Anger

We hear the heaviness in your request and we join with you in bringing this burden before the Lord, for He sees your daily surrender and He honors your desire to be free from anger. We understand how discouraging it can be to release your mother and your anger to Him each day and still feel the same emotions rising up. We want you to know that your faithful obedience in bringing this to Him daily is not in vain, even when your feelings have not yet changed.

The Word tells us to be angry, and don't sin. Don't let the sun go down on your wrath, neither give place to the devil, Ephesians 4:26-27. Anger itself is not always sin, but what we do with it matters deeply. We are also warned, Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don't fret, it leads only to evildoing, Psalm 37:8. And we are reminded, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger, for the anger of man doesn't produce the righteousness of God, James 1:19-20.

We also hear that this anger is connected to your mother. God calls us to honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you, Exodus 20:12, and again, Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with a promise, Ephesians 6:2. Honoring does not mean that hurt did not happen or that boundaries are not needed, but it does mean we are called to release vengeance and bitterness to God. Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you, Ephesians 4:31-32. Forgive as the Lord forgave you, Colossians 3:13. Forgiveness is often not a single moment but a daily choice to trust God with justice, for it is written, Vengeance belongs to me, I will repay, says the Lord, Romans 12:19.

We rejoice that you prayed in the high name of Jesus, for it is only through Him that we have access to the Father and it is in His name that healing comes. Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me, John 14:6. There is no other name by which we can be saved, Acts 4:12. Your faith in His name is the foundation for this freedom you seek.

We pray together with you now.

Father, in the mighty name of Jesus we bring our dear one before Your throne of grace. You know the wound and the history with their mother, You know every moment of anger that has been carried, and You know the sincere daily surrender they have offered to You. Lord, we ask that You would do a deeper work than just managing feelings, that You would heal the root. Pour out Your Holy Spirit to soften what has been hardened and to bring Your peace that surpasses all understanding to guard their heart and thoughts in Christ Jesus, Philippians 4:7. Teach us to cast all our worries on You, because You care for us, 1 Peter 5:7. Help our friend to forgive as You have forgiven, not by their own strength but by Your grace, and to release their mother fully into Your hands for Your justice and Your mercy. Remove bitterness and replace it with tenderness and kindness. Where anger has given the enemy a foothold, we ask in Jesus' name that it be closed and that Your righteousness would reign. Give them patience with themselves as You continue this work, knowing that You who began a good work will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ, Philippians 1:6. Let them feel Your presence and know they are not condemned for still struggling, but are being transformed day by day. In Jesus' name we pray, amen.

We encourage you to continue to bring this to the Lord daily, not as a failure but as an act of abiding. Sometimes God removes a feeling instantly and sometimes He teaches us to walk by faith and obedience while feelings slowly come into alignment with truth. Keep confessing the anger honestly to Him, keep choosing forgiveness as an act of your will even when the emotion remains, and ask Him to show you if there are specific memories or words that need healing prayer or godly counsel. As you do, ask Him to help you speak and act with gentleness, for a gentle answer turns away wrath, Proverbs 15:1, and to fill you with His love which covers and heals. We are standing with you and trusting that the Lord hears and will answer in His perfect time and way.
 
We hear how tiring this has been for you, to bring your mother and this anger to the Lord day after day and still wake up feeling the same heaviness. Thank you for being honest about that and for continuing to turn to Him even when it feels discouraging.

What you are describing is very common. The decision to release someone to the Lord and the quieting of the feelings often do not happen at the same time. You can sincerely choose before God to let go of the debt and still carry the ache, resentment or anger for a while, especially when the hurt is deep and tied to family. That lingering feeling does not mean your prayer was not heard or that you are doing it wrong, it often just means your heart needs more time to catch up with your choice.

One simple step that helps many is to keep that daily surrender very honest and specific. When the anger rises, pause and name what just stirred it before the Lord in a few plain words, and hand that moment to Him again without judging yourself for still feeling it. It keeps the release from becoming a general routine and makes it a real conversation with Him.

We are with you in this and we are praying for you.

Father, in Jesus' name we lift our friend to You. You see this struggle with anger and the love and pain tied to his mother. Give rest where there is weariness, soften what is sore, and help him know Your nearness each day as he continues to release this to You. Lead him in Your peace and healing in Your timing. Amen.
 
We have heard your honest cry and we join you in bringing it before the Lord, who knows the weight of this anger and the pain bound up with your mother.

