Prayers for anger and forgiveness
I can't stop being angry
For releasing resentment and choosing peace.
Also for angry · can't control my temper · rage · short fuse · irritable
A prayer
Original writing, not a quotation of Scripture.
Lord, this anger keeps flaring up faster than I can catch it, and I don’t like who I become when it takes over. I want to be quick to listen and slow to speak, but lately I’ve been neither. Help me pause before I react.
Show me what’s really underneath this anger, hurt, fear, exhaustion, so I can bring that to you instead of unloading it on people who don’t deserve it. Grow patience in me where there is none right now. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Bible verses for anger and forgiveness
“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath, and don’t give place to the devil.
So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger; for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God.
A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.
He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.
Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don’t fret; it leads only to evildoing.