Today’s Verse:
"But now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips." - Colossians 3:8
Prayer for Today :
Heavenly Father,
It is important for us to keep our body and mind fit. To stay physical healthy, we should consider to cease some of our bad behaviors and habits or we may stop eating fatty foods or we may start doing daily exercises. To stay spiritually healthy, be close to You Lord may be the only way.
Thankyou Father, for allowing Paul to list out some of the very HARSH standards for being spiritually fit in Colossians. How we "getting rid of things" is one of them. This verse holds the same idea as what Jesus said in Matthew 5:29 "If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell..." But why? It is because God wants us to use the same seriousness and intensity to address the problems we faced in our lives.
Heavenly Father, of course it is hard for us or anyone of us to get rid of all those anger, rage, malice, slander etc. which Paul had listed out. We are weak and we may not be able to control ourselves to feel a little bit angry if someone jumped the queue, or to speak filthy languages if someone offended us. But Father, with Your constant grace and blessings shed upon us, each and everyday, we may just hold a chance here to get rid of "our old selves" entirely and restore our capacity to live our lives in abundance, in accord with Your intentions.
In Jesus' name we pray, Amen.
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