Get Out of Your Head by Jennie Allen
Week 8: Chapter 7 — I Feel Angry: Choose to Delight
Read Chapter 7 of Get Out of Your Head. Key Scripture: Psalm 37:1–11; Ephesians 4:26–27
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Allen turns to anger — one of the most honest and volatile of our emotions — and refuses to simply tell us to suppress it; instead, she points us toward the deeper delight that absorbs and transforms it.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Allen addresses anger as a toxic thought pattern that, left unchecked, gives the enemy a foothold (Ephesians 4:27). What kinds of situations most reliably produce anger in you — injustice, unmet expectations, feeling disrespected, or something else?
2.She is careful not to say all anger is wrong — there is such a thing as righteous anger. What is the difference between anger that leads us toward God and anger that leads us away from Him? How do we tell the difference in real time?
3.Allen's antidote to anger is "delight" — specifically, delighting in God and in what He is doing. How does Psalm 37's instruction to "delight yourself in the Lord" connect to letting go of anger? What is it about delight that displaces bitterness?