EP 393: How to Handle Your Anger Instead Of Your Anger Handling You

Equip & Empower Podcast with Christine Caine

Equip and Empower

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Anger doesn't always look the way you think it does. Christine Caine has sat with this question for years — and in this message, she gets honest about what's really underneath our anger, and why most of us have never been taught to look there. Sometimes anger is a raised voice. Sometimes it's withdrawal. Sometimes it's the quiet bitterness you've been carrying for years and calling something else. In Jonah 4, God asks Jonah a simple question: "Is it right for you to be angry?" Jonah couldn't answer it. A lot of us can't either. In this full sermon, Christine Caine unpacks the difference between righteous anger and destructive anger, how to identify what's actually driving your emotions, and what it looks like to process anger in a way that leads to healing — not more harm. This one will stay with you. In this episode, you'll discover: ● The difference between righteous anger and the kind that destroys ● How to identify the real root of your emotions (not just the trigger) ● Practical, biblical steps to process anger and walk in genuine freedom ● Why God isn't afraid of your anger — and what He wants to do with it This is for you if you've ever asked: → Is anger always a sin? → Why do I react so strongly → even when I know better? → How do I actually control my anger in the moment? → Can God use my anger for something good? 📘 Want to grow deeper in a flourishing life with God? Christine explores this more in her New York Times Bestseller, The Faith to Flourish: 👉 ChristineCaine.com/Flourish 💛 Download your FREE Episode Reflection Guide: 👉 http://bit.ly/4gx1ZYk 🔔 Subscribe for weekly biblical teaching that will help you grow in faith, lead with courage, and live on mission for Jesus. + + + + 🖥️ SUBSCRIBE: https://bit.ly/ChristineCaineSubscribe PRE-ORDER Christine’s NEW book, The Faith to Flourish → https://linktr.ee/christinecaine ORDER Christine's new devotional, "You're Not Finished Yet" → https://linktr.ee/christinecaine 💛 For more great stuff, check out: LISTEN to Christine Caine’s Life and Leadership Podcast→ https://linktr.ee/christinecaine DONATE to Equip & Empower Ministries: https://linktr.ee/christinecaine 📲 Follow Christine on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ChristineCaine/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theChristineCaine/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChristineCaine Christine Caine is a speaker, New York Times bestselling author, and activist who has been serving the local church globally for over 30 years. She and her husband, Nick, founded the anti-human trafficking organization, The A21 Campaign, which works at the local, domestic, and international level to end modern-day slavery. They also founded Equip & Empower, a ministry that is mobilizing people everywhere to live on mission for Jesus. Propel Women is an initiative of the ministry dedicated to coming alongside women around the globe to activate their God-given purpose. You can tune in to her weekly Equip and Empower Podcast to be encouraged by the hope of Jesus wherever you are. Christine holds a Master’s Degree in Evangelism and Leadership from Wheaton College. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.5	online and in store. Ends 5th of May. See website for details. From hidden resentment in chapter one
0:32.1	into explosive rage by chapter four. You see, if Jonah had addressed his anger sooner back in chapter 1,
0:39.5	he wouldn't have reached the point of preferring to die than to live in a world where God
0:44.3	extended mercy to people that he didn't like. See, the critical lesson for each one of us
0:49.4	in this very volatile hour that we're living in is your anger must be ruled or it will, will you?
1:04.4	I am so glad that you've joined us today and I believe that God has a word for you.
1:09.1	You know, I'll never forget the first time I saw the Incredible Hulk on TV.
1:14.8	Okay, I was all of 11 years old in 1977.
1:19.0	Some of you weren't even born then.
1:20.3	When I watched Dr. Bruce Banner utter that iconic phrase,
1:24.9	Don't make me angry.
1:26.7	You would like me when I'm angry. Now his eyes
1:30.0	had turned green, his buttons would pop out of his shirt, and then the incredible Hulk
1:36.0	appears. So this mild-mannered scientist became this rage-filled Hulk. Now, when I think of the world that we are living in today, I have to admit
1:47.9	that it sometimes seem like we see the Hulk-ish side of people everywhere we go. I mean,
1:54.4	road rage is rampant. Online discourse, often it's kind of like more of a pub brawl than anything else.
2:02.4	And definitely some family dinners have become just like this enemy territory war zone
2:08.8	and people are losing their tempers, even in church parking lots.
2:13.3	And man, social media algorithms certainly amplify our rage.
2:18.1	It really seems like our whole world is celebrating their inner hulk, and the result is.
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