Alcohol
How George Foreman Quit Drinking
Former heavyweight boxing
champion George Foreman, in his book God in My Corner, tells how he quit
drinking. He writes:
On my nineteenth
birthday, I got so drunk that I couldn’t remember what happened that night. The
next day, I ran into my friend who had been badly beaten up. He had a swollen
eye and other bruises. I asked what happened.
“Don’t you remember?” he
asked. “You beat me up last night!”
That stunned me. It shook
me so much that I decided to never take another drink of alcohol. And I never
have since then. I wouldn’t be where I am today if I hadn’t quit smoking and
drinking. (George Foreman, God In My Corner, Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2007, p.
169)
Anger
Flying and Landing
"People who fly into a
rage always make a bad landing." --Will Rogers
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Who Angers You?
"He who angers you,
controls you." --Unknown
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An Angry Person's Favorite Meal
"Some people's favorite
meal is stew. They stew about everything. They swallow up every offense and boil
inside." --Kent Crockett
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Provoking to Anger
A rattlesnake in a cage
doesn't rattle if it's left alone. However if you take a stick and poke it, the
snake will rattle and strike back. You've provoked it to anger.
Eph. 6:4 says fathers
should not provoke their children to anger. Some children will get angry because
they are rebellious and need to be disciplined. That's not what this verse is
talking about. It means don't poke at them unnecessarily, just to make them
angry.
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The Key to Overcoming Anger
"If you don't like something, change it.
If you can't change it, change your attitude." --Maya Angelou