Come on, honorable Senators of the Philippines, we know you are far better than this! We still believe that you all have the wisdom in you to reform the senate from being poorly productive due to being extremely politicized. The country needs leaders who are able to handle critical issues and tackle national concerns with genuine political maturity, professionalism, dedication, and effectiveness.
Please give the citizenry at least some concrete reasons to still follow and watch the important senate hearings and inquiries rather than causing them to snob and ignore senate hearings and inquiries because of your displayed political immaturity and unprofessional public demeanor in your session halls.
Wake up, our good senators! With your self-defeating conducts, where are you heading? Where are you leading us into? You have very important works to do. God has picked and called you for higher service, so don't be sidetracked by your weaknesses. Because He has called you, He has also equipped you with the inner strength and wisdom to overcome the frailties within each of you. Now it is time to use your inner strength and wisdom so that as one critical and an important institution of the nation, you will be able to carry out your mandated tasks despite [and in spite of] your individual weaknesses.
Our dear Senators, may God cause you to find your inner strength and wisdom.
Mga kababayan, let us pray for our leaders that they may awake to their godly sense; for the devil has blinded them and ensnared them with their weaknesses.
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Good Senators, may this words of the Spirit awaken your inner strength and wisdom:
Good sense and discretion make a man slow to anger, And it is his honor and glory to overlook a transgression or an offense [without seeking revenge and harboring resentment]. (Proverbs 9:11)
Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. Human anger does not produce the righteousness God desires. (James 1:19-20)
Please give the citizenry at least some concrete reasons to still follow and watch the important senate hearings and inquiries rather than causing them to snob and ignore senate hearings and inquiries because of your displayed political immaturity and unprofessional public demeanor in your session halls.
Wake up, our good senators! With your self-defeating conducts, where are you heading? Where are you leading us into? You have very important works to do. God has picked and called you for higher service, so don't be sidetracked by your weaknesses. Because He has called you, He has also equipped you with the inner strength and wisdom to overcome the frailties within each of you. Now it is time to use your inner strength and wisdom so that as one critical and an important institution of the nation, you will be able to carry out your mandated tasks despite [and in spite of] your individual weaknesses.
Our dear Senators, may God cause you to find your inner strength and wisdom.
Mga kababayan, let us pray for our leaders that they may awake to their godly sense; for the devil has blinded them and ensnared them with their weaknesses.
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Good Senators, may this words of the Spirit awaken your inner strength and wisdom:
Good sense and discretion make a man slow to anger, And it is his honor and glory to overlook a transgression or an offense [without seeking revenge and harboring resentment]. (Proverbs 9:11)
Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. Human anger does not produce the righteousness God desires. (James 1:19-20)
Do to others as you would like them to do to you. (Luke 6:31)
Don’t sin by letting anger control you. Think about it overnight and remain silent.
(Psalm 4:4)
And don’t sin by letting anger control you. Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry, for anger gives a foothold to the devil. (Ephesians 4:26-27)
(Psalm 4:4)
And don’t sin by letting anger control you. Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry, for anger gives a foothold to the devil. (Ephesians 4:26-27)
Stop being angry! Turn from your rage! Do not lose your temper – it only leads to harm. (Psalm 37:8)
But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. (Colossians 3:8, 12-13)
Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, and slander, as well as all types of evil behavior. Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you. (Ephesians 4:31-32)
Do not judge others, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn others, or it will all come back against you. Forgive others, and you will be forgiven. (Luke 6:37)
Love your enemies! Do good to them. Lend to them without expecting to be repaid. Then your reward from heaven will be very great, and you will truly be acting as children of the Most High, for he is kind to those who are unthankful and wicked. (Luke 6:35)
Never pay back evil with more evil. Do things in such a way that everyone can see you are honorable. Do all that you can to live in peace with everyone. Dear friends, never take revenge. Leave that to the righteous anger of God.
For the Scriptures say,
“I will take revenge;
I will pay them back,”
says the Lord.
Instead, If your enemies are hungry, feed them. If they are thirsty, give them something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals of shame on their heads. Don’t let evil conquer you, but conquer evil by doing good. (Romans 12:17-21)
For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him. Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.
(1 Thessalonians 5:9-11)
(1 Thessalonians 5:9-11)
