Applying and praying Romans 2:1-4

Romans 2:1-4 states the following:

Some of you accuse others of doing wrong. But there is no excuse for what you do. When you judge others you condemn yourselves, because you are guilty of the same thing. Do you really think God won't punish you when you behave exactly like the people you accuse? You surely don't think much of God's wonderful goodness or His patience and willingness to put up with you. Don't you know the reson God is good to you is because he wants you to turn to him?

I have judged others and compared myself as righteous compared to them. So I am condemned because I do the same thing. Please save me from the punishment I deserve. Open my eyes to Your wonderful goodness and patience and I thank you God for putting up with me so that I can turn to you. Yesterday, I did not work as I should have or prepared myself for the meetings. I got a $65 fine owing to not getting a ticket in a car park owing to being in a rush to get to that meeting. I deserve the punishment of that and should pay that off.

My whole focus was on V yesterday and experiencing the hurt and pain of yet another rejection. Was I 'stubborn, refusing to turn to God'as my refuge and shelter? I took pills to cope because of the fear of the pain. Can I not seek God deeply and find the healing of His Holy Spirit, through Jesus' sacrifice.

Dear Lord,

Help me to 'not make things worse for myself so that on that day He will show me how angry He is and will judge the world, including me with fairness. I confess my sins and humbly request God to please forgive me. If there is any good that I have done, and that is not a lot, please 'reward me for what I have done'. Give me eternal life and also give me the capability to be 'patient and do what is good in the hope of recieving glory, honour and life that lasts forever'.Perhaps I don't deserve glory, I can't see how I can have that, with my broken-ness and lack of faith and sin.

Perhaps You God will 'show him how angry and furious You can be with 'myself as a selfish person who rejects the truth and wants to do evil'. I deserve to be punished with 'trouble and suffering' owing to 'my wickedness'. But from now on, dear God, I pray that you will me to do right and be rewarded with glory, honour and peace, me as a gentile. Remind me of these words today, so that when I have a choice or a pathway of choosing between wickedness, that I will be willing always to turn to God as my refuge and shelter. Heal me of the deep hurt and pain I carry within myself, perhaps as a result of the 'River of evil' that is within me and infuences me and my choices. Help me not to be selfish and that I will accept the truth and refuse to do evil. Give me the hope that comes from a deep understanding and love for you, that someday all this trouble and suffering will end and know that I will receive glory, honour and life that lasts forever. Help me not to judge others and in turn become condemned myself. I pray all this in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen

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