Resolve Today

Paul's instruction to the Ephesians carries urgency: resolve anger quickly. He's not commanding them to argue until midnight, but to do everything possible to settle today's conflicts today. When the believers nurse their anger and let it fester, small disagreements grow into massive resentments. What should have been a minor conflict becomes an argument about everything. Prior unresolved tensions get dragged into present disputes. Paul warns that lingering anger opens a door, giving the devil a foothold in the Ephesians’ relationships and church community. Satan camps out in places of unresolved conflict, planting seeds of bitterness that spread through families and churches like weeds choking a garden...