SO DOES SHE REALLY NEED TO PRAY?

If someone thinks he/she needs to pray, I'd say, yes, she needs to pray. Is she guilty of anything? Probably. Does she have sin on her hands? Absolutely.

And that's just the thing that keeps some people from God. They cannot or will not admit their sin. "I'm as good as the next guy."

"I don't cheat on my wife."

"I don't drink or smoke."

"I go to church every Sunday."

"I try to treat people like I want to be treated."

"I don't swear."

Etc., etc., etc. And you know what? It doesn't matter. We're all sinners and we all need God. We all need Jesus Christ in our lives to save us from our sins. When He was nailed to the cross, He took our sins with Him. All our sins--past, present, and future. Yes, we still sin even after we have accepted Jesus as our Lord and Savior. But it doesn't dominate us. We don't feel good about our sins. We don't want to sin. But like the little girl in prayer, we were born sinners because of Adam and Eve. Only Jesus can take that sin away.

The process goes like this: We sin. We repent. Repent means not only asking for forgiveness, but a desire and effort to change our ways. We're forgiven. It repeats itself. It's not easy. But it's freedom from that sin being in control of our lives, free from sin getting a strong foothold. And we owe that freedom to Jesus, the perfect sacrificial atonement for our sin.