Gentleness

Father, You send me out like a sheep among wolves so I am to be wise as a serpent and harmless as a dove. I am careful not to break a battered person or put out a smoldering wick that was once on fire for You. I go out with a gentle and quite spirit which is precious in Your sight. I speak and act as one who will be judged under the law of liberty, so my words are filled with grace and seasoned with salt remembering that I was once disobedient, deceived and enslaved to the lusts of this world. I obey your command to speak to the rock and not beat it so that living water may flow out to all those who are thirsty. I am gentle with those who oppose the truth as a mother nurses her child in hopes that You will give them repentance leading them to the knowledge of the truth who is Jesus Christ, the Savior of our souls. In the name of Jesus who causes me to lie down in green pastures and leads me to still waters.