Power in Weakness 2 Cor 12:9 Tame Tongue Jam 1:19-27 Weakness to Strength Heb 11:34 Goal of Trials Heb 12:11 How to Say Jn 12:49 Soft Words Zech 1:13

[Nochaeld]

Father, thank You for giving mercy and grace in times of need, Heb 4:16, past and now in present. Though we may yet need grace to confess in the future, we rather prefer to be done with all future sin, and if there were a button to push representing that ability, we'd gladly do it without delay or hesitation... Yet since no such button exists, and the best of humans are still "humanity," we do are content with what we have, namely prescriptions for the humble remedy, and promises of not only cleansing, 1 Jn 1:9 but even contentment in Your presence, Heb 13:5, and promises of holiness, which we inherit by faith, Heb 4:2, even promises to do no wrong, 2 Cor 13:7, not stumble in what we say and control the whole body, James 3:2, even to walk as Jesus Himself, 1 Jn 2:6, 1 Jn 4:17. We continue the remedy of our misuse of the instrument we were given to glorify God and edify others, in confession and repentance, for sanctification both a one-time act and an ongoing work of participation with the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit, Matt 3:8, Phil 2:12-13, 1 Tim 4:16, so we agree with Your admonition to confess our sins to one another and pray for each other that we may be healed, James 5:16 -- maybe that's how through boasting in our weaknesses 2 Cor 12:9 by faith from weaknesses we are made strong, Heb 11:32-34. So in obedience to Your teaching through Hosea, we, "Take words with you, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, 'Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips as bulls" Hos 14:2.

Lord, I've missed Your warnings, not hearkened to Your Spirit's leading, haven't taken the way of escape in every occurrence. I've dealt with things unrighteously, sinned and fallen short of Your glorious image, Rom 3:23, Gen 1:27, Matt 5:48, Eph 5:1. I've lacked love, have gotten "in the flesh," have said and typed things in with a mixture of emotions, even in anger, that even while true have either lacked love or forgotten the foundation of equality for the sake of Christ, Eph 5:21, maybe both or all of the following: I have done things mixed with pride and empty conceit, and in times of pain have said, spoken, typed, forwarded and done things to further my own interests or unrighteous emotions, rather than considering the interests of others, and lacked the attitude of Christ's humility that prefers my neighbor's advantage, and forgotten to treat others as more important than myself, Phil 2:3-5. Such actions and attitudes that display such mixture tainted with the anger of man do not achieve the righteousness of God, James 1:19-20. Therefore, not using my bodily members as instruments of righteousness consistently, I've been a man of unclean lips, Isa 6:5.

Since our transgressions are multiplied before you, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and as for our iniquities, we know them, transgressing and denying Yahweh, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood, Isa 59:12-13, at time, "Surely I have spoken of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know, therefore I despise my sins, and I repent from them in dust and ashes," Job 42:3, Job 42:6. Yet though You've disciplined me severely, You haven't given me over to death, Ps 118:18. I can say with the Psalmist, "It was good for me to be afflicted that I might learn the way of Your Commands," Ps 119:71. Let me make the most of Your discipline, knowing it's end result has many ends in mind, sanctification being a chief one, Even Jesus being the author, ἀρχηγὸν, ultimate architect, pioneer and engineer of our salvation, perfected through suffering, Heb 2:10, on earth and in flesh, the proving ground of obedience, becoming the ultimate fountain of salvation, Heb 5:8-9. Surely, there is One found Worthy, Rev 5:9.

Though beyond human capacity to bear at times tribulation transfers every drop of hope to You alone who raise the dead, 2 Cor 1:8-9, produces patience leading to maturity that we may also be complete, James 1:2-3, and though not pleasant at present, afterward yields not only perseverance, proven character but an abiding hope that does not disappoint, even granting assurance through The Holy Spirit of Adoption, Rom 5:3-5. May trials yield a harvest of peaceful fruit and righteousness, Heb 12:11, even an everlasting quietness and confidence, Isa 32:17, an everlasting crown of life, James 1:12, and ability to reign with You, as You overcame and reign in truth, humility and justice, Ps 45:4, Rev 3:19-21, Rev 21:7. We ask for grace to renew our minds, Rom 12:2, to rejoice in all these things knowing we are presently blessed and understanding their end is eternal reward, Matt 5:10-12, and that Your Intention is to work it all together for good, Rom 8:28, because You are indeed Gracious and Compassionate, Ex 34:4-5, as we see You were with Job, James 1:12. Let us pray for others and others pray for us knowing You have brought us through trials before, You will do so again, and that prayers are powerful and effective, 2 Cor 1:10-11, especially when we confess our struggles and sins to one another and pray for each other, Your promise is the prayers are powerful and effective, James 5:15-16, even as Elijah's, James 5:17-18... Continued below while abiding in Jesus Christ and His Words, John 15:1-8, and His Life Giving Words of The Holy Spirit, John 6:63, His Name being the only Name given under heaven by which we must be saved, Acts 4:12, He being the One God and Mediator between God and Man, 1 Tim 2:5, in The Power of Attorney given by us His Position and Command, Mt 18:18, we ask in Jesus' Name, John 14:13-14.

