A member of our church read this to us Sunday night and our Pastor took the opportunity to talk to us about it. I immediately felt convicted as I found myself in it. It shined a light on some areas of my own life that I need to deal with and get right in.
Lord, is it I ...
who has stopped fellowshipping with other believers?
who has become full of pride and self-righteousness?
who no longer possesses a geniune overcoming testimony?
who serves you with only a portion of my heart?
who has lost control of my temper?
who has gone astray from conviction?
who has allowed my prayer life to become little more than a ritural or a habit at dinner time?
who has tried to make people believe something about me that You know really isn't true?
who has failed to spend time reading and studying Your precious Word?
who has become a spectator rather than a participant in prayer and worship?
who has become embarrassed to stand up or speak up for You?
who has held a grudge or unforgiveness?
who has gone places I shouldn't have gone or watched things I shouldn't have watched and said things I shouldn't have said?
who makes excuses for the laziness in my efforts to live godly?
who has developed attitudes of apathy and complacency and has become unresponsive to Your voice in my life?
who has failed to honor You in my finances by withholding my tithes and offerings?
who spends little or no private time in Your presence?
who hides unconfessed or unforsaken sins in my heart?
who finds it easier to judge and criticize than to uplift a fellow believer?
who lacks a geniune burden for the lost?
who has become secretly in love with this world's system and it's pleasures?
who talks about revival but refuses to meet the personal conditions for revival?
who would rather have my ears tickled than to hear the truth about my spiritual condition?
I do not know who the author is, but I wanted to share it. I don't think they will mind. :)
This is the first time I have read your blog, and after this post I gotta say, first of all, "OUCH!" and then quite excellent. I would like to see more posts like this online.
Thanks!