{"id":2595,"date":"2015-12-08T13:44:03","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T18:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/?p=2595"},"modified":"2015-12-08T13:44:03","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T18:44:03","slug":"a-prayer-for-a-life-that-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/2015\/12\/a-prayer-for-a-life-that-works.html","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer For a Life That Works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>\u201cEven though I gave them all my laws, they act as if those laws don\u2019t apply to them.\u201d Hosea 8:12<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>\u201cDid God really say\u2026.?\u201d Genesis 3:1<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The first thing the sneaky serpent\u00a0Satan said to Eve was to place doubts in her heart as to God\u2019s instructions and whether or not they applied to her. Still today it\u2019s the same ol\u2019 rodeo. He asks us:<\/p>\n<p>Did God really say to tithe?<br \/>\nDid God really say to forgive?<br \/>\nDid God really say to avoid anger?<br \/>\nDid God really say to abstain from sex outside of marriage?<br \/>\nDid God really say to rest one day a week?<br \/>\nDid God really say to stay out of debt?<br \/>\nDid God really say to pray for your enemies?<br \/>\nDid God really say to rejoice when we don\u2019t feel like it?<br \/>\nDid God really say not to steal? Come on, it\u2019s only one song.<br \/>\nAnd on and on\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s pray that our hearts would be open to understand that compromise is never profitable. It is a sure way to lose our place in the garden, and life spirals downhill from there.<\/p>\n<p><em>Father,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Teach me please to take everything you say to heart. Help me to resist the enemy of my soul who would love to water down your words, to blind me to instructions that\u00a0inconvenience me, or to negate the benefits of your instructions. I want my life to work! I want to find my destiny in you! I desire great relationships, abundant supply of provision so I can give plenty away, a healthy body that thrives, and a heart that embraces all people. You have promised those blessings to those who follow your ways without compromise. Make me one of those folks! Please forgive me for picking and choosing which of your precepts I will follow. I choose to follow them all with Your help and grace.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Amen!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cEven though I gave them all my laws, they act as if those laws don\u2019t apply to them.\u201d Hosea 8:12 \u201cDid God really say\u2026.?\u201d Genesis 3:1 The first thing the sneaky serpent\u00a0Satan said to Eve was to place doubts in her heart as to God\u2019s instructions and whether or not they applied to her. Still&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":478,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,15,7,4,25,3],"tags":[1526,274,86,1525,1527,876],"class_list":["post-2595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible","category-bible-prayer","category-daily-prayer","category-god","category-jesus","category-prayer","tag-compromise","tag-depression","tag-forgiveness","tag-loving-your-enemies","tag-obedience-to-gods-word","tag-rejoice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Prayer For a Life That Works<\/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\/2015\/12\/a-prayer-for-a-life-that-works.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Prayer For a Life That Works\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cEven though I gave them all my laws, they act as if those laws don\u2019t apply to them.\u201d Hosea 8:12 \u201cDid God really say\u2026.?\u201d Genesis 3:1 The first thing the sneaky serpent\u00a0Satan said to Eve was to place doubts in her heart as to God\u2019s instructions and whether or not they applied to her. 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