Surviving in an Angry World: Finding Your Way to Personal Peace

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The premise of this book is that learning to let go of angerand ultimately forgiving the offenderwill transform the foundation of every kind of relationship we have. Stanley definesanger as"a strong feeling of intense displeasure, hostility, or indignation as a result of a real or an imagined threat or insult, frustration, or injustice toward yourself or towards someone whos very important to you." Building on this defintion, Stanley...

1. Helps readers identify the signs of anger, so they can identify anger in themselves.

2. Revealsthe far-reaching consequences of anger, which encompass the spiritual, emotional, and physical.

3. Teaches readershow to handle anger throughthirteen concretesteps.

4. Walks readers through the steps to true forgiveness and the healing power it brings.

With compassion and a wealth of biblical understanding, Stanley explains that the measure of a person is "the size of thing that makes them angry." He goes on to distinguish between healthy and harmful anger and reminds us that "righteous indignation" is a divine emotion. However, he skillfully explains that misguided anger eats away at ourselves, our relationships with others, and our relationship with God.By helping readerslook honestly at the source of their anger, hegently leads them tothe ability to truly forgive and find the peace they seek.

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Dr. Charles F. Stanley (19322023) was aNew York Timesbestselling author who wrote more than sixty books, with sales of more than ten million copies. He had been senior pastor of the First Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia and his outreach ministryIn Touchreached more than 2,800 radio and television outlets in more than fifty languages. Dr. Stanley was inducted into the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) Hall of Fame in 1988. Dr. Stanleys goal was best represented by In Touch Ministries mission statement: to lead people worldwide into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ and to strengthen the local church. This is because, as he said, It is the Word of God and the work of God that changes peoples lives.