Deliverance
My Temper
28/May/08 Filed in: Deliverance
Losing my temper still afflicts me even though
I've been in recovery for a while. I am trying to
allow God to work on this defect in my character,
but I sometimes feel what seems to be an
uncontrollable impulse to judge and condemn
another.
When I have such an emotional outburst, I'm really asserting that everything the I think and do is right and that everything the other person does is wrong. Sometimes the other person is God.
When I lose control, I surrender to my problems. It is better to surrender to God, to place Him in control.
God, grant me Your serenity and calm. Quieten my spirit. Take control.
When I have such an emotional outburst, I'm really asserting that everything the I think and do is right and that everything the other person does is wrong. Sometimes the other person is God.
When I lose control, I surrender to my problems. It is better to surrender to God, to place Him in control.
God, grant me Your serenity and calm. Quieten my spirit. Take control.
—Anonymous
A New Song in My Mouth
24/May/08 Filed in: Deliverance
I waited
patiently for the LORD; he inclined to me
and heard my cry.
He drew me up from the desolate pit, out of the miry bog,
and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.
He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the LORD.
Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust ...
He drew me up from the desolate pit, out of the miry bog,
and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.
He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the LORD.
Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust ...
—Psalm 40 (RSV)