The role of prayer in Christian life is powerful and helps us in our mission to creatively explore how we connect with God in the ordinary, extraordinary, everyday moments of life. Remind me that self-control is a gift, and please help me regulate my responses and impulses today. Here we tested the hypothesis that a brief period of personal prayer would buffer self-control depletion effects. Make my desires be for goodness and truth. Help me follow my anger to justice and clarity. Let your kindness and gentleness shape my responses to the circumstances and people around me. There are things that I want to do that I know are good for me, but I don’t do them. If your kids are ready to pray original prayers, you may wish to use the Bible verses provided under Scripture-guided prayer for children. It has affected my life in ways that have been less than beneficial. Patient Father, you are slow to anger and abound in love, help me be like you! Let your peace that doesn’t make sense, fill my passionate heart. Father, I feel so heartbroken and ashamed about my lack of discipline and self-control. “The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love” (Psalm 103:8). If you’re there with us, here’s the prayer we pray when we really need self-control! And we’re not just talking about anger- emotions, in general, are strong and can lead us to both good and bad outcomes. Patient Father, you are slow to anger and abound in love, help me be like you Let your peace that doesn’t make sense, fill my passionate heart. It can surprise us how quickly we go from feeling okay to feeling completely out of control. Let us repent, and follow you in all things. Sometimes impulse control feels impossible. Teach us to recognize our weaknesses and work to walk in holiness. If you haven’t seen the movie… find the gif on your phone. You know the little character named ‘Anger’ in the movie Inside Out? Why’s it so easy to identify with that guy □ ? We see him blow fire out of his head and lose control and we think to ourselves, yep! Been there. Losing our temper is something that, unfortunately, we cannot always avoid, but we all know that this is not ok. So, check out this simple prayer to help you grow in your prayer life, and connect with God today! If you don’t know how to pray, getting started can feel strange.
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