{"id":27655,"date":"2015-09-13T00:20:33","date_gmt":"2015-09-13T04:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=27655"},"modified":"2015-09-12T15:59:02","modified_gmt":"2015-09-12T19:59:02","slug":"27655","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/09\/13\/27655\/","title":{"rendered":"Change My Heart, o God"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SeekingHimLogo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13840\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SeekingHimLogo.jpg\" alt=\"SeekingHimLogo\" width=\"560\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SeekingHimLogo.jpg 560w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SeekingHimLogo-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"text Ps-139-19\" style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #008080;\">O that You would kill the wicked, O God;<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"text Ps-139-19\" style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #008080;\">Go away from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"text Ps-139-20\" style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #008080;\">For they speak against You wickedly,<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"text Ps-139-20\" style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #008080;\">Your enemies take Your name in vain.<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"text Ps-139-21\" style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #008080;\">Do I not hate those who hate You, O\u00a0<span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span>?<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"text Ps-139-21\" style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #008080;\">And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"text Ps-139-22\" style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #008080;\">I hate them with perfect\u00a0and utmost hatred;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #008080;\"><span class=\"text Ps-139-22\">They have become my enemies.<br \/>\n<\/span>Psalms 139:19-22<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CEtsHWFE6-w?list=PLvGECZGnF5wl3WJ9gx0qDxGFvBEttPEGG\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif;\">Change my heart, oh God\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif;\">Make it ever true<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif;\">Change my heart, oh God\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif;\">May I be like You<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif;\">You are the Potter<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif;\">I am the clay<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif;\">Mold me and make me\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif;\">This is what I pray<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>{friends, this week the verses from Psalm 139 that our devotionals will focus on are not the prettiest&#8230;not the most praise-filled&#8230;not any thoughts to emulate. \u00a0these thoughts of the psalmist are a response, a reaction to things happening in his life&#8230;and his outraged cries to his God. \u00a0what a gracious God that He allowed him to speak from the depths of his heart&#8230;and that He allowed us to read and &#8216;hear&#8217; these words. \u00a0we, too, at times respond like this to evil and persecution. \u00a0But we know that Jesus taught that LOVE is the response&#8230;and to NOT hate our enemies. \u00a0as such, like the psalmist, we need to change our thinking, our responses. \u00a0we need God to help us to change our heart. \u00a0This song is a great tool to do so. \u00a0I pray for you (please pray for me, too!) that we will seek God asking Him to change us, to mold us, to help us to be like Him.}<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>O that You would kill the wicked, O God; Go away from me, therefore, men of bloodshed. 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