A Prayer Accepting the Simple Faith

Saint Augustine said the Bible is so deep that a scholar could never touch the bottom, but so simple that a child can wade in and never drown.” The Bible can speak to many complicated issues, but it’s simple and can be lived out by anyone. This prayer crafted from Galatians 5:2-12 accepts the simple gospel, and rejects the complications that many people make of it. Don’t be overwhelmed by attempting to have an answer for everything except the simple Jesus today. If this prayer ministered to you, then share it with a friend on your social media page.

Prayer

Jesus, there will always be people that seek to add more works to what You’ve already done. They’ll always say there’s something else that needs to be accomplished before we become truly righteous, but they’re liars. They complicate the simple faith. They drag us into bondage. Faith in You and love expressed is all that matters. Simple Christian living is wonderful and joyful. Injecting the law that You’ve freed me from into the systems destroys the joy, beauty and freedom of it all. I will live worry free before You, because You paved a way for me through the cross. I am righteous (Romans 3:22). I ask this in Your name, amen.

Galatians 5:2-12

Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all. Again I declare to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law. You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. For through the Spirit we eagerly await by faith the righteousness for which we hope. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love. You were running a good race. Who cut in on you to keep you from obeying the truth? That kind of persuasion does not come from the one who calls you. “A little yeast works through the whole batch of dough.” I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is throwing you into confusion, whoever that may be, will have to pay the penalty. Brothers and sisters, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished. As for those agitators, I wish they would go the whole way and emasculate themselves!

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