PROPHETIC INTERCESSORY PRAYER 05.11.2016 "BEING SWIFT TO HEAR IS THE CURE TO BEING QUICK TO ANGER"

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James 1:19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

To be slow to anger is not an option but a divine command. In order to be slow to anger, one must be swift to hear as Scriptures declare. 

What is it to be swift to hear ? It is to be a patient, skillful, attentive and disciplined listener not a quick speaker.

From the scripture above, we learn that the swifter you hear, the slower you will speak and the slower you will be inclined to anger.

What does it mean ? It means that quick angered people are essentially poor listener people. 

What does it take to be swift to hear? Here are 4 biblical tips :

     

          1st tip : Hear patiently. In other words, hear and be patient until your interlocutor finishes speaking

     Job 32:4 Elihu waited as they spoke to Job because they were older than he was. 

Job 32:11 I waited for you to speak. I listened for you to share your understanding until you could find the right words.

PRAYER 1

My God and my Father, I know I cannot by myself to wait until the speaker finishes speaking. I am impatient. I come before you today with humility and I pray you to forgive me my impatience. By your Spirit, you grant me the grace to master myself and to be a patient listener IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST. 

2 Timothy 2:24 And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all [men], apt to teach, patient,

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2nd tip: Hear with simplicity. In other words, hear with an open-heart not with predefined conclusion.

Proverbs 18:13 Whoever gives an answer before he listens is stupid and shameful. 

PRAYER 2

My God my Father, anytime I hear others, I have my own conclusions already set up. I always hear from my own-built box. I understand today why I get confused and ashamed. I humbly come before you and I pray that by your Spirit you help me to hear with an open-mind and with simplicity IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.

John 4:9 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. 

Acts 16:14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard [us]: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul. 

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  3rd tip: Hear actively. In other words, Hear without assuming anything but asking questions to ensure you got what the person is saying.

Proverbs 13:20 Whoever walks with wise people will be wise, but whoever associates with fools will suffer.

Mark 4:10 When he was alone with his followers and the twelve apostles, they asked him about the stories. 

Luke 2:46 It came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.

PRAYER 3

My God and my Father, I pray that you baptize me with your wisdom from above thereby causing me to be an attentive and constructive hearer IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.

James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all [men] liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

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    4th tip: Hear wisely and sensitively. In other words, if the interlocutor gets worked up or angered in the communication process, don't pursue it, leave off contention until a more favorable time when the weapons are off of his hands.

Proverbs 17:14 Starting a quarrel is like opening a floodgate, so stop before the argument gets out of control.

  

PRAYER 4

My God and my Father, I pray today for your grace to never be quarrelsome. By your spirit, keep me from being hot-tempered, querulous and argumentative. Use me as a vessel of peace and blessing IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.

 Proverbs 17:19 He loveth transgression that loveth strife: [and] he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction. Proverbs 29:22 An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

AMEN AMEN AMEN AMEN AMEN AMEN AMEN