Last week as I was preaching thru Luke (again) we came across the prayer of a blind beggar (Luke 18.39) that said, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
It reminded me of a prayer that Jesus said a tax collector prayed back in chapter 17…”God, have mercy on me a sinner!”

It got me thinking… the only prayer we really should ever pray is, “God have mercy! I’m a sinner!” I mean, when you think about it, we can never earn anything from God. We do not deserve anything good from God. At the end of the day, our righteousness is like “filthy rags.”

So, as we enter into a new year…a new decade…let’s remind ourselves that we really aren’t all that great! We are sinners! And let’s learn to pray with an attitude of humility and desperation.

When we pray, may we pray…….”God, have mercy on me!”