{"id":17239,"date":"2026-05-22T22:11:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T20:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/?page_id=17239"},"modified":"2026-05-22T22:11:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T20:11:31","slug":"theme-for-october-2025-reap","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/theme-for-october-2025-reap\/","title":{"rendered":"Theme for October 2025: Reap"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type='text\/css' media='all'>#rt-tpg-container-1072721354 .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-1072721354 .layout12 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1072721354 .isotope8 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1072721354 .carousel8 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1072721354 .layout13 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1072721354 .isotope9 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1072721354.rt-tpg-container .layout4 .rt-holder .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-modal-1072721354 .md-content,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-modal-1072721354 .md-content > .rt-md-content-holder .rt-md-content,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-popup-wrap-1072721354.rt-popup-wrap .rt-popup-navigation-wrap,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1072721354 .carousel9 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info{background-color:#0367bf;}#rt-tpg-container-1072721354 .layout5 .rt-holder .overlay, #rt-tpg-container-1072721354 .isotope2 .rt-holder .overlay, #rt-tpg-container-1072721354 .carousel2 .rt-holder .overlay,#rt-tpg-container-1072721354 .layout15 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-1072721354 .isotope11 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-1072721354 .carousel11 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-1072721354 .layout16 .rt-holder h3,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1072721354 .isotope12 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-1072721354 .carousel12 .rt-holder h3 {background-color:rgba(3,103,191,0.8);}#rt-tpg-container-1072721354 .read-more a{border-radius:px;}#rt-tpg-container-1072721354 .rt-img-holder img.rt-img-responsive,#rt-tpg-container-1072721354 .rt-img-holder,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1072721354 .rt-post-overlay .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1072721354 .post-sm .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1072721354 .rt-post-grid .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1072721354 .post-img img {border-radius:px;}<\/style><div class='rt-container-fluid rt-tpg-container tpg-shortcode-main-wrapper ' id='rt-tpg-container-1072721354'   data-layout='layout12' data-grid-style='even' data-desktop-col='2'  data-tab-col='2'  data-mobile-col='1' data-sc-id='17228'><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=\"16682\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"16682\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/10\/06\/birds-dont-reap\/\"><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\/10\/a_gathering_of_larks_cover.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Birds don\u2019t reap\" \/><\/a><\/div> <div class=\"rt-detail\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"16682\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/10\/06\/birds-dont-reap\/\">Birds don&#8217;t reap<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">A gathering of larks by Abigail Carroll, inspiration for my St Francis Focus this year &nbsp; Call to Worship inspired by Matthew 6:25-27 Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns and yet God provides for the basic sustenance of life. May our hearts be open to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/10\/06\/birds-dont-reap\/\">Continue reading \"Birds don&#8217;t reap\"<\/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=\"16732\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"16732\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/10\/13\/the-proper-time-to-reap\/\"><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\/10\/sunflower_october_2025.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"The proper time to reap\" \/><\/a><\/div> <div class=\"rt-detail\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"16732\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/10\/13\/the-proper-time-to-reap\/\">The proper time to reap<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Galations 6:9 A prayer Almighty God, you called us to labour in your vineyard: Keep us faithful in your service, whether the harvest is plentiful, or the soil seems barren and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/10\/13\/the-proper-time-to-reap\/\">Continue reading \"The proper time to reap\"<\/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=\"16743\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"16743\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/10\/20\/sowing-and-reaping\/\"><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\/10\/sicr_mosaic_wall_autumn_leaves.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Sowing and reaping\" \/><\/a><\/div> <div class=\"rt-detail\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"16743\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/10\/20\/sowing-and-reaping\/\">Sowing and reaping<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">Mosaic wall, Scots International Church Rotterdam Prayer of Intercession (inspired by 2 Corinthians 9:6) In humility of heart let us pray to God the Father of all. &nbsp; Lord, in your word you teach us that sparse sowing means meagre reaping; give us generous hearts as we respond to your love. Lord, in your mercy; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/10\/20\/sowing-and-reaping\/\">Continue reading \"Sowing and reaping\"<\/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=\"16755\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"16755\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/10\/27\/when-you-reap\/\"><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\/10\/grass_and_hedge_large.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"When you reap\" \/><\/a><\/div> <div class=\"rt-detail\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"16755\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2025\/10\/27\/when-you-reap\/\">When you reap<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">&nbsp; God 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