Last week I wrote on the subject of CHANGE and some of the indicators that exist to let us know that we must make some changes. So what do you do when you know a change needs to be made in your life? Great question. One of the steps I have regularly taken in my life when I know a change is needing to be made is to pray. I know it sounds simple, but it is harder than you think.
Here is a window into my prayer life recently when I knew a change needed to be made. I prayed in my journal:
“Oh Lord, I come before you heavy in heart and mind. My spirit seems so willing, but my flesh so weak. I ask you forgive me of the sins of my flesh and the sins of the my life - both conscious and non-conscious. It appears to me that the conscious being more heavy than the non. Commitment has been relegated to convenience - forgive us I pray. Purge my inmost being I pray with the convicting and comforting presence of the Holy Spirit. Please forgive me for the pride of my life - haughtiness rather than humbleness. I want an immediate fix, but your grace oh Lord HAS to be sufficient for my great weakness. I find it hard right now to delight in my weaknesses so that your power might rest upon me. Help me oh God to be surrendered and humbled to Your will. Please allow Your power to purge my inmost being of everything that is repulsive to You oh Lord. Please guide my desires and my steps oh Lord. It is You that I love and that I long for in Jesus name. Please lead me to the quiet waters and restore my soul oh Lord I pray. My trust is in Your grace in Jesus name. Amen.”
Here is the real deal: Many times we know what changes we need to make, but simply lack the desire and discipline to change. So take the challenge, pour out your heart to the Lord through prayer. Like me, you will find that He will fill you with the desire and the discipline to change!
Loving and Leading,
Jeff Powell
