Another very wise thing to remember regarding prayer - some years ago life was going tough. Not the worst I have ever experienced, by far, but not easy. Had a landlord sneaking in every time I left, all kinds of things and situations and people.

A dear Christian friend with an online ministry and I corresponded almost daily about everything and anything. I shared with her what was going on, that things were just not working well and I was troubled.

She suggested I ask God to change me. Not change the situation, not change the people, change ME. Of course you know my first thoughts - I'm not the problem - this one is doing this and that one is doing the other thing, and so on. I gave this a lot of thought, because I have great respect for this sister in Christ, and took her very seriously.

Okay, I decided, let's do that. So I began to ask God to change me. I meant it most sincerely. If anything in me is displeasing to You, Lord, if I am approaching things from the wrong heading, please, change me.

Do you know, once He began to do that, I fell in love with the results!! To this day I ask Him regularly to change me, because His changes are amazing. Things I did not know to ask to be changed, He changed and I cherish the results.

I would offer this suggestion to anyone here who is troubled. I don't know your situations, of course, but if something is going hard with you - the neighbors are a pain, your church doesn't do as you think it should, the boss or workmates are difficult, ask God to change you.

If you choose to do this, and see results, I'd love for you to share it, whether in the thread or in pm. I hope you find the journey as exciting as I have and do. I
t's hard to believe some of these changes - LOL - makes me so happy - now I want Him to change me faster and faster! More, Lord, more! You'll be a new person in Christ in ways you'd never have thought.