{"id":12452,"date":"2022-01-05T19:18:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T18:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/?page_id=12452"},"modified":"2022-01-05T19:18:58","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T18:18:58","slug":"theme-for-december-2021-longing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/theme-for-december-2021-longing\/","title":{"rendered":"Theme for December 2021: Longing"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type='text\/css' media='all'>#rt-tpg-container-4065546254 .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-4065546254 .layout12 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-4065546254 .isotope8 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-4065546254 .carousel8 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-4065546254 .layout13 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-4065546254 .isotope9 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-4065546254.rt-tpg-container .layout4 .rt-holder .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-modal-4065546254 .md-content,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-modal-4065546254 .md-content > .rt-md-content-holder .rt-md-content,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-popup-wrap-4065546254.rt-popup-wrap .rt-popup-navigation-wrap,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-4065546254 .carousel9 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info{background-color:#0367bf;}#rt-tpg-container-4065546254 .layout5 .rt-holder .overlay, #rt-tpg-container-4065546254 .isotope2 .rt-holder .overlay, #rt-tpg-container-4065546254 .carousel2 .rt-holder .overlay,#rt-tpg-container-4065546254 .layout15 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-4065546254 .isotope11 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-4065546254 .carousel11 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-4065546254 .layout16 .rt-holder h3,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-4065546254 .isotope12 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-4065546254 .carousel12 .rt-holder h3 {background-color:rgba(3,103,191,0.8);}#rt-tpg-container-4065546254 .read-more a{border-radius:px;}#rt-tpg-container-4065546254 .rt-img-holder img.rt-img-responsive,#rt-tpg-container-4065546254 .rt-img-holder,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-4065546254 .rt-post-overlay .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-4065546254 .post-sm .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-4065546254 .rt-post-grid .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-4065546254 .post-img img {border-radius:px;}<\/style><div class='rt-container-fluid rt-tpg-container tpg-shortcode-main-wrapper ' id='rt-tpg-container-4065546254'   data-layout='layout1' data-grid-style='even' data-desktop-col='2'  data-tab-col='2'  data-mobile-col='1' data-sc-id='12447'><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=\"12348\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"12348\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2021\/12\/06\/longing-for-his-appearing\/\"><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\/2021\/12\/autumn_leaf_droplets.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Longing for his appearing\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rt-detail\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"12348\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2021\/12\/06\/longing-for-his-appearing\/\">Longing for his appearing<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">&nbsp; This past Sunday I got to preach on the topic of &#8220;Longing&#8221; as part of our Advent series, Waiting, longing, hoping and praying for the Day of the Lord. May God increase your longing for Jesus&#8217; return as we move through Advent and on to another Covid-coloured Christmas. According to Paul, there is a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2021\/12\/06\/longing-for-his-appearing\/\">Continue reading \"Longing for his appearing\"<\/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=\"12370\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"12370\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2021\/12\/12\/all-my-longings\/\"><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\/2021\/12\/downtown_metal_bench_in_the_rain.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"All my longings\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rt-detail\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"12370\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2021\/12\/12\/all-my-longings\/\">All my longings<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">&nbsp; All my longings lie open before you, Lord: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;my sighing is not hidden from you. Psalm 38:9 &nbsp; A prayer My God, I pray that I may so know you and love you that I may rejoice in you. And if I may not do so fully in this life, let me go steadily &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2021\/12\/12\/all-my-longings\/\">Continue reading \"All my longings\"<\/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=\"12389\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"12389\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2021\/12\/21\/fulfil-fill-my-longing\/\"><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\/2021\/12\/threes_company.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Fulfil \/ Fill my longing\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rt-detail\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"12389\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2021\/12\/21\/fulfil-fill-my-longing\/\">Fulfil \/ Fill my longing<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">Three&#8217;s company &nbsp;(Photo: Irene Bom) &nbsp; As a songwriter, it&#8217;s such a privilege to write songs inspired by our shared faith in Jesus. And it&#8217;s such a joy to share my songs in my local church and beyond, also on this platform. For a few seasons now I have taken part in the 12-song challenge &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2021\/12\/21\/fulfil-fill-my-longing\/\">Continue reading \"Fulfil \/ Fill my longing\"<\/a>...<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12452","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Theme for December 2021: Longing - Prayer matters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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