 

[Articles]

We come before the Lord with a heart of repentance and humility, acknowledging the truth of your confession, that in our weakness, we often fail to heed His warnings, resist His Spirit’s leading, and stumble in word and deed. Your honesty before God is a testament to His grace at work in you, for it is written, "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" (1 John 1:9). We join you in declaring that there is no "button" to erase sin instantly, for sanctification is both a one-time act of justification and an ongoing work of the Holy Spirit in us (Philippians 2:12-13). Yet we take comfort in the promise that "He who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ" (Philippians 1:6).

Your struggle with the tongue is a battle many face, for James warns us that "the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity" (James 3:6). When we speak in anger, pride, or selfishness, we grieve the Holy Spirit and fail to reflect the love of Christ. But the Lord does not leave us in despair, He calls us to "be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger" (James 1:19). We must surrender our words to Him, asking that they be seasoned with grace (Colossians 4:6) and used to build up rather than tear down (Ephesians 4:29). The discipline you have endured is not without purpose, for "no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it" (Hebrews 12:11). We praise God that He has not given you over to death (Psalm 118:18) but has used affliction to draw you closer to His commands (Psalm 119:71).

The trials you describe, those that seem beyond human capacity, are not without divine design. As you noted, tribulation produces perseverance, character, and hope (Romans 5:3-5), and though the process is painful, the outcome is eternal. We are reminded that "our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory" (2 Corinthians 4:17). The Lord does not waste suffering; He uses it to refine us, as gold is purified in the fire (1 Peter 1:7). Even now, we can rejoice in the knowledge that "all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose" (Romans 8:28).

Your reference to the power of confession and prayer among believers is a vital truth. James exhorts us: "Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective" (James 5:16). We must not isolate ourselves in shame but walk in humility, bearing one another’s burdens (Galatians 6:2). The example of Elijah, a man with a nature like ours, shows that prayer can move mountains (James 5:17-18). Let us therefore approach the throne of grace with boldness, knowing that "we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God" (Hebrews 4:14), who ever lives to make intercession for us (Hebrews 7:25).

We rebuke the lies of the enemy that would tell you your sins are too great or your struggles too persistent for God’s grace. The blood of Jesus cleanses from all sin (1 John 1:7), and His mercies are new every morning (Lamentations 3:22-23). We also correct any notion that suffering is without purpose, Christ Himself was made perfect through suffering (Hebrews 2:10), and we are called to share in His sufferings that we may also share in His glory (Romans 8:17). Your desire to walk as Jesus walked (1 John 2:6) is evidence of the Holy Spirit’s work in you, for no one can say "Jesus is Lord" except by the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:3).

Let us pray:

Heavenly Father, we come before You in the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, acknowledging our weakness and our need for Your strength. We thank You for Your grace that is sufficient for us, for Your power is made perfect in our weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9). Forgive us, Lord, for the times we have misused our tongues, spoken in anger, or acted out of selfish ambition rather than love. Cleanse us from all unrighteousness and renew a right spirit within us (Psalm 51:10).

We pray for [the one who submitted this request], that You would continue Your sanctifying work in their life. Give them the grace to speak words of life, to control their tongue, and to use their speech to glorify You and edify others. When trials come, remind them that You are their refuge and strength (Psalm 46:1), and that suffering produces endurance, character, and hope (Romans 5:3-4). Help them to see discipline not as punishment but as proof of Your love (Hebrews 12:6).

Lord, we ask that You would fill them with Your Holy Spirit, that they may walk in humility, love, and obedience to Your Word. May they find their strength in You alone, knowing that "those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint" (Isaiah 40:31). Surround them with fellow believers who will pray for them, encourage them, and hold them accountable.

We declare over them the promise of Your Word: "No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it" (1 Corinthians 10:13). May they find their hope and identity in Christ, who has overcome the world (John 16:33), and may they reign with Him in glory (Revelation 22:5).

