Thanks for joining us for this daily encouragement from our daily bread.

I'm Bill Crowder, and I titled our reading, Heart of Anger.

Guernica, Pablo Picasso's most important political painting,

was a modernist portrayal of the 1937 destruction

of a small Spanish town by that name.

During the Spanish Revolution and the ramp up to World War II,

Nazi Germany's planes were permitted by Spain's nationalist forces to use the town for bombing practice.

These controversial bombings took scores of lives,

drawing the attention of a global community concerned

over the immorality of bombing civilian targets.

Picasso's painting captured the imaginations of the watching world

and became a catalyst for debate about humanity's capacity to destroy one another.

For those of us who feel confident that we would never intentionally shed blood, we should remember Jesus' words in Matthew

Chapter 5. You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, you shall not murder and anyone

who murders will be subject to judgment. But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his

brother or sister will be subject to judgment. The heart can be murderous without ever actually

committing murder. When unchecked anger toward others threatens to consume us,

we desperately need the Holy Spirit to fill and control our hearts

so that our human tendencies can be replaced by the fruit of the Spirit.

Then, love, joy, and peace can mark our relationships.

Today's our Daily Bread devotional scripture reading is from Matthew 5, verses 21 to 26.

You have heard that it was said to the people long ago,

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