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For years musician and author Annie Chapman (Entertaining Angels, 10 Things I Want My Husband to Know) walked a tightrope. Outwardly calm, she felt anger seething behind her smile, waiting to erupt at the slightest provocation. But today peace permeates her life! What happened? With an compassionate heart, Annie offers others struggling with anger the insights she gained and the solution she found.Acknowledging anger's power, Annie encourages perseverance: "For some, dealing with anger is simple and pain is resolved quickly. For others, healing requires intensive care by the Great Physician and hard work on our part." Letting Go of Anger helps readersknow what anger isidentify its causesdefine their angerrecognize warning signsdraw on God's Word for wisdomWith Jesus' help, readers will discover how to let love heal their wounds, learn to forgive, and move forward in freedom.

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Publié par	Harvest House Publishers, Inc.
Date de parution	01 février 2010
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780736937498
Langue	English

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Annie Chapman

HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS
EUGENE, OREGON
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LETTING GO OF ANGER
Formerly titled A Woman s Answer to Anger
Copyright 2000 by Annie Chapman
Published by Harvest House Publishers
Eugene, Oregon 97402
www.harvesthousepublishers.com
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
ISBN 978-0-7369-2473-3
Chapman, Annie.
Putting anger in its place
Letting go of anger / Annie Chapman.
p. cm.
Originally published: Putting anger in its place. Eugene, Or. : Harvest House Publishers, c2000.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-0-7369-0442-1 (pbk.)
1. Christian women-Religious life. 2. Anger-Religious aspects-Christianity. I. Title.
BV4527.C465 2009
241 .3-dc22
2009025326
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means-electronic, mechanical, digital, photocopy, recording, or any other-except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher.
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Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Steve Chapman
An Angry Woman
1 Starting Down the Road from Rage
2 Anger: The Emotional Lint Trap
3 I Change My Mind-I Don t Want to Be Angry Anymore!
4 Pride Goeth Before a Tantrum
5 Anger: The Game Nobody Wins!
6 God Thought Cain Was Able
7 Is Honesty Always the Best Policy?
8 Stop Horsing Around and Bridle Your Tongue!
9 Hug In and Hold On: Drawing Near to God
10 Anger and Marriage
11 If Mama Ain t Happy: Raising Angry Children
12 Removing the Fuse from Explosive Anger
Study Guide
A Note from Annie
An Angry Woman
1 Starting Down the Road from Rage
2 Anger: The Emotional Lint Trap
3 I Change My Mind-I Don t Want to Be Angry Anymore!
4 Pride Goeth Before a Tantrum
5 Anger: The Game Nobody Wins!
6 God Thought Cain Was Able
7 Is Honesty Always the Best Policy?
8 Stop Horsing Around and Bridle Your Tongue!
9 Hug In and Hold On: Drawing Near to God
10 Anger and Marriage
11 If Mama Ain t Happy : Raising Angry Children
12 Removing the Fuse from Explosive Anger
Notes
Other Harvest House Reading
Acknowledgments
I m grateful to have the opportunity to thank those who have made this work possible. It is more for the benefit and cleansing of my soul as the writer to admit the help I have received from others than it is for them to read it. For without a doubt, this book would not exist had it not been for the help and influence of those individuals in my life who have patiently endured my arduous journey from anger and toward wholeness.
Most assuredly, I have offended and vented on those who are closest to me, and yet they have graciously acted as though I am what God will someday make me be .
To my siblings, Alice, Ney, Clarence, Becky, and Gayle. I hope we can always be close.
To my children, Nathan and Heidi. Thank you for loving me and thinking the best of me, even when I allowed anger to twist me and get me offtrack. No mother could have sweeter, more devoted children. I am indeed blessed.
To Steve, my husband, friend, business partner, editor, and yokefellow in Christ. We both know this book would be a muddled, incoherent pile of words without your patient gift of putting the puzzle together. I owe you big time, and it will be my pleasure to spend the rest of my life repaying my debt to you. (It s been a terrific 25 years with you; I can hardly wait for the next 25.)
Thank you, Harvest House Publishers, for getting this book into the hands of the readers.
Pastor Jeff Wickwire (pastor of the University Chapel, Fort Worth, Texas), your pastoral and teaching thumbprint is evident from the lifechanging messages I ingest weekly through your taped sermons. God has used you to make a difference in my ability to manage anger.