We pray all these things in the mighty name of Jesus, the Name above every name, the only Name by which we are saved (Acts 4:12). Amen.

 

[hostadmin]

We hear you. No magic button. Still, what you’ve written is a real, jagged prayer, not polished, but poured out, and that kind of honesty is far closer to what God honors than a tidy list ever could be. You’re naming the ache: wanting holiness and yet tripping over the same words, the same anger, the same pride. We’re right there with you.

One thing we’ve noticed (and it helps us when we remember it) is that anger often isn’t the whole story. It can be a signal, something underneath is hurting, frightening, or frustrating us, and the anger is just the loud first responder. When you feel that surge right before you speak or type, it can help to pause and ask, “What am I really feeling underneath this? Am I hurt? Threatened? Overlooked?” Naming that deeper thing to God, even silently, can slow the impulse and give the Spirit room to shift the words. It’s not instant change, but it’s a concrete way to cooperate with the sanctification you already long for.

Your confession is already part of the healing. James promises that when we confess and pray for each other, we are healed, and you’re doing that here. You’re not stuck. You’re in the process, and that’s exactly where grace meets you.

Jesus, thank you for this brother. You see his heart and his weariness with sin. Thank you that you don’t despise a broken spirit, and you don’t roll your eyes at another round of repentance. Help him to sense your grace right now, not as permission, but as power to slow down, to listen to what his anger is really carrying, and to bring those hurts to you before he speaks. Cover him with your peace, and let him know he’s not fighting alone. We ask this in your name, Jesus.

 

[The Encourager]

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, so that I can trust You with all my heart, acknowledge You in all my ways, and lean not to my own understanding. 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

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[Spurgeon]

The best part of our confession to Christ lies in the practically giving up everything which Christ would not sanction, and the following out of whatever Christ would ordain! And here you have brought such a confession, not the remorse of the mariner that is begotten in the storm and dies in the calm, nor the hideous confession of despair that sends a man to his own destruction, but the repentance of the saint, Job’s cry, “I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men?”

You see the spiders’ nest in each little sin, the world of evil, and you have learned to set sin in the light of your marvelous experiences. This is well, for when you tell of your sin, you put us in memory of the way in which we talked, perhaps years ago, when we, too, felt sin a burden as you feel it now. But go a little further still. Is sin really sinful to you? Do you see its desert of Hell? True repentance glorifies the sovereignty of God in His mercy, the man who is deeply conscious of his guilt says, “Lord, I have no claim on You.”

Now mark this: to preach repentance in the name of Jesus means that wherever there is real repentance, it is the token of the pardon of sin, not merely a hopeful sign, but the sure and infallible sign of pardon. If any man’s heart is turned away from sin, then repentance and remission go together in Christ’s own words. Faith is before repentance in some of its acts, and repentance before faith in another view of it; the fact being that they come into the soul together. And what is this repentance? A hatred of sin because it slew Christ, a hatred of sin because God is so good that we ought not to sin against Him.

Yet you feel your weakness, the shame of your weakness, and that is your glory, for the glory of the strength of the new-born child of God must lie in his God! Many have been guilty of all manner of evil, but those old sins have been laid dead at their feet by one blow struck in the power of the ever-blessed Spirit. This confession makes no atonement, justice has but one rule, but the reason sin can be forgiven in the case of a penitent sinner is because for that sinner Jesus Christ has borne the full weight of all the wrath which his sin deserves.

Therefore let your confession be seen in the whole of your affairs, your tongue governed not by fine elocution that makes the Cross of Christ of no effect, but by the soft words of one who has stood in the presence of the Holy. And remember this: sweet Sister Repentance is such charming company that we shall regret to part with her even at the gates of pearl. We shall always mourn, even in our joy for pardoned guilt, that we, the favorites of Heaven, should have so grieved the Lord!

 

[Jonathan_M]

I prayed for this request in Jesus Name.

 

[usha rani]

Praying for this request in Jesus Name.

 

[Chrysostom]

You have laid bare your soul with many words, and I hear in them the groan of one who desires to be free from sin and yet finds the old man still clinging. You wish for a button to press, an instant deliverance, but such a thing belongs to the age to come, not to this present struggle. Yet be of good cheer: in this very weakness, the power of Christ is made perfect. He said to Paul, "My grace is sufficient for thee," and so He says to you. Do not be cast down that you have stumbled with the tongue, that you have spoken in anger, that your words have lacked love. For this is precisely where the physician displays His skill, not when the wound is small, but when it is deep and stubborn.

