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James 3.18 And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

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Amen.

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Amen.

So it is with my friend.

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Patience is better than power and controlling one's emotions than capturing a city.

Proverbs 16.32 Losing control of our emotions at its heart is about a lack of power.

I know that seems like a bold statement to start a devotion, but I wanted to get right to the point.

Before I had children, I didn't realize I had a problem controlling my emotions.

I knew I liked being in control, but my situations pre-children never caused me to lose control of myself.

I look back now with the perspective of almost 20 years and I can see hints here and there, but I really didn't know I had something sinister lurking in my heart until the right set of circumstances made it spill out.

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But I received mercy for this reason, so that in me, the worst of them, Christ Jesus might demonstrate His extraordinary patience as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life.

1 Timothy 1.16 When I was 22 years old, I took my first full-time job in ministry.

I don't remember my exact job title, but I was basically the coordinator of counseling services at a local crisis pregnancy center in Stanton, Virginia.

I split my time between encouraging, praying for and training the lay counselors who served women in crisis pregnancy there and at the satellite office in Waynesboro.

The part of my job I loved the most was praying with the volunteers before their shift started.

I can't tell you how much I learned about prayer during those times, both in praying for the women who were on the front lines of service and receiving their prayers as they covered me in the year leading up to my marriage.

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This is Brooke McLaughlin, your host, and today I'm going to share a prayer for when you need peace based on James 3.17, which says, But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.

Today's prayer and devotion are exerted from my newest devotional prayer journal, Everyday Prayers for Peace.

You can pick up a copy wherever books are sold.

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As he and his wife prayed about which job to take, they both felt at peace about both jobs.

After a quick word from our sponsors, we'll pray together for our families.

Proverbs 15, 21-22 Folly is a joy to him who lacks sense, but a man of understanding walks straight ahead.

Without counsel, plans fail, but with many advisors they succeed.

As my boys have gotten older, I've spent a lot of time talking to them about the kind of men they want to be when they grow up.

I was blessed to be surrounded by good men as a young girl.

Men who loved their families hard, served others faithfully, and stood for something greater than themselves.

Men who sacrificed so their families could have the best and taught their children to work hard and protect what they believed in.

What's an example where you did not do it well, and what does that look like?

When our boys were very young, as I mentioned, they're very aggressive.

They're very physical.

And so they would often get into fights, physical fights.

I mean, we had a situation one time where my youngest son was banging my oldest son's head up against the wall.

And like, this is what happens in our home, right? So I took that very personally and other things like it.

So I went to a birthday party for my husband's great aunt.

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