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.<\/p>\n
\u201cSettling Accounts with God\u201d<\/p>\n
Sometimes, I act without thinking about
\nHow the end story of my life will turn out.
\nI get focused on things that, all in all, matter not
\nIn God\u2019s plan for me. Yet every single thought
\nAnd act that I do is recorded in a book
\nThat one day will be revealed for all to take a look
\nAnd see how I lived my life and what I lived it for.
\nMy very being will be revealed-my innermost core.
\nI will be judged according to all that I did;
\nNothing at all from my life will be hid.
\nThen, God will make the final decision, and my life\u2019s works will be tried;
\nThey will pass through fire, and will be either refined or fried.
\nIf my life was lived for God, then the works in my life story
\nThat the world viewed as insignificant will be refined in God\u2019s glory.
\nBut if I lived my life for myself, even if I am covered by Jesus\u2019 blood,
\nThen all I worked for will be destroyed, like the world before the Flood.
\nI will still enter Heaven, but I will not receive the full glory
\nOf having God as the center and foundation of my life story.
\nI pray, Lord Jesus, that from this day on,
\nI would not use the time given me in a manner wanton,
\nBut instead live every day in a manner that pleases You,
\nSo that my life would be made pure, through and through.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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 … Continue reading College Poem #11<\/span>