{"id":1174,"date":"2008-12-15T15:33:38","date_gmt":"2008-12-15T20:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/?p=1174"},"modified":"2008-12-15T15:38:02","modified_gmt":"2008-12-15T20:38:02","slug":"ya-gotta-take-some-steps-for-change-to-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/ya-gotta-take-some-steps-for-change-to-happen\/","title":{"rendered":"Ya gotta take some steps for change to happen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Scripture: James 4:8 <\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Observation:<\/strong> If you want God in your life, go to him and change your ways.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Application:<\/strong> You can&#8217;t expect God to make all the effort and make all the change. If you want to be transformed, you can&#8217;t expect it to happen without effort from you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer:<\/strong> Lord, I have been unmotivated and lazy lately. I have wanted a burst of energy, yet have done little to actually make it happen. Thank you for this reminder that if I want a change, I need to make the effort. If I want to see you move in my life, or in lives around me, I need to get even closer to you. And if I want my body to have energy again, I need to take the right steps and take care of it. Please guide me in growing closer and taking better care of myself: body and soul. Thank you for sharing your wisdom with me and giving me your word.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/momflower.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-207\" title=\"momflower\" src=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/momflower.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scripture: James 4:8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Observation: If you want God in your life, go to him and change your ways. Application: You can&#8217;t expect God to make all the effort and make all the change. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-soap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1174"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1178,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1174\/revisions\/1178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}