{"id":2162,"date":"2015-05-29T14:05:26","date_gmt":"2015-05-29T18:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/?p=2162"},"modified":"2015-05-29T14:05:26","modified_gmt":"2015-05-29T18:05:26","slug":"a-prayer-to-see-from-gods-pov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/2015\/05\/a-prayer-to-see-from-gods-pov.html","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer to See From God&#8217;s POV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong> So we don\u2019t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever. (2 Corinthians 4:18)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>I have seen you in your sanctuary and gazed upon your power and glory. (Psalm 63:2)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">It&#8217;s so easy to look at the problem and not the solution. It&#8217;s terribly easy to hyperfocus\u00a0on the trial, whether real or imaginary. What&#8217;s not so easy is\u00a0to rely on our faith and reject what\u00a0our senses tell us instead of viewing\u00a0our issues through God&#8217;s point of view\u00a0\u2013 through His great love, mighty power, and promises that never fail. Let&#8217;s pray to get our eyesight fixed. Fixed on Him&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><em>Father,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><em>I choose\u00a0to fix my eyes on You, my Great Deliverer. Forgive me for fixating on\u00a0the problems that intimidate me. Your perspective is Real; I see only through the tiniest knothole. So, I chose to turn my gaze\u00a0from the problem that troubles my soul to the Solution. I choose to look into your Word, find the promise that sustains me, and meditate on it until Your Truth becomes a part of my very being. Transform my mind, my heart, my soul, and fix my gaze on You. Then I will walk by faith and not by sight.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><em>In Jesus&#8217; Name Amen<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So we don\u2019t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever. 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