{"id":280,"date":"2013-02-24T15:18:44","date_gmt":"2013-02-24T15:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davewillis\/?p=280"},"modified":"2013-02-24T15:18:44","modified_gmt":"2013-02-24T15:18:44","slug":"a-prayer-for-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davewillis\/a-prayer-for-today\/","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer for Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>LORD, I\u2019ve got to admit, I\u2019ve already wasted a big chunk of Today because I\u2019ve been thinking about yesterday and worried about tomorrow. I know you want me to embrace the fullness of the Present, but my own fear, stubbornness, doubt and regret all get in the way. Forgive me. Please let this prayer be my prayer Today and everyday from now on.<\/p>\n<p><em>Father, in Jesus\u2019 Name I\u2019m asking you to change the world through me Today. Please cancel all of my own plans and replace them with Your Plans. I know your plans are better even when I don\u2019t fully understand them. Please interrupt my routine with people who need to be encouraged and helped and give me the Grace and Wisdom to help them. Please clear my mind of my many past regrets and future plans, I know that you\u2019ve already paid the price for my past and paved the path to my future. \u00a0Today and everyday, my life is in your hands. Please forgive me of my pride, doubt and selfishness and give me the strength to be free from every form of sin. I know that all sin starts in my mind, so renew my mind with your Truth and guide my thoughts and my actions. Please help me to see the world through your eyes, Today. Help me to see people and love people the way that you do. Let me live Today with the focus and resolve I would have if I knew it was my last day on Earth. Use me as a living instrument of your Grace and Love. Today is a day that you have made, and I will rejoice and be glad in it. Thank you for the countless Blessings in my life. Today, please help me to choose an Attitude of Gratitude. I love you, LORD. Thanks so much for loving me and for reminding me with every Sunrise, that you are a God of New Beginnings, Second Chances and Beautiful Grace.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LORD, I\u2019ve got to admit, I\u2019ve already wasted a big chunk of Today because I\u2019ve been thinking about yesterday and worried about tomorrow. I know you want me to embrace the fullness of the Present, but my own fear, stubbornness, doubt and regret all get in the way. Forgive me. 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