Many thanks to the women who have graciously shared their stories with me. It is always a risk to confide in an author. You never know where you ll read about your most-guarded secrets. But thank you for trusting me by revealing your hearts. Your stories are sometimes painful, sometimes hilarious, but always honest and helpful. Thank you for being willing to be broken and fed to the masses. God bless you.
Most importantly, thank You, dear Lord, for being our example of love-filled, selfless giving and abundant, healing forgiveness. Without Your work in my life, I would not be.
Simply devoted to Christ,
Foreword
by Steve Chapman
A s the ladies came into the church through the double glass doors, the winter wind blew the flying snow into the foyer. While it was a bitter cold Saturday morning on the outside, I knew that each of the women attending this event would feel the warmth of a welcome as the hostesses from the church greeted them with directions to the coffee, tea, and pastries. There was an excitement in the air as the ladies hung coats and scarves on the hallway hangers and turned with a smile toward the cafeteria.
I was there as an assistant to my wife, Annie, who had been invited to speak at this day planned just for women. One of my tasks was to prepare the stage for sound and oversee the technical side of the event. As I went about my duties, the ladies began to make their way into the sanctuary. I observed how pleasant they seemed. Each one was cordial and polite as she found a seat and quietly conversed with her friends in the pews. I thought about the husbands, children, and loved ones each woman represented, and on that blustery winter day my heart was warmed by the scene. I was grateful that Annie would have the opportunity to share her heart with a group like the one that was filling the auditorium.
When Annie began her presentation, I turned to another of my tasks-making sure a questionnaire was placed on the table that displayed her books. She announced that the form was there and requested that each lady consider answering the questions. The title of the inquiry was Women and Anger. Annie made it clear that she was seeking responses to the questions as an aid to her book project on the issue. When the first session ended, I was amazed to see how eager the ladies were to get a copy of the questionnaire. They disappeared to different parts of the church, keeping pencils and pens busy.
When Annie and I said our good-byes that day and we headed down the highway on our return trip to Tennessee, little did I know the levels of pain that had been inscribed on those pieces of paper. The ladies I had seen at that conference appeared so affable and good-natured on the outside. But after hearing Annie read with tears their anonymous cries regarding the anger that filled their souls, I wondered how so many of them could carry such pain in their hearts. It was an eye-opener for me.
However, Annie was not surprised. For quite some time she had been studying the Scriptures and other helpful resources in an effort to extend a helping hand to women who deal with the emotion of anger. Her purpose in gathering the questionnaires was to confirm some of the revelations she had encountered during her research. And the forms the ladies had completed had done just that. While Annie may not have been caught off-guard by the responses on the paper, I couldn t help but recall how shocking it was that underneath the smiles and finery of the outward appearance of the ladies I had seen, there was a seething anger ready to explode in so many of them.
As a foreword to this book that Annie has openly and carefully penned, some of the questions that were on that form are listed on the next page. Along with them are some of the responses gleaned from the group on that winter day. Perhaps in them you will recognize some of the emotions these ladies deal with. If they sound hauntingly familiar, then the reading of the pages that follow will be of help to you. Later on, by the way, you will again come to this list of questions. Room is provided in the book for you to answer them as well.

Women and Anger Questionnaire
1. When was the last time you were angry?
Last night
Yesterday
2 days ago
Every day
Consistent
Several weeks ago when my husband broke confidence again!
2. How did you express this anger?
Silent treatment
Cried
Threw something
Cold shoulder
By yelling and walking away
Short sentences, body language
Yelled and told my kids I hate them and they are ungrateful
Vented!
Tongue-lashing and treating my husband like a child
Screaming
Yelled at my 3-year-old daughter
Silent until I cried uncontrollably
Glared
Hitting
Cursing!
Withheld sex
3. Who received the brunt of your anger?
A friend, because nobody was listening at home
The people I love most
Kids, husband
My kids and their friends
Myself, because I withdrew
My fianc
The object I threw
My coworker
My mot