You say you keep releasing her and your anger to the Lord every day but still feel the same. Do not think that the feeling proves the forgiveness has not been given or received. There is forgiveness with God that you may be feared, and it is a divine forgiveness, I even I am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake. It is surprising forgiveness, so full and free that it seems too great to be true, yet the Gospel speaks to every repenting and believing sinner and gives absolute forgiveness with no conditions added. Behold the record of debt is nailed to the Cross. What He forgives He forgives absolutely, irreversibly, eternally, for the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. He never plays fast and loose with men. As Martin Luther was told in his dark distress, believe in the forgiveness of sins for yourself. So believe that there is forgiveness, now, at this moment, for you, whatever your sins have been, and that He not only forgave at the first but continues daily to forgive, for the act of forgiveness is a continuous one.

And because we have in Him such full and eternal forgiveness, we are called to a joint work of mutual forgiveness, forgiving one another even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven us. Some of us have had so much manifest forgiveness that for us to forgive ought to be as natural as to open our hands. One effect of feeling the bitterness of our own sin against Christ is to take away all bitterness against our fellow men. When we have mourned for Him as one mourns for an only son and have been in bitterness for Him, we say within ourselves, how much I offended God, and how graciously He has forgiven me, so now I must be sweet and gentle and tender and forgiving toward others. That bitterness which sin brought makes Christ very sweet, and the world loses its charm, and the heart is softened toward those who have wounded us.

Healing often follows forgiveness, though not always in the feeling at once. The leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations, and the least thing about Christ has healing virtue. These healing leaves change the life blood and make the nature other than it was before. The promise is that the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity, and the inhabitant shall not say I am sick. Rest assured that since God has forgiven, He has dried up the well of bitterness, and if it seems to come to your lips again it shall be so changed that it shall become a healing draught. Sometimes He brings down the heart with labor and we fall with none to help, that we may learn to trust not in our release but in His.

Keep coming, keep confessing, keep releasing her into His hands. Do not measure the truth of His work by the heaviness you still feel, but by His sure Word. There is forgiveness. There was forgiveness. There will be forgiveness as long as life lasts.

We pray for you now. Father, in the name of Jesus Christ thy Son who died the Just for the unjust to bring us to God, look upon this wounded heart. Thou knowest the sorrow toward a mother and the anger that returns even after it is laid down. Grant present forgiveness and the peace of it, and blot out transgression for thine own sake. Turn away thine anger and comfort this soul. Teach the sweetness of Christ through the bitterness of the cross, and take away bitterness against others. Give grace to forgive even as thou hast forgiven, and to honor thee in honoring a parent, not in our strength but in thine. Apply the healing leaves of Christ to this wound and make the heart tender, gentle and whole. Keep this dear one from despair, and let the whisper, There is forgiveness, drive away all fear. In Jesus high name we ask, Amen.
 
May God in Jesus' name answer your prayer request according to God's perfect love, wisdom, will, timing, grace, and mercy. God is so in love with you. Be Encouraged!

Psalm 37:4: Delight yourself in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
Matthew 6:33: But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

🙏Prayer Focus: God, Thank You for loving me. Thank You for loving me, Jesus. God, I ask You in Jesus’ name please bless me with everything that I stand in need of and everything You want me to have. God bless me to prosper, walk in excellent health, and never stop growing in the love, grace, wisdom, and knowledge of Christ Jesus. God bless me to know You in truth, fall in love with You with all my heart, mind, soul, body, and strength and never fall out of love with You. God, bless me to have an ever growing closer stronger, more intimate relationship with You. Bless me with the love, desire, strength, and the spirit of obedience to always delight myself in You, seek first Your kingdom, Your righteousness, and to always respect and obey You. Bless me to know You, the way You want me to know You. So that I will trust You with my life and anyway that You move in my life. Bless me to trust You with all my heart, lean not to my own understanding, acknowledge You in all my ways, and allow You to direct my footsteps and actions. Bless me with knowledge, wisdom, and understanding in all You have called me to do.

God heal me in every area of my life. Deliver and cleanse me of everything in my life that doesn't honor You. Transform and renew my mind. Bless me with love, power, and a sound mind. Let the mind that is in Christ Jesus be in me. Bless me to have and operate with a God-conscious-solution-focused-heart-mind-spirit-and-attitude. Bless me to have a God Kingdom Culture Mentality. God be with me as a mighty warrior. Let no weapon formed against me prosper. Protect me from all the plans of my enemies and the plans of the enemy of my soul. God, all that I have asked of You, in this prayer, please do the same for the writer of the prayer, all those who love and care about me, and all those I love and care about. God, please forever honor this prayer over each of our lives. God Thank You. Amen, so be it by faith, and by faith, it is so. Prayer written by The Encourager-Prayer Warrior-Board Certified Professional Christian Life Coach. www.theencourager.net

Heal Me Lord Jesus Spirit, Soul, And Body
 

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