Joshua 13:1-14:15Luke 18:1-17
Psalm 85:1-13
Proverbs 13:7-8
Luke 18- 10"Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. 12I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.' 13"But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.'
What prayer do I pray? Am I the one telling God how great I am, or am I the one asking for his salvation? It seems that too often, Christians find themselves praying the first prayer over the second. Fact is, we aren't so good. If we discover ourselves praying the first prayer, maybe we don't know as much about the Gospel and God as we think.
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