Prayer and Strategies to Resist Anger

Prayer and Strategies to Resist Anger

When we are angry,

it spills out

to others.

Letting Anger flow out of you

serves

your sinful desires

and

hurts

your family and friends.

And

it also hurts strangers.

God says to us...

Serve others - not yourself.

Jesus says in

Matthew 20:28 TLB - 

Your attitude

must be like my own,

for I, the Messiah,

did not come to be served,

but to serve,

and

to give my life as a ransom for many.

Praying

for a

Servant's Heart

First posted on Easter week

The Bible says...

A man of

great anger

will bear the penalty

[  for his quick temper and lack of self-control  ];

For

if

you rescue him

[  and do not let him learn from the consequences of his action  ] 

you will only have to rescue him

over and over again.

Proverbs 19:19   AMP

Next,

I have a prayer that I am praying FOR you.

As you read it,

I encourage you to

allow God to minister to you.

And then

after that

I have a prayer you can pray for yourself.

Almighty God,

You are Amazing and Awesome.

You are Great and Glorious.

You are Powerful,

and

You do impossible things.

I come today to pray for the person reading this page.

Lord,

it is

your love in our heart

which produces our sacrificial love toward others.

This person needs more of your love in  his  or  her  heart.

This person needs to absorb more of your words of wisdom.

This person needs to come before you

and

be still and hear your voice.

Lord,

sadness tugs at my heart

as I think about

this person

creating hurt feelings

and perhaps division

in his / her family.

This person needs to yield to you

as

you whisper the word "stop."

This person

needs to yield to your guidance and your

life - transforming strategies.

Give this person

a  

greater desire

for the

beauty and blessing

of

calmness and patience. 

As this person follows you,

he  or  she

will

become

the peaceful, patient person

that you are calling

your people

to be.

I pray blessings for those reading this page,

in Jesus' name,

Amen

Copyright © 2026 Beth McLendon of Inspirational-Prayers.com

Would you

pray the following prayer

today?

Almighty God,

You are Amazing and Awesome.

You are Great and Glorious.

You are Powerful,

and

You do impossible things.

I come today to get serious about getting rid of my anger.

I need to show your overflowing love to my family and

to all people.

I need to submit to your Bible wisdom.

I need to yield to godly self - control.

I need to come before you

and

be still and hear your voice.

Lord, my anger is causing pain to others.

I have shielded myself

from allowing myself to realize

how much pain

I cause

and

how much darkness that I have allowed into my heart.

I need to yield to you as you whisper to me to

stop - - -  and reject anger.

I need to yield to your guidance and your

life - transforming strategies.

I will stir up a  

greater desire

for the beauty and blessing

of

calmness and patience. 

I  WILL

become

the peaceful, patient person

that you are leading me to be.

In Jesus' name I pray,

Amen

Copyright © 2026 Beth McLendon of Inspirational-Prayers.com

Today,

 - concerning my anger, - 

I have decided to follow Jesus.

The Bible says,

He

who is slow to anger

is better

than the mighty,

And

he

who rules his spirit

than

he who takes a city.

Proverbs 16:32 NKJV

Prayer

God of Power and Might,

I will be STRONG against anger.

I will yield to you and your will for me.

Amen

Holy Spirit Lead Me

I will yield to you.

James 4:7

says

Submit to God.

Resist the devil

and he will flee.

Dear Lord,

Draw me away from anger

and

closer to you

every day.

I will submit to you and resist the devil

and anger WILL flee!

Amen!

Do not despise small beginnings,

Zechariah 4:10 

-

Allow

and

Encourage yourself

to be excited about every time

you overcome a temptation!

What you OFTEN say and pray

becomes

what you will do!!

Please say these Proclamations...

I WILL be a Champion today against anger.

I WILL be a Mighty Man / Woman of God.

I WILL have Victory over anger!

Dedicate yourself to say those Power sentences

or

make up ones of your own. 

Consider writing them and putting them in your pocket.

 - Say them when you are tempted. - 

 And

say them like you mean them! 

- Suggestion - 

When

you start to get upset,

leave the room and get alone

and

say your sentences... and then - 

Take HOLD of the POWER of God!

If

you are serious about changing -

Soon God will begin to remind you

to say your sentences.

