Using keywords or passages, you can search through our online readings. Here are some helpful tips to improve your results. That's the warning of Dr. Redford Williams from Duke University's Behavioral Medicine Research Center.
Anger speeds the heart rate, raises blood pressure, and disrupts the coronary arteries.
Some indicators of a hostile heart are impatience with delays, mistrust of co-workers, annoyance with the habits of family members or friends, and a persistent need to have the last word in arguments or to get even when wronged. In Proverbs 4, a wise father urged his son to listen closely to his words. Our wise heavenly Father issues the same call to us about His life-giving words recorded for us in the Bible. The transformation of a hostile heart begins as we listen to God, meditate on His Word, and allow Him to alter our behavior and speech. It's a prescription I need to follow today.