A Prayer For Accountability

A prayer for Accountability

When I need a push to deepen my relationship with God

Lord,

There are some things I don’t really want to ask you for. Even though they will be good for me, I know they will also be hard. This is one of those things. If you answer this prayer, I know my life will be more difficult at first, but ultimately it will be so much more satisfying. Lord, could you please send someone to me who will force me to open up the dark corners of my life I’d prefer to keep hidden? May it be someone I can trust with these secrets of the heart. I know that if I want to draw closer to you, I am going to need someone to challenge me, to hold me accountable for those thoughts and actions that drive a wedge between me and you. I need that person to be firm but loving, to care more about change in my heart than simply my behavior. To be unaccountable means I freely go wherever my desires lead. My sinful nature wants that, but my new nature in Christ knows that will lead to consequences I don’t want to bear. I’d rather do the hard work now of dealing with my sinful desires, than do the messy work later of cleaning up after my sinful acts. I understand it won’t always be comfortable, but it’s necessary. Lord, please do what’s needed and bring the right person into my life.

You will always harvest what you plant. Galatians 6:7