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Does everyone have their own internal compass to follow?

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Have you heard the advice, "follow your own internal compass?" The idea is you have your own sense of North, South, East and West that may be different than others, but its right to you. So, go your own direction and don't let anyone tell you it's wrong. But if everyone has their own internal compass and their own sense of what is right and wrong then we don't have any true North. We are all lost. So what is our internal conscience?

Managing Anger - What is Anger?

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 This is one of the final chapters in the book: "Biblical Principles for Managing My Emotions" Lord willing, the rest will be in print in a month. . . That makes me happy = ) ------ Managing Anger Just this week I opened a kind note from a friend that I’ve known for many years. In that note there was a check for $1,000 for our church building fund. A note like that sure makes me want to open the mail! But the story gets better when you know more details. My dad and a friend first met Uncle Freddy while he was in prison. They would visit inmates to share the Gospel with men who were a “captive audience.” Freddy earned his place there in prison because he had murdered one of his close friends in a fit of rage. In prison, Freddy met the life-changing forgiveness of Christ. The change in Freddy’s life is a great testimony of God’s power over the emotion of anger. You see, I didn’t know Freddy for his temper. I knew him as a kind man who spent time playing basketball and tennis w