An Open Letter to God

Dear God,
Okay, I know we should be praying in our closets, but I really felt it was important to write this out to you so that others may read it as well. You know the recent trend to write an open letter to somebody famous for all the world to read, well I thought I would write one to you. I know you won't respond in the 'traditional' sense that we would expect from mere mortals, but I know you will give an answer to those who seek you.
I feel like, as people you have entrusted to fulfil the Great Commission as quoted from Matthew 28:18-20, we have failed you completely. In fact, church numbers are dwindling. Many are closing their doors. Young people are leaving their faith behind in unprecedented percentages! We are losing your sheep to the wolves by the thousands, if not millions.
Other churches look more like businesses serving customers with slogans and marketing campaigns offering everything the 'customer' needs to be kept happy. We have lost our first love. We have loved the world and become very much like the world so that it's difficult to tell who is a Christian anymore. We have become lukewarm. We have been preaching a gospel that really is no gospel at all!
Father, forgive us. For we know not what we are doing. In our failure to make true disciples we have needlessly crucified Christ multiple times over. We have grieved your Spirit on several occasions. We have stretched your patience beyond what Israel's sins had done before their exile. We have adulterated ourselves before gods of money, greed, selfish ambition, sexual perversions, pride etc. You know how great and plentiful our sins have become. They have been a stench to you for decades, centuries, and even more than a millennium.
How great is your patience with us? How long can you stand to watch us fall for Satan's traps? How long do we have to wait until your second coming? How long until you rescue us from this downward spiral? How long will you persist with the sinful nature of those who have called upon your name?
Father, forgive us. Rescue us from the pit of our own despair. Help us to see that we are destroying ourselves from the inside out. Help us to see sin as the vileness you know it to be. Help us to get to that point of disgust with ourselves before falling for Satan's temptations. May your Spirit overtake our natural desires. Dwell in us, so that we may once again be in the likeness of your image. Help us to be how you once created us to be.
Father, I know we have failed to be united as your Son prayed for us to be in John 17. We've failed to bear with one another in our weaknesses. We've failed to love one another and look beyond our quarrelling of words. We've splintered your church into countless factions that no longer function as the body of Christ. We've crippled your kingdom. We've neglected your true word and accepted our traditions above your truths. We have accepted the yeast of the Pharisees, and have become the great hypocrites. We've become the blind guides, leading the blind into pits of despair. We tried putting your new wine in old wineskins and they have burst.
God, help us! Does your mercy extend so far as to rescue those who have carelessly offered your sheep to the wolves? Will the millstone be tied round our necks for the false doctrines we have mistakenly repeated from generation to generation? God, I know we will be held accountable for every word, especially those of us who have exalted ourselves as teachers of your word, but have, again, failed. Father, forgive us. Our false doctrines are many. We favoured division over the unity of love. We favoured sacrifice over mercy. We favoured the rich over the poor. How we have failed you greatly. What grief have we caused you? What sorrow and gnashing of teeth do we face? Is there any sacrifice left for our continued obstinate immaturity?
If no student is greater than his master, why have we become disciples of false teachers? Why have we been content to compare ourselves to each other and dared to think of ourselves as somehow holier than them over there. Why didn't we hold ourselves up to the standard of Christ? Why did we disregard 'Be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect'? Father, forgive us for not taking your word seriously.
God, we have not given up everything to follow you. In fact, even now we reserve things for ourselves in this life, because we do not trust in you. Forgive our lack of faith. We have not taken into consideration the cost of Discipleship. We are more like the seed sown on rocks or among thorns. We wouldn't last through trials or persecution and the distractions of this world have left us immature.
God, I am embarrassed to say, that we lack the desire to be with you. We choose to fill our short days on this earth chasing after frivolous endeavours and pleasures. The deeds which you have set aside for us to do, remain undone and your name is not glorified by those who see us unchanged.
Teach us to be disciples, once again. Fill us with your compassion to do good deeds. Fill our lips with long neglected praise. Let us once again learn what it means to hunger and thirst after righteousness. Help us to see the blessings in your statutes. Teach us to love others as you have loved us.
God, I hope your mercy and grace is far reaching. If I make it as one of the least in heaven or as one barely escaping the flames, I will still praise your name eternally. You are a just God, and you know our hearts. Purify us. Give us clean hearts and help us to maintain them. Allow your Spirit to overflow in us.

Sincerely,
a sinner