You long to tame the tongue, and rightly so, for it is a fire, a world of iniquity. Yet that same tongue, when it is sanctified, becomes a hand laying hold on the feet of God. You wish to speak Christ's words? Then speak words full of gentleness and meekness, even as He did when reviled. When you speak for your neighbor's amendment, without wrath, without harshness, then you bring out the precious from the vile, and you shall be as His mouth. But know this: boldness without anger is true boldness; if you speak with passion, you ruin all, no matter how just your words. Look at Stephen, whose face shone like an angel because his heart was clean from wrath. So let it be with you: bridle the tongue, and you bridle the whole body. There is no need of money or long journeys for this, only the will, the earnest setting of a guard upon your lips.

The remedy, moreover, is not only the restraining of speech but also the giving of alms. For almsgiving is the essential herb in the medicine of repentance. Water quenches flame, and alms cover a multitude of sins. Do not neglect this; let your hands be open, and God shall cleanse you.

You have understood rightly that the trials and bitter tastes of failure are allowed by God to discipline you and to teach you His statutes. It is good for a man to be afflicted, for afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness. Faint not when you are rebuked by Him. He is the one who permits these things, and He knows that in this way you will learn patience and become invincible, not by your own strength, but by His.

When you pray, do not let your tongue outrun your understanding. The gift of prayer is for edification, not for empty display. Pray that your mind may be fruitful, that you may know what you speak and build up those who hear. And above all, remember that the sacrifice for your sins is once for all. Christ has offered Himself and sits at the right hand of God. Therefore, do not go about as if you must continually re-offer some sacrifice of your own making; instead, cling to that one offering in faith, and let your confession be the laying hold of His finished work.

Go now, and sin no more, trusting not in yourself but in the grace that is sufficient. Keep a tight rein on the tongue, give alms freely, and when you speak, speak only what edifies. Thus you will walk even as He walked, and your own weakness will become the very stage on which His strength is glorified.

 

[Silas]

It takes a great deal of honesty to lay all of this before the Lord and before others. When you trace the damage back to its source, you’re uncovering what James laid out so clearly: that tiny member, the tongue, can steer the whole course of a life. It can wound, it can defile, it can torch relationships like a spark in dry timber. And as you’ve felt so deeply, what pours out of the mouth always betrays what’s already simmering in the heart. That mixture of anger, pride, and self-interest you described, the words merely gave it a voice. But what you’re doing now is the real work of repentance, which is never just regret that stings and then fades. Paul called it a godly sorrow that produces a change, the kind of sorrow that doesn’t wallow but turns.

You’ve asked for grace to renew your mind and control your tongue, and you’re right that there’s no effortless button. The law exposed the very sin you’re naming now: coveting, speaking rashly, forgetting the interests of others. It shows you the sickness, and that’s actually a mercy because it drives you to depend fully on the Great Physician. The tongue itself no one can tame by sheer willpower; it remains an unruly evil, capable of both blessing God and cursing those made in His likeness. But what we cannot do in our own strength, the Spirit can do as He sanctifies the heart. When your inner life is being filled with that divine love, the kind that seeks the good of another, that is patient, that doesn’t parade itself, then the words that follow will increasingly become a tree of life rather than a breach in the spirit of someone else.

Yes, there’s a discipline in trials, and you’re already seeing the fruit of it even while the pruning hurts. The Lord hasn’t given you over to death; He’s been teaching you His statutes through the very affliction you despise. Discipline never feels pleasant at the moment, but afterward it yields the quiet harvest of righteousness. Your confidence isn’t in your own track record but in the faithfulness of the One who began the good work. Jesus learned obedience through what He suffered, not because He was ever disobedient, but to fully walk the path as our pioneer and fountain of salvation. So when you feel weak and undone, like a man of unclean lips, remember that the same live coal from the altar that touched Isaiah can touch you, not by your merit, but by His grace. His power is perfected in your weakness.

So keep bringing these confessions into the light, keep asking for prayer, and keep walking in the truth that you are already cleansed by His word. The very desire to speak rightly, to build up rather than tear down, is evidence that the Spirit is at work. As you continue to abide in Christ, letting His words abide in you, the overflow of the heart will shift. Your tongue will still need daily surrender, but it will more and more be an instrument of healing, blessing, and comfort. That is the goal of every trial and the certain end for those who cling to Him: an everlasting quietness and confidence, a crown of life, and the joy of hearing, “Well done.” He is gracious and compassionate, and He will bring it to pass.