I like to think that I’m funny. And I really like it when my wife laughs at my jokes. Tonight a couple of my comments at home took a sarcastic, mocking turn for the worse. Although it was in private, and I’m confident no one else will ever hear the words I spoke, I’m still convicted that it was sinful for two reasons. First, because what I say comes from the overflow of my heart. Thus I must be holding evil in my heart at some level to ridicule the person as I did. Also because this person is a child of God. If I overheard someone making fun of one of my children, I would definitely be upset. How angry God must be at me for making fun of His child!
Heavenly Father, please forgive me. I am wicked and deceitful. Please forgive me for saying ridiculing things towards one of your children tonight. Please enable me by the power of Your Spirit to overcome the temptation to speak evil. Please clean me from the inside out. In Jesus name, amen.