Warrior Prayers...Day Seventeen

Prayers for Day Seventeen

“…Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.” (1 Timothy 6:11)

I would assume that before his conversion on the road to Damascus, Saul—the man who gave his approval to the stoning of Stephen—would not have been described as “gentle”.  Yet, Paul commanded Timothy, his “child in the faith,” to pursue gentleness, among other Godly virtues.  What a testimony to the redemptive power of the cross! 

Jesus describes himself as “gentle and lowly in heart” (Matthew 11:29).  Only the author and perfecter of gentleness can take a murderous spirit and turn it into one which instructs the Lord’s servant to be “kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, correcting his opponents with gentleness...”  (2 Timothy 2:24-25a)  Paul continues by explaining to Timothy why there is value in this type of attitude with those who oppose the Lord’s plans and purposes:  “God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth” (2 Timothy 2:25b) 

It is so important to remind our sons that, as followers of Christ, their responsibility is to always point the lost to the Savior—the only One who can “remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh”. (Ezekiel 11:19) 

Commit to praying the following prayers for your sons or grandsons today.

Gentleness

May __________know that a gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit (Proverbs 15:4).

May __________take God’s yoke upon Him, and learn from Him, for He is gentle and lowly in heart, then __________will find rest for his soul (Matthew 11:29).

May__________ be completely humble and gentle; patient, bearing with others in love (Ephesians 4:2).

May __________be gentle, like a nursing mother taking care of her own children (1 Thessalonians 2:7).

May __________not be a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money (1 Timothy 3:3).

May __________pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness (1 Timothy 6:11).

May __________correct his opponents with gentleness that God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth (2 Timothy 2:25).

May __________speak evil of no one, avoid quarreling, be gentle, and show perfect courtesy toward all people (Titus 3:2).

May __________have wisdom from above that is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere (James 3:17).

May __________honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks him for a reason for the hope that is in him; yet do it with gentleness and respect (1 Peter 3:15).