Open Arms Ministries

Peace seekers is an Open Arms Evangelistic Ministries Anger Mangement Support Group. 

Through group support meetings and workshops people will get to know and understand anger and learn how to apply biblically sound advice in controlling anger.

We ALL deal with anger in our lives- whether it is in a subtle or violent manner.  Being angry can involve emotions like frustration, irritability, annoyance, aggravation, blowing off steam, or fretting.

Anger can be managed.  We offer a 13- step interactive support group that helps the group:

·        Learn its origins, its effects, and the faces it wears- including the ways it conceals itself

·        Understand the sources of anger

·        Deal with your anger constructively- Identify the best ways to handle anger

·        Access your anger level through the Anger Inventory

·        Understand how pride, fear, loneliness, and inferiority feed our anger

·        Uncover and eliminate the myths that perpetuate anger- “letting go of my anger means I cam conceding defeat” or “no one understands my problems.”

·        Identify learned patterns of relating thinking, and behaving in your life that influence your anger

·        Learn what the bible says about anger, and learn how to apply these bible truths to YOUR life

 

 

 

The Thirteen Steps of Anger Management

 

• Step   1.  Learn to recognize the many faces of anger
• Step   2.  Admit that all angry expressions, good or bad, are the result of choices
• Step   3.  Let go of excessive dependencies so your anger management is inwardly directed than externally determined
• Step   4.  Choose to relinquish your cravings for control in exchange for freedom
• Step   5.  Ground yourself in truth by setting aside idealistic myths
• Step   6.  Keep your lifestyle habits consistent with your emotional composure
• Step   7.  Live in humility rather than self-preoccupied pride
• Step   8.  Hold your defenses to a minimum; trust your healthy assertions
• Step   9.  Accept the inevitability of loneliness as you struggle to be understood
• Step 10.  Relate to others as equals, neither elevating yourself above them nor accepting a position of inferiority
• Step 11.  Pass along to the next generation your insights about anger
• Step 12.  Avoid the temptation to rationalize your anger; assume full responsibility for who you are
• Step 13.  Be accountable for your ongoing growth and open about your anger management