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Proverbs chapter 19 verse 11 good sense makes one slow to anger and it is his glory to overlook an offense. to

overlook an offense. That is a really good verse to meditate on and

to meditate on and apply in our lives.

Let's just take both parts. The first part, good sense makes one slow to anger.

Are you slow to anger? This is something we need to pray for in our lives that we would not be quick to anger.

Knowing this is who God is. The Lord, the Lord gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

This is how he reveals himself to Moses in Exodus chapter 34.

He is slow to anger and aren't we thankful that God is slow to

anger in his holiness and his holy hatred of sin that he's slow to anger he's patient with us so let us be patient with others let's

be slow to anger let's pray for that in our lives when we're so often quick to become angry.

So let's pray that we would be slow to anger and then the second part, it is his glory to over to when it is good sense to overlook an offense.

So someone offends us, someone does something to us,

and we immediately react and we want to address that, confront that person for what they have done.

And there are times when confrontation like that is absolutely needed.

Jesus talks in Matthew chapter 18

about when a brother sins against you,

go and tell him his fault.

So there are definitely times when the Bible says we should address

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