Why is my spouse so angry?
(With thanks to John Regier, Causes of Anger Biblical Concepts in Counseling 1998)

Slide #1: There are six basic emotional/spiritual causes to hurtful anger in a marriage.

Slide #2: Unresolved bitterness.

Slide #3: Moral impurity.

Slide #4: Imposed High Expectations

Slide #5: Temporal Values (idols of materialism, success, prestige)

Slide #6: Low Self-Esteem

Slide #7: Pride and control of others.

Slide #8: Then the LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? 7 If you do what is right, will you not be accepted..."

Slide #9: "But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it." Genesis 4:6-7