2010-06-23

Today’s Verse:
"A man’s wisdom gives him patience; it is to his glory to overlook an offense. " - Proverbs 19:11

Prayer for Today :

Dear Heavenly Father,

The discretion of a man is the deferreth of his anger? Father, slow to anger is very hard to do! Everyday, we face people with a temper, people who will raise their voices, people who will scream, people who will shout, people who will swear and people who will bring anger into action... What do You expect us to do? Not to show our anger? Not to fight back? Or let these people to slap our right cheek after they slapped our left?

Father, we know! Even when we have anger in our hearts, we should not show it immediately because we need time to reconsider whether we have offended the other person in the first place. Father, help us to forgive them, help us to assist these people, as there must be some previous wounds and hurts hampering them from the inside.

Father, so often our good intentions turned out to be disasterous. Father, so often we want to do good, but turned out sour. Father, it is hard to face up to the mistakes that are in our lives. Father, teach us how to forgive, how to excuse other's wrongdoings as well as to pardon ourselves from the guilt of wrongdoings.

Father, You are the way, the truth and the life. Help us to feel Your goodness, help us to gain strength in You, help us to become slow to anger and show us the way to practice forgiveness, just as Jesus who have forgiven those who mistreated him.

Grant this through Juesu Christ our Lord. Amen.