Put them in your pocket!

No Guts - No Glory. 

Do  NOT  let an

emotion

rule over you.

You were created to

rule  over  your emotions.

You were created to do 

Great and Mighty things

through Christ Jesus.

It is TIME to start standing up 

and become 

AMAZING!

Remind yourself -

Do not despise small beginnings.

Zechariah 4:10

Soon you will be AMAZING!!

God is AMAZING!

He wants to teach you to be...

A Proclamation for you to say...

God

is telling me... 

I CAN Do THIS!

Call out to God

that you want him to reign in your life...

Lord,

I will let you

Reign

 in my words and actions.

Consider

praying

the musical prayer below.

Help for Dealing with People

First section:

Understanding

the role of expectations in anger

Second section:

Great videos for dealing with people

Expectations

Expectations set us up

for anger and irritation.

This information has helped me

to

recognize my expectations

and

intentionally reduce my expectations.

I expect

everyone to be in a good mood.

And then

they are not.

I expect

to drive home without incident.

And then

someone pulls out in front of me.

I expect

my computer to work.

And then

it does not.

I expect

for a work project to be done quickly.

And then

there are hindrances and so it is not done quickly.

I expect

for my life to be smooth today.

And then

it is not.

Below

is an example from earlier in the day that I am typing this.

This involves a trivial issue.

Note:

Little victories are easier - and - great practice for big victories.

This is a simple example  -

but a lot of life has to do with simple things.

I expect

for my grocery store to have vidalia onions.

And then

it does not.

I wait for months for the vidalia onions to come in -

they arrive in mid April.

But they have not arrived yet.

Earlier today

I was thinking about making a casserole.

I was excited until I remembered that the grocery store

did not have vidalia onions yet.

When I remembered that I did not have vidalia onions,

I reacted with irritability.

Then God nudged me.

I could continue to react with irritability

against God's will

or

I could rejoice that very soon,

they will be in the store.

I took God's advice and began to rejoice. 

God will always turn our attention

to something we can PRAISE him for - if  - we will listen to him. 

People Expectations 

We expect

people to act "right"

And then

They do not.

But we can

choose to expect

that people will often fail to act "right."

People naturally make bad choices

and do

mean or un-kind things to us.

Sometimes they are oblivious to what they are doing.

God

wants us to choose

to rise above our situations and struggles.

God wants us

to rise above our feelings

and respond with

Peace.

Second Section - Help with People

Great videos

for dealing with people

Sometimes it is appropriate to

give a firm response to people.

Yet

we are always called to be loving in our words - not mean.

The last video

gives suggestions on how to give

a firm, appropriate response.

But most of the time,

God calls us to not respond in words.

He wants us to "shake it off" and keep moving on in life.

Inspirational videos

The first two videos are

less than a minute!

We must all learn to

"shake off "

most things.

We often take words or actions

incorrectly.

Misunderstanding

can create a lot of anger and conflict.

Our thoughts vs. reality:

I have often asked my husband, " Were you thinking such and such when you made that comment? Are you upset with me?"

He has often said, "No - not at all. I was not thinking that at all. I am sorry you got the wrong idea." 

I have a friend who sometimes does not hear my quiet voice correctly. She will say, "Did you just say such and such? "

Each time I have said, "No, I said this." I repeat what I said and she relaxes and smiles in happiness.

Great Help

Jefferson

is not representing himself as a Christian

but

he does have some good advice.

Someone took Jefferson's words and put visuals to make this video.

Some of the visuals are distracting to me.

I hope they do not distract you.

If

you prayerfully think you must respond

here are tips.

To get the best results,

make your comments short and specific.

Great advice,

when you are dealing with

a previous conflict with someone

that has caused separation

Advice,

when you are continually 

dealing

with a person who disrespects you.

There are some

helpful comments under this video

on Youtube.

If you want to read those - 

put this link in your browser.

https://youtu.be/p04S2Csc_cw?si=bq-KCAmvZndp9Up6

We have lots of pages on this topic.

Freedom from anger prayers

Discovering the Power to resist offense

Overcoming Offense

Walking Supernaturally - Overcoming Offense with God

Becoming an Amazing Follower of Jesus

DISC Personality Anger tips

Prayers for an Angry Spouse