{"id":2422,"date":"2012-01-19T01:23:33","date_gmt":"2012-01-19T06:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/simplelife\/?p=2422"},"modified":"2012-01-20T10:39:14","modified_gmt":"2012-01-20T15:39:14","slug":"changing-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/simplelife\/2012\/01\/changing-the-world.html","title":{"rendered":"Changing the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The theme for\u00a0soulblindministry<\/a>\u00a0is “I’m just a simple guy simply trying to change the world.” \u00a0I haven’t followed Daniel Lyons’ blog long enough to know whether his thoughts are right or wrong; but I really admire and love his goal–to change the world.<\/p>\n

I was married to a man for 49 years who deeply believed that the Lord had placed him on earth to change the world. \u00a0He believed that one day he would be able to invent a machine that would defy gravity and release the secret of energy. \u00a0Living with him, I came to share his vision.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Changing the world is what Jesus came to do. \u00a0Changing the world is the mission that Jesus left with his disciples. \u00a0Think about it twelve. \u00a0They were unschooled working men turned the world right side up. \u00a0For more than 2000 years the dynamic effect Jesus has left on people have been a passion for change and a desire to help the people of the world release themselves into a supernatural energy force that will propel our planet into “peace on earth, goodwill to men.”<\/p>\n

Not matter where I go today, I pray that my life will be an example of God’s peace and the goodwill that demonstrates that the world can change as God comes to live in our hearts and minds through the sacrifice of Jesus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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