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I feel like a hypocrite!
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My dear brothers and sisters,
I was reflecting over the verse where Jesus left His prayer for us in Matthew 6:9 – 13: "This, then, is how you should pray: "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.” Why do I then, find it so difficult to live out what I say in this prayer? What I mean is the part where I say, “your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven” I find myself very often, choosing to go against the will of our heavenly Father. How? Well I believe that one of the many things God wants me to do is to love my neighbour. But I find that this is something so difficult to do. Maybe I’m confused, but I often pass critical remarks about others, harbour negative thoughts about people I don’t like or don’t agree with (does this count? i.e. do negative thoughts count as being unloving?) I also have a tendency to say harsh things to others, especially in arguments where I think I am right, or that they don’t understand/see my point. I sometimes use the excuse that “I’m only human”, so I can be ‘unloving’ once in a while. But that doesn’t seem good enough a reason. By the way, the people whom I hurt are both Christians and non-believers (are they my ‘neighbours’ too?) Our Father loves me so much, that I know. But why is it I am such an ungrateful child? Why do I disappoint Him over and over again? I know that His love is infinite and He will forgive me if I go back to Him, but why am I like this? This forum is a gathering place for so many of you good Christians, so I was hoping that someone here could share with me how you deal with such things. Thank you.
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