Blessed are they whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord will never count against them. Rom. 4:7-8 What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare [...]
Tag Archives: complaining
A Prayer for Owning Our Quarrelsomeness
August 27, 2012 – 4:40 am
It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife (or husband, parent, child, roommate, etc.). Prov. 21:9 Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and [...]
A Prayer about Our Complaining and God’s Goodness
July 17, 2012 – 4:00 am
Why do you complain, Jacob? Why do you say, Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD; my cause is disregarded by my God”? Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, [...]
A Prayer about Suicide by Resentment
August 4, 2011 – 5:05 am
Resentment kills a fool. Job 5:2 Lord Jesus, it’s been entirely too hot in our city this summer, and I’ve registered that protest entirely too many times—so often, I can now see that my complaining has been morphing into resenting. It came to a head yesterday when I walked out my front door yesterday for [...]
A Prayer for Whining Times
July 13, 2011 – 4:59 am
Why do you complain, Jacob? Why do you say, Israel, “My way is hidden from the Lord; my cause is disregarded by my God”? Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his [...]
A Prayer about the Grossness of My Ingratitude
June 2, 2011 – 5:38 am
[The older brother] was angry and refused to go in. His father came out and entreated him, but he answered his father, “Look, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed your command, yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might celebrate with my friends. But when this son [...]
A Prayer of Hope
April 15, 2011 – 5:17 am
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our [...]
A Prayer About Death By Resentment
August 12, 2010 – 4:42 am
Resentment kills a fool Job 5:2 Gracious Jesus, it’s been entirely too hot in our city this summer, and I’ve been registering that complaint entirely too many times… so much, that I can now see how my complaining has been morphing into resenting. It came to a head yesterday when I walked out my [...]
A Prayer About the Stewardship of Woe
June 22, 2010 – 5:03 am
Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! 1 Corinthians 9:16 Dear Lord Jesus, I know that “to woe” is to express dread, distress and despair—an orientation towards life with which I’m quite familiar, for I’ve certainly done my share of “woe-ing”. “Woe is me, I’ve got pimples before my date.” [...]
