{"id":1175,"date":"2014-05-06T18:57:21","date_gmt":"2014-05-06T22:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/?p=1175"},"modified":"2014-05-06T18:57:21","modified_gmt":"2014-05-06T22:57:21","slug":"time-for-a-change-a-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/2014\/05\/time-for-a-change-a-prayer.html","title":{"rendered":"Time for a Change – A prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dallas Willard says, \u201cOver our churches\u2026there hangs a cloud of failure, driven home by statistical studies\u2026a lack of transforming power of Christians in our society.\u201d<\/p>\n

We Christians can tend to stay the same and when we stay the same, we don\u2019t stay the same; we entropy. The transformational power of the Spirit gives us the opportunity to truly change. I don\u2019t know about you, but I want the New Me – the Real Me, not the old, disgruntled, touchy whiny one that sulks, but the new one that dreams, laughs, and enjoys the constant Presence of God.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe saved us\u2026by the cleansing bath of the new birth (regeneration) and renewing of the Holy Spirit\u2026That we might be conformed to the Divine will in purpose, thought, and action.\u201d
\nTitus 3:5,7 Amplified<\/p>\n

Father God,<\/em><\/p>\n

Save me from myself, wash me in your cleaning bath, renew me through your Holy Spirit and conform me to your perfect and divine will for my life!<\/em><\/p>\n

In Jesus Name,<\/em><\/p>\n

Amen<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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