Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.--1 Peter 3:8-9
Father,
Help me to be likeminded with You...to be of Your mind so that Your Spirit has full control of my thoughts, words and actions. I want to be of one soul and of one heart with You. Guide me...help me to bring unity, not division among your precious Body of believers here on earth.
You know my frame...You have mercy on me because I am weak....You have pity on me and suffer long. I want to be to others as You are to me....I want to live having Your compassion, love, and mercy continually...rejoicing with those who rejoice and weeping with those who weep. I want to look like You, my Father in Heaven, who is kind, tenderhearted and forgiving. Help me to love those you have placed in my life fervently (stretched to the limit like a rubber band) from a heart purified by your truth. Help me by your Spirit to be kindly affectionate to them with brotherly love and in honor to prefer them...to love not in word but in deed and in truth!
When I suffer for doing good, God, help me to take it patiently because of a good conscience toward You. This is acceptable with You who suffered wrongfully for my sake and left me an example that I should follow. You did not revile when reviled, nor threaten when you suffered...You committed Yourself to Your Father who judges righteously. That is what I desire. Help me to never render evil for evil unto any man, but to ever follow what is good... blessing those who curse me, loving those who hate me and praying for them that spitefully use me. May I resemble, You, my Father in Heaven, who makes the sun rise on the evil and the good and sends rain both to the just and the unjust.
Father, I confess I fail here over and over again, but I thank you that your grace is there when I fall....I thank you that I can come boldly before your throne to obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. Thank you, Father, that Your Son intercedes with You on my behalf continually and that your mercy is from everlasting to everlasting upon those that fear You.
