Tame Your Temper - All Billy Graham Daily Devotionals for 2026

Daily Devotion - Thursday, March 18, 2022
by Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

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Tame Your Temper

Doest thou well to be angry?
â€”Jonah 4:4

You have a temper. There is nothing unique about that. Most people have tempers, in varying degrees, of course. God does not ask that you get rid of that temper. But He does say that if you are to be happy, it must be brought under control and rechanneled to proper use. God cannot use a man without a temper as well as one with a controlled temper. Too many professed Christians never get "wrought up" about anything; they never get indignant with injustice, with corruption in high places, or with the godless traffics which barter away the souls and bodies of men.

Prayer for the day
Use my anger to help others, Lord. When I see them hurting or Your world decaying, let me be challenged to reach outâ€”instead of merely exploding.
Tame Your Temper

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