{"id":14991,"date":"2024-02-01T22:39:30","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T21:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/?page_id=14991"},"modified":"2024-02-01T22:39:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T21:39:30","slug":"theme-for-december-2023-open","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/theme-for-december-2023-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Theme for December 2023: Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type='text\/css' media='all'>#rt-tpg-container-581752621 .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-581752621 .layout12 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-581752621 .isotope8 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-581752621 .carousel8 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-581752621 .layout13 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-581752621 .isotope9 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-581752621.rt-tpg-container .layout4 .rt-holder .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-modal-581752621 .md-content,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-modal-581752621 .md-content > .rt-md-content-holder .rt-md-content,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-popup-wrap-581752621.rt-popup-wrap .rt-popup-navigation-wrap,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-581752621 .carousel9 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info{background-color:#0367bf;}#rt-tpg-container-581752621 .layout5 .rt-holder .overlay, #rt-tpg-container-581752621 .isotope2 .rt-holder .overlay, #rt-tpg-container-581752621 .carousel2 .rt-holder .overlay,#rt-tpg-container-581752621 .layout15 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-581752621 .isotope11 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-581752621 .carousel11 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-581752621 .layout16 .rt-holder h3,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-581752621 .isotope12 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-581752621 .carousel12 .rt-holder h3 {background-color:rgba(3,103,191,0.8);}#rt-tpg-container-581752621 .read-more a{border-radius:px;}#rt-tpg-container-581752621 .rt-img-holder img.rt-img-responsive,#rt-tpg-container-581752621 .rt-img-holder,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-581752621 .rt-post-overlay .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-581752621 .post-sm .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-581752621 .rt-post-grid .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-581752621 .post-img img {border-radius:px;}<\/style><div class='rt-container-fluid rt-tpg-container tpg-shortcode-main-wrapper ' id='rt-tpg-container-581752621'   data-layout='layout1' data-grid-style='even' data-desktop-col='2'  data-tab-col='2'  data-mobile-col='1' data-sc-id='14977'><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=\"14781\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"14781\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2023\/12\/06\/open-to-wonder\/\"><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\/12\/depot_from_chabot_museum.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Open to wonder\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class='rt-detail'><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"14781\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2023\/12\/06\/open-to-wonder\/\">Open to wonder<\/a><\/h3><div class='tpg-excerpt'>View of the Depot from the Chabot Museum, Rotterdam &nbsp; Open my eyes that I may see &nbsp;&nbsp;wonderful things in your law. &nbsp; Psalm 119:18 &nbsp; Prayer Father, we praise you for the gift of words: the words we hear and read, the words we speak and write. As we handle and use the Holy &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2023\/12\/06\/open-to-wonder\/\">Continue reading \"Open to wonder\"<\/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=\"14797\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"14797\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2023\/12\/12\/open-confession\/\"><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\/12\/cracked_pot_with_cigarette_butts.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Open confession\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class='rt-detail'><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"14797\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2023\/12\/12\/open-confession\/\">Open confession<\/a><\/h3><div class='tpg-excerpt'>&nbsp; Advent Confession inspired by Isaiah 61: 1-4, 8-11 Holy God, open our eyes to the presence of your Spirit upon us, within us, among us. For our apathy in the presence of oppression, Forgive us. If we have contributed to the brokenheartedness of anyone, Forgive us. For our participation in systems that enslave, Forgive &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2023\/12\/12\/open-confession\/\">Continue reading \"Open confession\"<\/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=\"14812\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"14812\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2023\/12\/18\/open-gates\/\"><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\/12\/zus_en_kees_christmas_window.jpg?resize=800%2C513&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"513\" alt=\"Open gates\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class='rt-detail'><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"14812\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2023\/12\/18\/open-gates\/\">Open gates<\/a><\/h3><div class='tpg-excerpt'>&nbsp; David Adam writes, &nbsp; &#8220;Every now and again &#8216;our eyes are opened&#8217; and we see beyond the narrowness of our day-to-day vision. This was expressed by Jacob when he awoke out of sleep, a sleep he felt he had been in all his life up to that point: &#8216;Jacob awoke out of sleep and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2023\/12\/18\/open-gates\/\">Continue reading \"Open gates\"<\/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=\"14723\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"14723\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2023\/12\/28\/open-ending\/\"><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\/12\/moon_over_spoorsingel.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Open ending\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class='rt-detail'><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"14723\" class=\"\" 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ending\"<\/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-14991","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Theme for December 2023: Open - Prayer matters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/theme-for-december-2023-open\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" 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