{"id":5385,"date":"2013-12-14T20:36:50","date_gmt":"2013-12-15T02:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=5385"},"modified":"2013-12-14T20:36:50","modified_gmt":"2013-12-15T02:36:50","slug":"a-prayer-for-victory-over-circumstances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2013\/a-prayer-for-victory-over-circumstances.html","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer for Victory over Circumstances"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Oh divine Spirit, let me find my strength in You.<\/strong> &nbsp;I need You, that I may be strong everywhere. &nbsp;I long to be independent of all circumstances, alike of the cloud and of the sunshine. &nbsp;I want a power to save me from sinking in despondency, and to rescue me from soaring in pride.<\/p>\n<p>I want both a pillar of fire and a pillar of cloud; a refuge from the night of adversity, and a shield from the day of prosperity. &nbsp;I can find them in You.<\/p>\n<p>You have proved Your power both over the night and over the day. &nbsp;Come into my heart, and Your power shall be my power. &nbsp;I shall be victorious over all circumstances, at home in all scenes, restful in all fortunes.&nbsp; I shall have power to tread upon scorpions, and they shall do me no hurt; the world shall be mine when your Spirit is in me.<\/p>\n<p>Amen.<\/p>\n<p><i>George Matheson<\/i><br \/><font size=\"-2\">(Author of <a href=\"http:\/\/wordwisehymns.com\/2011\/10\/10\/o-love-that-wilt-not-let-me-go\/\">O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go<\/a>)<br \/>(Language slightly modernized)<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh divine Spirit, let me find my strength in You. &nbsp;I need You, that I may be strong everywhere. &nbsp;I long to be independent of all circumstances, alike of the cloud and of the sunshine. &nbsp;I want a power to save me from sinking in despondency, and to rescue me from soaring in pride. 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