{"id":10600,"date":"2020-12-26T18:49:46","date_gmt":"2020-12-26T17:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/?page_id=10600"},"modified":"2020-12-26T18:49:46","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T17:49:46","slug":"theme-for-september-2020-threshold","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/theme-for-september-2020-threshold\/","title":{"rendered":"Theme for September 2020: Threshold"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type='text\/css' media='all'>#rt-tpg-container-1476128084 .rt-holder .rt-woo-info .price{color:#0367bf;}body .rt-tpg-container .rt-tpg-isotope-buttons .selected,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1476128084 .layout12 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1476128084 .isotope8 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1476128084 .carousel8 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1476128084 .layout13 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1476128084 .isotope9 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1476128084.rt-tpg-container .layout4 .rt-holder .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-modal-1476128084 .md-content,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-modal-1476128084 .md-content > .rt-md-content-holder .rt-md-content,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-popup-wrap-1476128084.rt-popup-wrap .rt-popup-navigation-wrap,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1476128084 .carousel9 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info{background-color:#0367bf;}#rt-tpg-container-1476128084 .layout5 .rt-holder .overlay, #rt-tpg-container-1476128084 .isotope2 .rt-holder .overlay, #rt-tpg-container-1476128084 .carousel2 .rt-holder .overlay,#rt-tpg-container-1476128084 .layout15 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-1476128084 .isotope11 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-1476128084 .carousel11 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-1476128084 .layout16 .rt-holder h3,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1476128084 .isotope12 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-1476128084 .carousel12 .rt-holder h3 {background-color:rgba(3,103,191,0.8);}#rt-tpg-container-1476128084 .read-more a{border-radius:px;}#rt-tpg-container-1476128084 .rt-img-holder img.rt-img-responsive,#rt-tpg-container-1476128084 .rt-img-holder,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1476128084 .rt-post-overlay .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1476128084 .post-sm .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1476128084 .rt-post-grid .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1476128084 .post-img img {border-radius:px;}<\/style><div class='rt-container-fluid rt-tpg-container tpg-shortcode-main-wrapper ' id='rt-tpg-container-1476128084'   data-layout='layout1' data-grid-style='even' data-desktop-col='2'  data-tab-col='2'  data-mobile-col='1' data-sc-id='10599'><div data-title='Loading ...' class='rt-row rt-content-loader   layout1 tpg-even '><div class=\"rt-col-md-6 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12 even-grid-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"10196\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"10196\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2020\/09\/26\/open-the-door-open-the-window\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rt-img-responsive \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/wildevuur_window.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Open the door, open the window\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class='rt-detail'><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"10196\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2020\/09\/26\/open-the-door-open-the-window\/\">Open the door, open the window<\/a><\/h2><div class='tpg-excerpt'>&nbsp; Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me. &nbsp; ~ Jesus, &nbsp;from Revelation 3:20 &nbsp; A prayer O God, You who are always doing a new thing, we confess that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2020\/09\/26\/open-the-door-open-the-window\/\">Continue reading \"Open the door, open the window\"<\/a>...<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rt-col-md-6 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12 even-grid-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"10187\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"10187\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2020\/09\/16\/crossing-the-threshold\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rt-img-responsive \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/stolpersteine_rotterdam.jpg?resize=800%2C402&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"402\" alt=\"Crossing the threshold\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class='rt-detail'><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"10187\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2020\/09\/16\/crossing-the-threshold\/\">Crossing the threshold<\/a><\/h2><div class='tpg-excerpt'>Stolpersteine &#8211; in memory of a Jewish family who used to live here &nbsp; Meditation Many times today I will cross over a threshold. I hope I will catch a few of those times. I need to remember that my life is, in fact, a continuous series of thresholds: from one moment to the next, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2020\/09\/16\/crossing-the-threshold\/\">Continue reading \"Crossing the threshold\"<\/a>...<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rt-col-md-6 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12 even-grid-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"10163\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"10163\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2020\/09\/10\/on-the-threshold-of-tomorrow\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rt-img-responsive \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/is_it_happening.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"On the threshold of tomorrow\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class='rt-detail'><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"10163\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2020\/09\/10\/on-the-threshold-of-tomorrow\/\">On the threshold of tomorrow<\/a><\/h2><div class='tpg-excerpt'>Spotted on a wall near my local supermarket. What can this mean? &nbsp;(Photo: Irene Bom) &nbsp; I first posted this blessing by Joyce Rupp in a post entitled Looking forward looking back in the last days of 2018, on the threshold of a new year. Rereading the words today, I think they are well worth &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2020\/09\/10\/on-the-threshold-of-tomorrow\/\">Continue reading \"On the threshold of tomorrow\"<\/a>...<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rt-col-md-6 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12 even-grid-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"10119\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"10119\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2020\/09\/03\/3-prayers-for-courage\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rt-img-responsive \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/erasmus_quote_rotterdam_centraal.png?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"3 Prayers for courage\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class='rt-detail'><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"10119\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2020\/09\/03\/3-prayers-for-courage\/\">3 Prayers for courage<\/a><\/h2><div class='tpg-excerpt'>Space separates our bodies, but not our minds | Rotterdam Centraal &nbsp;(Photo: Irene Bom) &nbsp; Another post in the 3 Prayer series, to introduce our theme for September: THRESHOLD. &nbsp; #1 O God, you know we are often filled with fear and foreboding. 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