Free Prayer Sunday - When Someone Baits Me

There are always people who, purposely or accidentally, seem to say the right thing to rile me.  They seem to know what buttons to push. And I always seem to grab the bait. Knowing this, I try to remember to say this prayer the first chance I get, before I fall into their trap.

I'm marching through my self-published Busy Person's Prayer Book, front to back. This prayer is from the category, Hurting Others. Earlier, I posted prayers from the Work category (about jobs, layoffs, etc.) and prayers from the Helping Others (homeless, terminally ill, etc.) category.

When Someone Baits Me

There’s someone who I know

Who baits me time and time again

Please help me to resist that bait

To have faith in you, and not give in.

Please do not pass it around without giving credit to the author (me) and where it was published - a line like this will do:   by Evelyn Mayfield, in the Busy Person's Prayer Book. The book is available for download for less than $4.

I'll be posting the prayers in the next category, My Faults, starting next week. This category will include the following prayers:

To Avoid Temptation

To Change Eating Habits

Waiting for Appointments

Patience in Traffic

Shrugging Off Insults/Gossip

The Urge to Gossip

Worrying About My Appearance

Too Many Chores

Craving Appreciation

To End Procrastination

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