2 Ti 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
This was the scripture that came to me a few days ago as I was preparing to do my first Anger Management video/class. I thought I would see what would happen if I just let the HOLY SPIRIT lead me.
I found out that I would say a lot of things that might be mis-understood . I also found out that I needed to give more information. I need to study to have adequate analogies of activating events that activate anger. I would rather do a Bible Class because I would not have to study about life and how to manage. I could say with all confidence , if you listen you will hear, "this is the way, walk ye in it." (part of Isa 30:21)
Yet even if you hear, you certainly do need to study.

Gal 6:14 But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our LORD Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. When this scripture came to me this morning I thought ,"Oh wretched man that I am, there is no good thing in my flesh." The Lord has just supplied a need in my household and words can't describe how happy I am about it. He must be warning me not to take some of the glory for this happening. In my spirit I certainly would not want to do that, but my flesh might. So I prayed and asked for help with this. Then I asked, "how do you glory in the cross ?" As I read all the scriptures around this passage I am enlightened to see this in context to what is going on with me right now. I am about to step out of my comfort zone. I will be offering to teach an anger management class to young adults.
Paul is speaking to people who have had people teaching them stuff and it was wrong. He points out how that when they have taught them to do the wrong thing, then they "glory in it" as they see what they have done in them. Yet Paul himself is teaching them things, and he says,(my paraphrase) "when I see that you are doing what I have taught you, I won't glory in it. I will only glory in the cross."
So I see , that if someone is better able to manage their anger because of the principles I share with them, I do not want to glory in what I have done. I want to glory in the fact that Jesus laid down His life for us , making it possible that we become a new creation. Not a work of our own doing.
These anger management skills that I will be teaching require that your mind be renewed with truth. It is simply a plan for realizing how thinking a lie about a circumstance can provoke un-necessary anger.
However, I would not even attempt to teach this to a secular group that would want me to teach the skills only. I must say, "it is when I asked Jesus to reveal the truth to me, that is when these skills worked for me."

"The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: the grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever."Isaiah 40:6-8 "Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: but the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you."1 Peter 1:23-25
I have a firm conviction in my heart that we should not take lightly the word of God. Some say, "I know what this means ," and proceed to tell you what it means and it is very tempting to just believe. However, I believe we are all to seek the Lord for our daily bread. When I share ,I share not to enlighten you but to give you confirmation that the word the Holy Spirit is enlightening your heart with, might be confirmed. We all need the word of God dwelling in us , enlightening the eyes of our hearts that we might see in the days to come what we are to do. Some are ready to leave. Some are ready to stay. I plan to stay close to the side of my Lord and live with Him , day by day.

WHEN YOUR OBEDIENCE IS FULFILLED
My walk following Jesus always comes back to two things. Trusting and obeying. If I feel stopped , as in I should be walking but am I , there are questions that I ask myself . "Is it time for a rest ?" I always ask that one first. Vacations are good. It is not out of the question that the LORD might answer , "yes." He hasn't said yes to that question for awhile , I am looking forward to my next vacation. Then I ask , "am I trusting ?" Then I ask , "am I obeying ?" Now a reality check here says, I can trust and obey all the time without even thinking about it. Kind of like a person walks without loosing their balance and falling down. They have done it so long it becomes second nature to them. Ha, see the words for it have even slipped into our everyday dialogue. Becomes second nature. You guessed it. I do not seem to have this whole second nature thing yet. But I do, that is Jesus has given me a second nature. The one that Adam gave me has been replaced with the second Adam , Jesus.
Rom 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin ; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned ;
So then is it okay that I who has received the nature of Jesus still needs to learn to walk ? Trusting and obeying ? Yes, I think so . For it was said of Him in Hbr 5:8 Though He were a Son,yet learned He obedience by the things which He suffered. Paul was writing to a church who had received this second nature of Christ when he said,"And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience , when your obedience is fulfilled ."
2 Corth 10:6.
Can I then suffer to learn obedience ? Even with the nature of Christ ? I suppose so . Suffering becomes less painful as the joy of seeing Jesus draws near .