‘Be kind
to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ
also forgave you’
Ephesians 4:32
وَكُونُوا
لُطَفَاءَ بَعْضُكُمْ نَحْوَ بَعْضٍ، شَفُوقِينَ، مُسَامِحِينَ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضاً
كَمَا سَامَحَكُمُ اللهُ فِي الْمَسِيحِ.
Anger is not intrinsically wrong (Matthew 21:12–13). 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, thank You for Your unfailing, deep, everlasting, and
inseparable love for me, and for Your abundant blessings. Father please do not
let anger control me and 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 be 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. 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.
In Him,
Wagdi Henein
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