Prayer is our means of talking to God; as a healthy part of our walk with Him, we need to “settle accounts” with God. We do so by praying specifically for areas of life in which we have been lacking; by lifting up specific areas of sin, we can truly repent and grow stronger in/closer to God.

“Settling Accounts with God”

Sometimes, I act without thinking about
How the end story of my life will turn out.
I get focused on things that, all in all, matter not
In God’s plan for me. Yet every single thought
And act that I do is recorded in a book
That one day will be revealed for all to take a look
And see how I lived my life and what I lived it for.
My very being will be revealed-my innermost core.
I will be judged according to all that I did;
Nothing at all from my life will be hid.
Then, God will make the final decision, and my life’s works will be tried;
They will pass through fire, and will be either refined or fried.
If my life was lived for God, then the works in my life story
That the world viewed as insignificant will be refined in God’s glory.
But if I lived my life for myself, even if I am covered by Jesus’ blood,
Then all I worked for will be destroyed, like the world before the Flood.
I will still enter Heaven, but I will not receive the full glory
Of having God as the center and foundation of my life story.
I pray, Lord Jesus, that from this day on,
I would not use the time given me in a manner wanton,
But instead live every day in a manner that pleases You,
So that my life would be made pure, through and through.