Romans 3:11-12 (NLT)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo one is truly wise; no one is seeking God\u2026No one does good,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
not a single one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are a few inevitable unchangeable facts that I must come to terms with and one of them is that, in and of myself, I am not good. The biggest lie we tell ourselves is that we are not that bad and that we are somehow good. This forgery has left us empty and broken and limping through life, because we have not clung to Him who is able to truly make us good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why must I seek God? Because only God is good and only God can make a man good. Doing good is the product of being good, and I cannot be good without God. It is absolute foolishness to start your day and live your life, without the ever desperate need for God. \u201cBadness\u201d is the result of a life that is unwise and lives without clinging to God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI am a needy soul, a broken vessel, an unprofitable servant. The only good that ever can come through me must originate from You my Lord. You are my greatest need and my deepest desire. Do not forsake me Lord. Please. Amen.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Romans 3:11-12 (NLT) \u201cNo one is truly wise; no one is seeking God\u2026No one does good, not a single one.\u201d There are a few inevitable unchangeable facts that I must come to terms with and one of them is that, in and of myself, I am not good. The biggest lie we tell ourselves is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-reflections-from-romans"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Reflections-from-Romans.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2784"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2786,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2784\/revisions\/2786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}