Just a thought by coppi

I love to read meditations of different authors, the ones I am enjoying this moment in time is about prayer.  Following is what I gleaned today:

The prayer of Release:  God, hear me & answer me.  You know I am troubled by thoughts & feelings of ____________, (fill in with what is bothering you).  You also know why, and you know how deep the hurt goes, and how long I have lived with it.  But I don’t want to live with ___________(fill in) it any longer;  With your help, I release my ________(fill in) into your hands, I surrender my _________(fill in); I let go of my ____________(fill in); help me to keep letting go & release these toxic emotions as often as they try to return.

I clean up good!  But there is hurt & pain within me.  And, whenever these toxic emotions surface, I pray the prayer of release.

Also, praying the Psalms.  Following are several I pray:

Ps 5:2 Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing; O Lord, heal me for my bones are shaking with terror.

Ps 27:13-14 – I believe I shall see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living; wait for the Lord; be strong, & let your heart take courage.

Ps 107:19-20 – then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, & he saved them from their distress; he sent out his word & healed them.

Ps 147:3 – he heals the broken-hearted, & binds up their wounds

Ps 30:2 – O Lord my God, I cried to you for help, & you have healed me.

Quote from J Hudson Taylor:  “When we work, we work.  When we pray, God works”.

Pray the prayer of release if you have something that keeps creeping up inside you & destroys your joy & peace.  Jesus said in John10:10 – I have come to give you life & give it to you more abundantly.   One can’t have an abundant life with toxic emotions!