Joyful Moments in Christ

A Prayer for the Ability to Reflect God’s Goodness

A Prayer for the Ability to Reflect God’s Goodness

A Prayer

Dear Heavenly Father,

You are perfectly good, and your goodness is evident in all that you have created and done. Your word tells us that every good and perfect gift comes from you, and that your goodness is constant and unchanging. You are good in your justice, your mercy, and your love. You call us to reflect your goodness in our lives.

I confess that I often fail to reflect your goodness. In particular, sometimes I get so angry with other Christians who don’t share my opinions. My actions can be self-serving, my thoughts can be unkind, and my words can fall short of bringing glory to you. I am tempted by the things of this world and too often allow them to overshadow your goodness in my life. Please forgive me for these shortcomings and help me to walk in your ways.

Thank you for the countless ways you have shown your goodness to me. Thank you for your provision, your guidance, and your grace that sustains me daily. Most of all, I thank you for the gift of salvation through Jesus Christ, the ultimate expression of your goodness and love for us.

Lord, I ask you to help me grow in the ability to reflect your goodness. Teach me to act with integrity, to seek justice, and to show mercy in all that I do. Let my words, actions, and attitudes be a testament to your goodness, pointing others to you. Fill me with your Spirit so that your goodness overflows in my life and touches the lives of those around me.

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

Respond

Please pray a prayer about the ability to reflect God’s goodness.

If you aren’t sure where to begin, you can use the ACTS method: Adoration, Confession, Thankfulness, and Supplication:

  • Adoration: Praise God. Does this topic bring any specific characteristics of God to mind?
  • Confession: Tell God that you are sorry for specific sins. Does this topic bring any specific sins to mind?
  • Thankfulness: Show gratitude towards God. Does anything from this topic inspire gratitude?
  • Supplication: Make requests for yourself and for others. Does anything from this topic inspire a prayer?

If helpful, you can use a prayer journal template.

A Prayer for the Ability to Reflect God’s Goodness
Galatians 5:22-23 (ESV): "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."
James 1:17 (ESV): Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
Psalm 145:9 (ESV): The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.
Galatians 6:9 (ESV): And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
Micah 6:8 (ESV): He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

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