{"id":16721,"date":"2025-10-06T23:15:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T21:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/?page_id=16721"},"modified":"2025-10-06T23:15:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T21:15:35","slug":"theme-for-september-2025-bread","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/theme-for-september-2025-bread\/","title":{"rendered":"Theme for September 2025:  Bread"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type='text\/css' media='all'>#rt-tpg-container-3425936389 .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-3425936389 .layout12 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-3425936389 .isotope8 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-3425936389 .carousel8 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-3425936389 .layout13 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-3425936389 .isotope9 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-3425936389.rt-tpg-container .layout4 .rt-holder .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-modal-3425936389 .md-content,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-modal-3425936389 .md-content > .rt-md-content-holder .rt-md-content,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-popup-wrap-3425936389.rt-popup-wrap .rt-popup-navigation-wrap,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-3425936389 .carousel9 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info{background-color:#0367bf;}#rt-tpg-container-3425936389 .layout5 .rt-holder .overlay, #rt-tpg-container-3425936389 .isotope2 .rt-holder .overlay, #rt-tpg-container-3425936389 .carousel2 .rt-holder .overlay,#rt-tpg-container-3425936389 .layout15 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-3425936389 .isotope11 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-3425936389 .carousel11 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-3425936389 .layout16 .rt-holder h3,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-3425936389 .isotope12 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-3425936389 .carousel12 .rt-holder h3 {background-color:rgba(3,103,191,0.8);}#rt-tpg-container-3425936389 .read-more a{border-radius:px;}#rt-tpg-container-3425936389 .rt-img-holder img.rt-img-responsive,#rt-tpg-container-3425936389 .rt-img-holder,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-3425936389 .rt-post-overlay .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-3425936389 .post-sm .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-3425936389 .rt-post-grid .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-3425936389 .post-img img {border-radius:px;}<\/style><div class='rt-container-fluid rt-tpg-container tpg-shortcode-main-wrapper ' id='rt-tpg-container-3425936389'   data-layout='layout12' data-grid-style='even' data-desktop-col='2'  data-tab-col='2'  data-mobile-col='1' data-sc-id='16708'><div data-title='Loading ...' class='rt-row rt-content-loader   layout12 tpg-even '><div class=\"rt-col-md-6 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12 even-grid-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"16658\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"16658\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/09\/29\/bread-and-butter-work\/\"><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\/2025\/09\/commute_reflections.png?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Bread-and-butter ~ work\" \/><\/a><\/div> <div class=\"rt-detail\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"16658\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/09\/29\/bread-and-butter-work\/\">Bread-and-butter ~ work<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">&nbsp; Labour litany Lord, bless the work of our hands. For all those who toil and labour: Lord, bless the work of their hands. For those who have lost their jobs, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;who are unemployed or underemployed, let us pray: Lord, bless the work of their hands. For those who work in hazardous conditions &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;without sufficient &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/09\/29\/bread-and-butter-work\/\">Continue reading \"Bread-and-butter ~ work\"<\/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=\"16613\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"16613\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/09\/15\/bread-and-honey\/\"><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\/2025\/09\/honey_pots_2.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Bread and honey\" \/><\/a><\/div> <div class=\"rt-detail\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"16613\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/09\/15\/bread-and-honey\/\">Bread and honey<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">Call to Worship (inspired by Psalm 81) Sing aloud to God our strength and shout with joy: God, our Host, welcomes us. God reminds us, \u201cI brought you out of the land of Egypt and fed you along the way.\u201d When we opened our mouths, God filled us with good things. God calls us to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/09\/15\/bread-and-honey\/\">Continue reading \"Bread and honey\"<\/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=\"16592\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"16592\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/09\/08\/daily-bread\/\"><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\/2025\/09\/breads_on_display.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Daily bread\" \/><\/a><\/div> <div class=\"rt-detail\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"16592\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/09\/08\/daily-bread\/\">Daily bread<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">Prayer Lord, when we say, &#8216;Give us today our daily bread,&#8217; may we remember our brothers and sisters who live below the poverty line and pray, &#8216;Give them today their daily bread&#8217;. Give us the wisdom and courage to challenge the policies and structures which make the poor ever poorer, while we have more than &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/09\/08\/daily-bread\/\">Continue reading \"Daily bread\"<\/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=\"16567\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"16567\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/09\/01\/bread-of-life\/\"><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\/2025\/09\/becoming_bread_gunilla_norris.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Bread of life\" \/><\/a><\/div> <div class=\"rt-detail\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"16567\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/09\/01\/bread-of-life\/\">Bread of life<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">&nbsp; &nbsp; \u201cOne does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.\u201d Matthew 4:4 &nbsp; Lord, let me hunger enough that I not forget the world\u2019s hunger. 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