Prayer Changes Things

I’ve been reading this book, “The Battle Plan for Prayer” for a while. I just read a little each day but I have really been trying to focus on every word and apply it to my life because I think this is so important. Prayer changes things and it has completely changed my life and my family. No one can convince me otherwise.

Part of a prayer at the end of this chapter I’m reading says, “Pour love, joy, and peace through me and toward others”.

This is something I’ve been praying for this week. My goals aren’t to try and sell Beachbody products. My goals are to share my experience with others and help women see their potential and to realize that when we get God involved, ALL things are possible and your world will be flipped right side up (I say right side up because prior to me realizing this my world was already upside down).

This author prayed this prayer after reading Galatians 5:22, talking about the fruits of the Spirit.

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control”.

I love this because it is so similar to what I was reading a month ago in 2 Peter 1:3-11.

“His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires. For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But whoever does not have them is near sighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins. Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things you will never stumble”.

Wouldn’t it be great if when you had conversations with people they felt the love, joy and peace of Jesus? And wouldn’t it be great to feel effective and productive? And wouldn’t it be great to have confirmed your calling and KNOW that what you are doing with your life in this moment is what you were meant to do? And wouldn’t it be great to not fail or stumble while doing that thing?

Here’s your GPS. Jesus is the answer. Prayer changes things you thought couldn’t be changed.