Let all bitterness and wrath and
anger and clamor [perpetual animosity, resentment, strife, fault-finding] and
slander be put away from you, along with every kind of malice [all
spitefulness, verbal abuse, malevolence]. Be kind and helpful to one
another, tender-hearted [compassionate, understanding], forgiving one another
[readily and freely], just as God in Christ also forgave you.
لِيُرْفَعْ
مِنْ بَيْنِكُمْ كُلُّ مَرَارَةٍ وَسَخَطٍ وَغَضَبٍ وَصِيَاحٍ وَتَجْدِيفٍ مَعَ
كُلِّ خُبْثٍ. 32وَكُونُوا لُطَفَاءَ بَعْضُكُمْ
نَحْوَ بَعْضٍ، شَفُوقِينَ مُتَسَامِحِينَ كَمَا سَامَحَكُمُ اللهُ أَيْضًا فِي
الْمَسِيحِ.
Ephesians 4:31-32
Anger is not intrinsically wrong (Matthew 21:12–17).
Anger in response to sin and its ill effects is a form of righteous anger, but
when it crosses over the boundary into bitterness or a spirit of vengeance, it
is not honouring to God.
Our health and well-being are important reasons for
quick resolution of an angry conflict; bitterness must definitely be avoided.
I invite you to repeat the following prayer
for yourself:
Abba
Father, please do not let anger control me. Teach me to resolve conflict and to
replace it with a win-win alternative and to be tenderhearted toward the
person I am having conflict with but without
accepting a martyr lose-win alternative for myself. Please work on his/her
heart also. Lord, help me to get rid of any desire to get revenge, and to able
to quickly forgive just as You God have forgiven me in Christ. Lord help me to
realize that my total dependence on You to help me forgive is not an indication
of weakness on my part, but a sign of strength and confidence in You and Your
promises. Father I thank You for Your deep, everlasting, and inseparable love
for me and for Your abundant blessings in my life. In the name of my Lord and
Saviour Jesus The Christ, the only begotten Son of God, I pray. To You Jesus
be the power, the glory, the majesty, the blessings, and the dominion forever
and ever, Amen.
Jesus loves you,
In Him,
Wagdi Henein
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