Comments on: Day 5, Monday, Book of Faith – Lenten Journey http://www.zionlutheran-marinette.org/bible-study/day-5-monday-book-of-faith-lenten-journey Growing Disciples in Community Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:28:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Karen http://www.zionlutheran-marinette.org/bible-study/day-5-monday-book-of-faith-lenten-journey/comment-page-1#comment-447 Karen Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:19:00 +0000 http://www.zionlutheran-marinette.org/?p=680#comment-447 I never considered that I was asking God to act in a certain way when I prayed the Lord's Prayer but as I pray it right now I suppose I am. Interesting. It concerns me when I read: "Not everyone who say to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven". These words make me feel as though the onus is on us to 'do' rather than on God's grace. We are sinful beings and even though we try to do what God asks we don't always do it. Maybe we don't listen to his call, we've got other things to do, maybe we're fearful we'll fail or look foolish; there are countless reasons really. And just when we think we might be doing alright, at least for me, I start to question; did I hear you correctly, is it my ego that is causing me to do this (my need for recognition) or am I doing it for the right reasons. I pray my heart is in the right place. I never considered that I was asking God to act in a certain way when I prayed the Lord’s Prayer but as I pray it right now I suppose I am. Interesting. It concerns me when I read: “Not everyone who say to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven”. These words make me feel as though the onus is on us to ‘do’ rather than on God’s grace.
We are sinful beings and even though we try to do what God asks we don’t always do it. Maybe we don’t listen to his call, we’ve got other things to do, maybe we’re fearful we’ll fail or look foolish; there are countless reasons really. And just when we think we might be doing alright, at least for me, I start to question; did I hear you correctly, is it my ego that is causing me to do this (my need for recognition) or am I doing it for the right reasons. I pray my heart is in the right place.

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