{"id":1284,"date":"2014-06-04T12:49:23","date_gmt":"2014-06-04T16:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/?p=1284"},"modified":"2014-06-04T12:49:29","modified_gmt":"2014-06-04T16:49:29","slug":"a-prayer-god-can-turn-my-failures-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/2014\/06\/a-prayer-god-can-turn-my-failures-around.html","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer &#8211; God Can Turn My Failures Around"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>&#8220;And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.&#8221; Romans 8:28 \u00a0NLT<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We also know that the evil one causes everything to work together for our demise, destruction, and death. But even when evil seems to be winning, the Greater One can even make our failures become our best successes. How? Because His power is limitless. Why? Because His love is limitless. Let&#8217;s give Him our failures, fears, and frustrations and let Him play with them! He plays fair and He always wins!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>My Father,<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>You know even better than I do how I&#8217;ve messed up so many areas of my life with my poor judgement, stupid choices, and downright disobedience. But still, even while I&#8217;m a sinner, you love me. Thank you for your promise in Romans 8:28. Please put it to work in my life. I&#8217;ll do my part: \u00a0I will love You first and foremost! And I will prove it by obeying your command. Your command is to love You and love others. Boom. I&#8217;m on it.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Amen<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.&#8221; Romans 8:28 \u00a0NLT We also know that the evil one causes everything to work together for our demise, destruction, and death. 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