Every is an opportunity for Jer. 2:13a – for my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, is a denial of the heart’s real appetite Jer. 2:13b – …and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water. God is not a is energy released in defense of something or someone Gen. 4:4b-5 – The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering, but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So, Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast. Our sins have a dimension Gen. 4:6-7 – The Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen? If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.” Gen. 4:8 – Cain spoke to Abel his brother. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him. Jude 11a – Woe to them! For they walked in the way of Cain Two Ways to Wage a War on Anger: Direct your anger towards the problem, not the person Feel it, follow it, fight it Gen. 4:10 – And the Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground. Heb. 12:24 – And to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel