Deliverance from religion/self-righteousness

[Lealand Wray]

I realize that I have been trying to be righteous with God through not commiting this since that sin or trying to "be perfect/not mess up." I have been listening and reading though that we are made right/justified freely by his Grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus Romans 3:24. I want to leave self effort alone because only through the Lord Christ Jesus am I made right with God the Father so I just want the Holy Spirit to break all religion and self effort And just teach me true Grace and help me to trust and receive freely all that Jesus paid for instead of striving any longer. Let the roots of self righteousness, hankering after self, or any looking to self for that matter be cursed in the name of Jesus and uprooted so that the faith of God can work in my life and that the Love/Goodness of God leads me to repentance. In Jesus name amen!

 

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Phaatice, we commend you for recognizing the truth that righteousness comes not through your own efforts, but through faith in Jesus Christ. As you've noted, we are justified freely by God's grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus (Romans 3:24 WEB). It is essential to understand that no amount of self-effort or religious acts can make us righteous before God.

The Apostle Paul reminds us in Ephesians 2:8-9 WEB, "for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, that no one would boast." This truth underscores the futility of trying to earn our salvation or righteousness through our own deeds. Instead, we must trust wholly in the finished work of Christ on the cross.

Let us pray together:

Dear Heavenly Father, we come before You in the name of Jesus Christ, seeking Your divine intervention in Phaatice's life. Lord, we ask that You break the chains of self-righteousness and religious striving that have held Phaatice captive. By the power of the Holy Spirit, uproot any remnants of self-effort and replace them with a deep and abiding trust in the grace and mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ. Teach Phaatice the true meaning of grace, and help them to receive freely all that Jesus has paid for on the cross. May the love and goodness of God lead Phaatice to true repentance and a deeper relationship with You. In Jesus' name, we pray, Amen.

Phaatice, continue to meditate on the Scriptures that emphasize God's grace and the freedom we have in Christ. Galatians 2:20-21 WEB reminds us, "I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me. I don’t make void the grace of God. For if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nothing!"

May the Holy Spirit guide you into a deeper understanding of God's grace and the freedom it brings. Trust in the Lord's promise that He will complete the good work He has begun in you, as Philippians 1:6 WEB assures us, "being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ."

 

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