PRAYING FOR A CHANGED HEART

 

PRAYING FOR A CHANGED HEART=

FROM TRANSFORMATION-TO SURRENDER

I think ALL true Christians

PRAY for a changed heart

In today's world

PRAYS for a heart

That LIVES with God and his VIRTUES

Not living in this world

Dear Lord-we pray

For you to CHANGE US

From living in a world 

Of sin

SINS like the seven deadly sins:

Pride-greed-lust-envy-

Gluttony-Wrath-and sloth

INTO a person

LIVING with the FRUITS

Of the HOLY SPIRIT-like what 

Is in Galatians 5:22

Dear Lord-PLEASE CHANGE us into:

“LOVE-joy-peace-forbearance-KINDNESS-

Goodness-faithfulness-GENTLENESS-and

Self-control”

What a person we would be

IF we possessed ALL

Of these qualities

But transformation doesn't come

All at once

A CHANGED HEART

Comes in a series of small steps

“If you really

CHANGE your ways

And your actions

And deal with each other-JUSTLY

If you do NOT oppress

The foreigner 

The fatherless-or the widow

And do not shed

INNOCENT BLOOD in this place

….....”                                                                                      Jeremiah 7:5-8

CHANGE your ways

Be TRANSFORMED by God

Into a person and a creature

OF GOD'S

NOT belonging to this world

BECOME a creature

That is TURNED INTO LOVE 

Just like Jesus-himself

“Jesus said in reply

'You do not know

What you are asking-

CAN you drink the chalice

That I am going to drink?”                                                           Matthew 20:22

This was Jesus' RESPONSE

To the/a MOTHER'S REQUEST-

The mother of James and John

That they sit at his right-

And at his left hand-WAS

And they did drink

From the cup

After being CHANGED

Through total transformation 

According to Christ's and God's WILL

And YOU AND I

Will drink of the cup also

AFTER totally SURRENDERING our will

To God's

“I will give thanks

To you Lord 

With ALL my heart

I will tell

Of all your wonderful deeds”                                                        Psalm 9:1

“Let LOVE and FAITHFULNESS

Never leave you

BIND them around your neck

WRITE them

On the TABLET

Of your heart”                                                                Proverbs 3:3

Dear Lord-write your laws

OF LOVE-FORGIVENESS-and KINDNESS

On my heart

I SURRENDER ALL to you

CHANGE me into LOVE itself

Just as Jesus-YOUR SON-was

Dear Lord-

WE your APOSTLES and disciples of today

Are FULL of good thoughts

We pray to be TRANSFORMED

In small steps-into LOVE- 

Just like Jesus was

We give up our willpower

And PRAY for a changed heart

Into love 

Totally RELYING on your GRACE

O LORD 

Dear Lord-in your name

LET IT BE

Robert P. Wallman

2-23-16

INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Terri Mifek

11-20-21-2020 and 9-19-2022