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Yesterday night, I received a sms from my friend, "Pray for me.  I am very angry".  We can identify with this situation.  A mother is angry when the child messes up the whole place as she is reclining after a hard day work.  We get angry when our colleagues misunderstood us or when things are not going smoothly.



This morning, I read a book which I bought yesterday "What to say when people need help" by Selwyn Hughes.  My friend is angry.  According to this writer, wrong thoughts or angry thoughts in themselves are not sin.  "We can't stop the birds flying over our heads" said a theologian but wrong thoughts only become sin when the mind fondles them, nurtures them and continues to hold on to them.

The best way to handle wrong thoughts or angry thoughts is to lift them up to God in praise.  It sound unscriptural but as I pressed on, I began to understand.  If we push the wrong thoughts into our subconscious mind and try to bury them there, these thoughts are not buried dead - they are buried alive and they continue to work in the subconscious in different ways. 

In Psalm 61:2, "...when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I".  The psalmist also struggled in his life.  At time, his heart is overwhelmed but instead of ignoring his problem or bury them, he learn to praise God and direct his heart to God. 

I am encouraged that wrong thoughts when brought before God can serve to deepen our fellowship and communion with the Lord.  The enemy will soon give up for his tactic does not work anymore.  Praise the Lord!

Dear Lord, we pray for our fellow brothers and sisters who are still struggling and troubled by wrong thoughts.  Pray that they will find that the key to resolve this issue is by coming to you.  It is not burying them or ignoring them.  Each time when there is wrong thought or angry thought, direct our hearts to you and lead us to the rock that is higher than us.  In Jesus' name I pray.  Amen.
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