{"id":1598,"date":"2014-11-17T10:30:28","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T15:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/?p=1598"},"modified":"2014-11-17T10:30:28","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T15:30:28","slug":"i-want-to-want-to-not-want-what-i-want","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/2014\/11\/i-want-to-want-to-not-want-what-i-want.html","title":{"rendered":"I Want to Want to Not Want What I Want"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>May he give us the desire to do his will in everything and to obey all the commands&#8230; And may these words that I have prayed in the presence of the Lord be before him constantly, day and night&#8230; 1 Kings 8:58,59<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Solomon was at one point in his life the wisest man that ever lived, and this Scripture was his prayer. Let&#8217;s make it ours today.<\/p>\n<p><em>My Father,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>My desires don&#8217;t always line up with your Word. Sometimes my flesh takes over and I want what I want when I want it. Please forgive me. Transform me. Give me a new heart. Give me the desire to do your will in everything I do, every moment of every day. Help me to recall your words, especially the commands that fit the situations and temptations I will inevitably face today. Grant me a willing heart to walk in your ways, for I know (many times I&#8217;ve learned the hard way), that your way \u2013 your way alone \u2013 is the path to a blessed life, a life of joy that has enough to give away to other hurting souls.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In Jesus&#8217; Name I ask this. Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart\u2019s desires. \u00a0Psalm 37:4 \u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May he give us the desire to do his will in everything and to obey all the commands&#8230; And may these words that I have prayed in the presence of the Lord be before him constantly, day and night&#8230; 1 Kings 8:58,59 Solomon was at one point in his life the wisest man that ever&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":478,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1742,348,123,117,319,523,225],"class_list":["post-1598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-jesus","tag-making-jesus-lord","tag-peace","tag-prayer-3","tag-protection","tag-truth","tag-wisdom"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>I Want to Want to Not Want What I Want<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/2014\/11\/i-want-to-want-to-not-want-what-i-want.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I Want to Want to Not Want What I Want\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"May he give us the desire to do his will in everything and to obey all the commands&#8230; 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