Anger & Siblings
🎲 Mad After Losing a Game
A person who rules their spirit is strong. You can be disappointed and still treat the winner kindly.
Self-control
“One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.”
Proverbs 16:32 · World English Bible
Humble
“doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;”
Philippians 2:3 · World English Bible
Run
“Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win.”
1 Corinthians 9:24 · World English Bible
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Say it
Practice Proverbs 16:32
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Onewhoisslowtoangeristhantheonewhoruleshisspirit,hewhotakesacity.
Pray together
Dear God, I hate losing. Please cool my anger and help me be a kind competitor. Amen.
Two-minute challenge
Before the next game, decide your good-game sentence and say it even if you lose.
Parent tip
Skip lectures in the hot minute; later, praise one moment of self-control more than the score.