{"id":2980,"date":"2016-06-09T09:19:59","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T13:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/?p=2980"},"modified":"2016-06-09T09:19:59","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T13:19:59","slug":"a-prayer-to-believe-gods-promises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/2016\/06\/a-prayer-to-believe-gods-promises.html","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer to Believe God&#8217;s Promises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>You are blessed because you believed that the Lord would do what He said. (Luke 1:45)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Father,<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I believe. Help me in my unbelief. I not only desire but desperately need the blessings that accompany the faithful of heart, those who trust in your promises without doubting, sons and daughters who know who they are because they know to whom they belong. Thank you that I belong to You. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Amen<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You are blessed because you believed that the Lord would do what He said. (Luke 1:45) Father, I believe. Help me in my unbelief. 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