Prayer to not Judge – Reflection on Matthew 7:1-5
Lord, You can make it possible for me to become more aware of my faults that need honest reflection and correction through an interior lens. I praise you for allowing me to see the truth about how easily I can judge or be hypocritical about others’ faults. I understand that this process will likely need to last until I pass on from this life. While it is painful to do so, I pray and desire that you continue to let me see and change the opposing and hidden natures of my judging. I know there are other changes I need, but I can tell that judging prevents me from loving. I will do my best to listen to Your whispers that will help me reduce this vice. Amen
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Matthew 7:1-5 – Scripture*
Judging Others
7 “Do not judge, so that you may not be judged. 2 For with the judgment you make you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. 3 Why do you see the speck in your neighbor’s eye, but do not notice the log in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your neighbor, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while the log is in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your neighbor’s eye.
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