{"id":14981,"date":"2024-02-01T22:37:18","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T21:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/?page_id=14981"},"modified":"2024-02-01T22:37:18","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T21:37:18","slug":"theme-for-july-2023-bloom","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/theme-for-july-2023-bloom\/","title":{"rendered":"Theme for July 2023: Bloom"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type='text\/css' media='all'>#rt-tpg-container-3643302820 .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-3643302820 .layout12 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-3643302820 .isotope8 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-3643302820 .carousel8 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-3643302820 .layout13 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-3643302820 .isotope9 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-3643302820.rt-tpg-container .layout4 .rt-holder .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-modal-3643302820 .md-content,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-modal-3643302820 .md-content > .rt-md-content-holder .rt-md-content,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-popup-wrap-3643302820.rt-popup-wrap .rt-popup-navigation-wrap,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-3643302820 .carousel9 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info{background-color:#0367bf;}#rt-tpg-container-3643302820 .layout5 .rt-holder .overlay, #rt-tpg-container-3643302820 .isotope2 .rt-holder .overlay, #rt-tpg-container-3643302820 .carousel2 .rt-holder .overlay,#rt-tpg-container-3643302820 .layout15 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-3643302820 .isotope11 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-3643302820 .carousel11 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-3643302820 .layout16 .rt-holder h3,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-3643302820 .isotope12 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-3643302820 .carousel12 .rt-holder h3 {background-color:rgba(3,103,191,0.8);}#rt-tpg-container-3643302820 .read-more a{border-radius:px;}#rt-tpg-container-3643302820 .rt-img-holder img.rt-img-responsive,#rt-tpg-container-3643302820 .rt-img-holder,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-3643302820 .rt-post-overlay .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-3643302820 .post-sm .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-3643302820 .rt-post-grid .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-3643302820 .post-img img {border-radius:px;}<\/style><div class='rt-container-fluid rt-tpg-container tpg-shortcode-main-wrapper ' id='rt-tpg-container-3643302820'   data-layout='layout1' data-grid-style='even' data-desktop-col='2'  data-tab-col='2'  data-mobile-col='1' data-sc-id='14972'><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=\"14250\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"14250\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2023\/07\/11\/blossom-and-flourish\/\"><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\/2023\/07\/dandelion_car_park.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Blossom and flourish\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class='rt-detail'><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"14250\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2023\/07\/11\/blossom-and-flourish\/\">Blossom and flourish<\/a><\/h3><div class='tpg-excerpt'>Call to Worship inspired by Psalm 42:1-2, Psalm 63:1-2, Isaiah 55:1-5, John 4:13-15, John 7:37-39, Rev 21:6 &nbsp; We\u2019ve come to worship God, who makes streams flow from rock, who turns the parched earth into springs of water, who sends the rain from heaven and makes the wilderness blossom and flourish. As the deer thirsts &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2023\/07\/11\/blossom-and-flourish\/\">Continue reading \"Blossom and flourish\"<\/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=\"14275\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"14275\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2023\/07\/14\/bloom-where-youre-planted\/\"><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\/2023\/07\/roses_on_water_side.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Bloom where you&#8217;re planted\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class='rt-detail'><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"14275\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2023\/07\/14\/bloom-where-youre-planted\/\">Bloom where you&#8217;re planted<\/a><\/h3><div class='tpg-excerpt'>&#8220;There are times to bloom where we are planted, and times for us to be transplanted so we can bloom even better elsewhere. Just follow the Lord where he leads.&#8221; (Danielle Bernock, from an article on www.christianity.com) &nbsp; Benediction inspired by Colossians 2:6-7 Just like you receive Christ Jesus the Lord, so go on living &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2023\/07\/14\/bloom-where-youre-planted\/\">Continue reading \"Bloom where you&#8217;re planted\"<\/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=\"14288\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"14288\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2023\/07\/20\/ever-blooming\/\"><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\/2023\/07\/bumblebee_foraging.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Ever blooming\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class='rt-detail'><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"14288\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2023\/07\/20\/ever-blooming\/\">Ever blooming<\/a><\/h3><div class='tpg-excerpt'>&nbsp; Kindness, peace, love \u2014 may they never stop blooming in you and from you. Jude 1:2, &nbsp;VOICE &nbsp; &nbsp; Opening prayer God of small seeds and mighty plants, you take our meager lives and with your love cause them to produce acts of loving kindness for you in this world. You hear our cries &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2023\/07\/20\/ever-blooming\/\">Continue reading \"Ever blooming\"<\/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=\"14315\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"14315\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2023\/07\/29\/flower-where-you-are\/\"><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\/2023\/07\/collage_flower_tree1.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Flower where you are\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class='rt-detail'><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"14315\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2023\/07\/29\/flower-where-you-are\/\">Flower where you are<\/a><\/h3><div 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