where I built a 14-foot cross in front of several hundred college students and shared with them God\u2019s amazing gift of love and grace.\u00a0 <\/span>Hundreds responded to the invitation and gave their hearts to Christ. But one student was outraged!\u00a0 <\/span>As I leaned against the side wall of the theater, listening to the band play praise and worship music, he approached me in a fury.\u00a0 <\/span>He got in my face and called me every dirty word ever written on a bathroom wall!<\/span><\/p>\n

Yeah, I probably could have taken him to the floor. Yeah, he probably deserved it. Yeah, something inside of me would have enjoyed making him eat his words.\u00a0 <\/span>Yeah, once upon a time, years ago, I probably would have taken issue with him.\u00a0 <\/span>But when I left football and grew up a little, I left it all on the field.\u00a0 <\/span>Jesus said, \u201cLove your enemies and pray for them.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>Jesus said, \u201cBe slow to anger.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>Jesus said, \u201cBe patient with people.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>Jesus said, \u201cVengeance belongs to God.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>As the students\u2019 stormed out of the theater, I prayed for him and still pray for him today, that someday our paths will cross again-hopefully in heaven when his anger will be calmed forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Discussion Starters:<\/b>\u00a0 <\/span>Name three people who \u201cprovoke you to anger.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>Compare how you want to react with how you really react.\u00a0 <\/span>Compare your reaction to the way God wants you to react?\u00a0 <\/span>In reality, why is God\u2019s way best?\u00a0 <\/span>Why is it best to be \u201cslow to anger?\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>What does today\u2019s verse mean when it says those who are slow to anger have \u201cgreat understanding?\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>What do they understand?<\/span><\/p>\n

Lifeline:<\/b>\u00a0 <\/span>Ask God to give you the understanding needed to keep your anger in check.<\/span><\/p>\n

Reflections<\/b>:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Blessings Always, (Numbers 6:24-26)<\/span><\/p>\n

Rev. Dr. Andrew L. Foster, III.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

February 2019 \u2013 Slow To Anger Read Together:\u00a0 \u201cHe who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who is quick-tempered exalts folly.\u201d\u00a0 Proverbs 14:29 Playing in and coaching Division 1 college football as a defensive lineman didn\u2019t exactly give me a passive personality.\u00a0 Every time the center would snap the ball to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-study"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5713"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5714,"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5713\/revisions\/5714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}