Romans 12:31
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
O my Father, teach us how to overcome evil with Your good. We can bless those who speak against us (v. 14), we can empathize with those who both rejoice and mourn (v. 15), we can endeaver to live in harmony with others, and we can not turn away from those who are considered to be of low position (v.16). But this is just a list; help us to have Your mind, Father, to think Your thoughts, see others as You see them, and do the things they need, not ourselves. Not to justify ourselves, as You have already justified us by the blood of Jesus, but to live in our own lives the righteousness that You have placed in us in Christ.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
