{"id":3015,"date":"2016-06-30T08:42:50","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T12:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/?p=3015"},"modified":"2016-06-30T08:42:50","modified_gmt":"2016-06-30T12:42:50","slug":"prayer-sinners-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/2016\/06\/prayer-sinners-like.html","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer for Sinners Like Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>\u201cI have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners and need to repent.\u201d (Luke 5:32)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Jesus hung around folks that weren\u2019t church-goers. He associated with broken people, people who were considered \u201csinners\u201d by the religious elite. I was once among that religious lot until the hand of the Lord got ahold of me (Jill) and showed me my self-righteousness and pride. I was easily offended, holier than thou, and generally a religious snob. But praise God, He set me free! And now, in my brokenness, I qualify to be the kind of person Jesus feels comfortable with!<\/p>\n<p>Once I became self-aware of my sinfulness, I struggled with condemnation. But after applying Romans 8:1 to my heart over and over, I can now rejoice that, as a redeemed sinner, I gave Jesus a really good reason to come to earth! I grieve\u00a0for the\u00a0suffering I caused Him, but He found me worthwhile enough to take it on. Let\u2019s pray that we would be the very people Jesus would love to talk with, walk with, share with, eat with, go to weddings with, pray with, simply hang out with&#8230; and die for.<\/p>\n<p><em>Father,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Please root out all religious snobbery from\u00a0my soul. Help me to understand myself, to be aware of my attitudes that aren\u2019t in line with your Word and the essence of Love, and please set me free from all self-righteousness so that I can be of use in Your Kingdom and in this world.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In Jesus\u2019 Name, Amen<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. (Romans 8:1)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners and need to repent.\u201d (Luke 5:32) Jesus hung around folks that weren\u2019t church-goers. He associated with broken people, people who were considered \u201csinners\u201d by the religious elite. 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