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Or search YouTube for ‘What is the Sinners Prayer?
How to Pray a Salvation Prayer from GodQuestions.org
“He also told this parable to some people who trusted in
themselves and were confident that they were righteous, posing outwardly as upright
and in right standing with God, and who viewed others with contempt.
“’Two men went up into the temple enclosure to pray, one
a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
The Pharisee stood ostentatiously and began praying to himself in a
self-righteous way, saying: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the rest of men
– swindlers, unjust, dishonest, adulterers, or even like this tax
collector. I fast twice a week; I pay
tithes of all that I get.’
“But the tax collector, standing at a distance, would not
even raise his eyes toward heaven, but was striking his chest in humility and
repentance, saying, ‘God, be merciful and gracious to me, the especially wicked
sinner that I am!’
“’I tell you, this man went to his home justified,
forgiven of the guilt of sin and placed in right standing with God rather than
the other man; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who
humbles himself, forsaking self-righteous pride will be exalted.’” Luke
18:10-14
Until a person accepts Jesus Christ as their Saviour, “There
is only one prayer that God will hear from the sinner, and that is, ‘God be
merciful to me a sinner.’ When someone
utters that prayer in sincerity, God takes their sin away and they belong to
Him …The unsaved cannot pray except for forgiveness and salvation.[1]”
Shakespeare said it well when he wrote a line for the
troubled Hamlet: ‘My prayers fly up [to heaven go], my thoughts remain below,’ revealing
his own knowledge that his prayer is invalid and consists of words but no true
feelings of remorse.
Lots of people pray.
They pray with lots of words to lots of ‘gods’ in the hope that there is
someone up there listening. Yet, until
the reality of God’s magnificent sacrifice means something personal in your
heart, the prayers are meaningless.
Take care with love, especially His, Darlene (who still
prays for you each day)
PS: Find my
statement of faith: https://especiallyhislove.blogspot.com
(where you will also find a series of beginner Bible studies to
share). You can easily find the WeakDay Devotion online by doing a Google
search for ‘WeakDay Devotion’. (Also,
there is an android ‘Google
Blogger’ app you can download to read them on your phone. Not sure about Apple.)
NEW PRAYER REQUESTS (any updates?)
[1]
© 1958, Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago, God’s Word Made Plain, by Mrs. Paul Friederichsen, p. 161.
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