The "I'm not good enough" Falsity

This little thought is going to be Part One of a two part series haha. This thought came into mind during small group this past Sunday. We are doing a study about prayer and the importance of Worship-based prayer!! (which is my favorite). This 'brand' of prayer is one that a lot of Christian's or even just people in general have little experience with. The concept of prayer and what prayer is comes at a young age. All of the Bible stories and Christian literature have people praying depicted as head bowed, hands folded, eyes shut etc. These 'restrictions' are really placed on small children so that they have less distractions while praying in a group of very distracted children. Also, another thought is that the purpose of prayer is to talk to God (which it is) but to talk to Him about our struggles and issues and what we need help with day to day (which it also is) BUT the heart of our prayers need to be giving God the praise that He deserves!

Well, there are books and books written about this so I am not going to continue with that but what was brought up in small group is that some times we feel like we are 'to bad' to come to God in prayer. That we are ashamed of what we have done and that we are just not worthy of that personal interaction with the MOST HIGH GOD.

Well, in a way that is true. When we sin (which I do on a daily basis) we separate ourselves for God. That instantly makes us not worthy of having the relationship that our soul longs for with Him.

BUT......WE CAN STILL COME TO HIS PRESENCE! Jesus died to cover ALL of our sins! That means that we can still pray to God, even when we are sinners. When we tell ourselves (or when Satan tells us) that we are not worthy or are 'to evil' to pray to God we are also implying that Jesus' death on the cross was not enough. That His death was in vein and that we still have to cover our own butts for the sin we have committed (which is absolutely not the case. JESUS IS ENOUGH FOR ALL OUR SINS).

So, next time THAT is your excuse for why you have not worshiped or prayed....THINK AGAIN!