An honest prayer

God show me a way how to reach those who think they know you. It breaks my heart when they claim your name, but don’t know you. They quote scripture and they have a moral appearance, but where their hearts truly lie is exposed in their posture, words, and actions. They seek self-help advice instead of you. Their tongues are sharp as daggers. They love money. Some say they believe because they are financially prosperous. Break that nonsense away from them! They’re selfish to the core. They seek to control you through prayer and get what they want. I urge you to let me, someone else, or even some experience open their hearts to the truth of the gospel. God, my heart breaks for them. I feel like a jerk when I try to urge them to the true gospel because they think they know you. Strip all arrogance, pride, and superiority from me. Humble my heart. I want them to experience and be a part of this new creation and to live according to your plans and purposes for their lives. God, let them know that their self-righteousness is not sufficient. Let them find that we are only justified by faith through Jesus, who bore our sin upon the cross, allowing for us to obtain undeserved grace. Let these people die to themselves and live in the spirit. Amen.