{"id":2629,"date":"2015-12-30T13:44:45","date_gmt":"2015-12-30T18:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/?p=2629"},"modified":"2015-12-30T13:44:45","modified_gmt":"2015-12-30T18:44:45","slug":"a-prayer-for-the-old-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/2015\/12\/a-prayer-for-the-old-year.html","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer for the Old Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: center\"><i><\/i><strong><span class=\"s1\"><i>You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self. (Ephesians 4:22)<\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span class=\"s1\"><i>Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him. (Colossians 3:10)<\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Lord,<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>As I put 2015 to rest once and for all, please use this opportunity to point out areas in my life that need to die. When I am under stress all my old vices seem to rear their ugly heads. So this year, may I put off the old and put on the new! I want to wear love consistently\u00a0in 2016, loving my family as I love you, loving my friends as I love myself, loving my enemies like I am loved and forgiven by you. <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>I take off my old self, its bent toward selfishness, anger, envy, and angst, and I put on my new self, the nature You gave me when I was born again. I lean into your Holy Spirit to be filled daily and to grow in the Fruit of the Spirit throughout this New Year.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Out with my old self! In with my new!<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Amen!<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self. (Ephesians 4:22) Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him. 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