Holy God, Master of Justice and Mercy,
Make me mindful of the danger of delaying obedience to you. I don't want to just skip around the edge of obedience. I want to be smack in the middle of it, at all times.
You are wonderfully forgiving and merciful. Even so, you allow consequences when I tarry among my own impure desires, daydreaming of disobedience. Merely entertaining, or prolonging the thoughts that go against The Way is perilous. Indulging my selfishness has a price too painful to pay!
Help me! Rescue me from my fallen nature. I will not cling to it at the cost of losing you. Open my eyes to the risk. Warn me before I fall! And don't let me be deaf to your warning! Send messages everywhere I look while I'm awake, and in every dream while I sleep. Please don't let me avoid hearing your cry.
Reveal anything that offends you, or that will cause a detour in my path. With your help, I will climb higher. That's my goal, one step after another, closer to you. AMEN.
So God abandoned them to do whatever shameful things their hearts desired. As a result, they did vile and degrading things...
Romans 1:24
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