Dr. Mike Ladra shows that Jesus' command to "love one another as I have loved you" and the fruit of the Spirit matter most when we're angry. He gives three ways to make a breakthrough with an angry person: listen before you talk, asking questions to truly understand, because what we argue about is rarely the real problem; decide to be gentle, even when the other person is wrong; and be humble enough to drop your end of the rope and be the first to apologize. Anger doesn't have to drive people apart. With the power of the Holy Spirit, it can build bridges to a closer relationship.

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📖 Scripture: James 1:19

🎙️ Speaker: Dr. Mike Ladra

📚 Series: How To Break The Anger Habit (Part 7 of 7)

📅 Date: February 22, 2009

🏷️ Topics: Listening · Gentleness · Humility

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#Listening #Gentleness #Humility

Dr. Mike Ladra looks at how King David held onto Shimei's insult for a decade, and why keeping a record of wrongs only makes us relive the pain again and again while the other person moves on. He gives three ways to forgive: stop trying to enforce unenforceable rules and leave the ticket writing to God, behave your way into forgiveness by praying for and doing good to those who hurt you, and keep a record of blessings instead of wrongs. Through the story of a father who forgave his daughter's killer, he shows that no hurt is too great for forgiveness.

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📖 Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:5

🎙️ Speaker: Dr. Mike Ladra

📚 Series: How To Break The Anger Habit (Part 6 of 7)

📅 Date: February 15, 2009

🏷️ Topics: Forgiveness · Resentment · Anger

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#Forgiveness #Resentment #Anger

Dr. Mike Ladra describes the chronic fault finder: someone who never listens, turns every opinion into a commandment, and carries a tank of discontentment that nothing can fill. Using Winston Churchill's life, he shows how criticism is so often driven by insecurity, jealousy and envy, and he asks every critic one question: can I imagine Jesus thinking or saying what I'm about to say? Even Jesus couldn't stop the Pharisees from criticizing Him, so Dr. Mike gives four ways to live with critics: realize the facts won't stop them, ignore 95% of criticism but humbly say "you are right" when it's true, never stoop to retaliation, and be fair to yourself. Along the way he shares Aesop's fable of the man, the boy and the donkey, and Teddy Roosevelt's "man in the arena."

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📖 Scripture: John 8:59

🎙️ Speaker: Dr. Mike Ladra

📚 Series: How To Break The Anger Habit (Part 5 of 7)

📅 Date: February 8, 2009

🏷️ Topics: Criticism · Anger · Insecurity

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#Criticism #Anger #Insecurity

Dr. Mike Ladra shows how cruel words ended the intimacy between King David and his wife Michal, and why "I'm just being honest" is no excuse for what Thomas Merton called murderous truth. He gives three ways to make your mouth Christian: let God's Word examine your tongue and ask whether Jesus would say what you're about to say, take a time out and pass the THINK test before you speak, and get rid of family baggage like interrupting, profanity and gossip. Through the story of Johnny, a grocery bagger with Down syndrome, he reminds us what it looks like to speak words that give life.

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📖 Scripture: Proverbs 18:21

🎙️ Speaker: Dr. Mike Ladra

📚 Series: How To Break The Anger Habit (Part 4 of 7)

📅 Date: February 1, 2009

🏷️ Topics: Words · Gossip · Anger

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#Words #Gossip #Anger

Dr. Mike Ladra explains that the problem is rarely the problem. It's the baggage we carry from our history, and it shows up every day in our marriages, our parenting and our work. Unresolved hurts become the "cranky code" that triggers our anger, which is why hurt people hurt people and why so many of us end up repeating our family's patterns. Drawing on Paul's words, "When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me," he shows how to break the cycle: study your history and admit your baggage, humbly say "My behavior has been childish, forgive me," and replace automatic reactions with new choices made by the power of the Holy Spirit.

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📖 Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:11

🎙️ Speaker: Dr. Mike Ladra

📚 Series: How To Break The Anger Habit

📅 Date: January 25, 2009

🏷️ Topics: Anger · Baggage · Maturity

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#Anger #Baggage #Maturity

Dr. Mike Ladra | January 18, 2009

Series: How To Break The Anger Habit (Part 2 of 7)

Ephesians 4:26 warns us “Not to give the devil a foot in the door with our anger”! Anger is not a sin, but what we do with our anger can be very destructive! Angry parents scar children. Anger can dig a marriage’s grave. It buries relationships that once were so good. Life is too short to waste an hour of it angry!

In this series you will learn:

Anger is a choice: no one holds a gun to your head and compels you to be angry! That yellers aren’t the only angry people: passive-aggressive people have sneaky anger! The cranky code: beliefs that will guarantee you will spend a lot of time angry. The cry behind most anger that rarely is admitted but is your key to peace! That no one likes to be criticized no matter how true it is.

Simple solutions for couples who fight. Why ventilating is the worst thing to do. How to stand up to a chronically angry person. How to keep critics from getting you down. Why and how to forgive the unforgivable. How to stop the anger habit in your marriage or family Why depression is a form of anger and how rid yourself of it!

Individual titles in the series are:

1/11/09 Anger: How To Get Rid Of Your Regrets

1/18/09 Guaranteed Ways To Control Your Anger

1/25/09 Hurt People, Hurt People

2/1/09 Words: How Good People Do Bad Things

2/8/09 How To Handle Critics Positively

2/15/09 Why Forgive When They Don’t Deserve It?

2/22/09 How To Make A ‘Breakthrough’ With An Angry Person!

Anger: How To Get Rid Of Your Regrets

Dr. Mike Ladra | January 11, 2009

Series: How To Break The Anger Habit (Part 1 of 7)

Ephesians 4:26 warns us “Not to give the devil a foot in the door with our anger”! Anger is not a sin, but what we do with our anger can be very destructive!   Angry parents scar children.  Anger can dig a marriage’s grave.  It buries relationships that once were so good.   Life is too short to waste an hour of it angry!

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