{"id":17245,"date":"2026-05-22T22:13:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T20:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/?page_id=17245"},"modified":"2026-05-22T22:13:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T20:13:06","slug":"theme-for-january-2026-thanks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/theme-for-january-2026-thanks\/","title":{"rendered":"Theme for January 2026: Thanks"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type='text\/css' media='all'>#rt-tpg-container-4196526314 .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-4196526314 .layout12 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-4196526314 .isotope8 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-4196526314 .carousel8 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-4196526314 .layout13 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-4196526314 .isotope9 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-4196526314.rt-tpg-container .layout4 .rt-holder .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-modal-4196526314 .md-content,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-modal-4196526314 .md-content > .rt-md-content-holder .rt-md-content,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-popup-wrap-4196526314.rt-popup-wrap .rt-popup-navigation-wrap,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-4196526314 .carousel9 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info{background-color:#0367bf;}#rt-tpg-container-4196526314 .layout5 .rt-holder .overlay, #rt-tpg-container-4196526314 .isotope2 .rt-holder .overlay, #rt-tpg-container-4196526314 .carousel2 .rt-holder .overlay,#rt-tpg-container-4196526314 .layout15 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-4196526314 .isotope11 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-4196526314 .carousel11 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-4196526314 .layout16 .rt-holder h3,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-4196526314 .isotope12 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-4196526314 .carousel12 .rt-holder h3 {background-color:rgba(3,103,191,0.8);}#rt-tpg-container-4196526314 .read-more a{border-radius:px;}#rt-tpg-container-4196526314 .rt-img-holder img.rt-img-responsive,#rt-tpg-container-4196526314 .rt-img-holder,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-4196526314 .rt-post-overlay .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-4196526314 .post-sm .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-4196526314 .rt-post-grid .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-4196526314 .post-img img {border-radius:px;}<\/style><div class='rt-container-fluid rt-tpg-container tpg-shortcode-main-wrapper ' id='rt-tpg-container-4196526314'   data-layout='layout12' data-grid-style='even' data-desktop-col='2'  data-tab-col='2'  data-mobile-col='1' data-sc-id='17231'><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=\"16874\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"16874\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2026\/01\/05\/thank-you-for-new-songs\/\"><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\/2026\/01\/ave_maria_valkenburg.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Thank you. For new songs\" \/><\/a><\/div> <div class=\"rt-detail\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"16874\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2026\/01\/05\/thank-you-for-new-songs\/\">Thank you. For new songs<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">We will not keep silent based on Psalm 96 We are people who must sing you, for the sake of our very lives. You are a God who must be sung by us, for the sake of your majesty and honour. And so we thank you, for lyrics that push us past our reasons, for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2026\/01\/05\/thank-you-for-new-songs\/\">Continue reading \"Thank you. For new songs\"<\/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=\"16893\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"16893\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2026\/01\/12\/say-thank-you\/\"><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\/2026\/01\/sorry_snowman_industrial.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Say thank you\" \/><\/a><\/div> <div class=\"rt-detail\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"16893\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2026\/01\/12\/say-thank-you\/\">Say thank you<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">A (short) prayer Lord God, keep us from mumbling on and on in our prayers when all we ought to say is, &#8220;Thank you, Lord.&#8221; Amen from Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals by Shane Claiborne, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove and Enuma Okoro, p. 95 From the blog In the school of prayer with Angela Ashwin &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2026\/01\/12\/say-thank-you\/\">Continue reading \"Say thank you\"<\/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=\"16898\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"16898\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2026\/01\/19\/you-unite-us-thank-you\/\"><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\/2026\/01\/zwanshal_morning_walk2.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"(You) unite us. Thank you\" \/><\/a><\/div> <div class=\"rt-detail\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"16898\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2026\/01\/19\/you-unite-us-thank-you\/\">(You) unite us. Thank you<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">&nbsp; To mark this year&#8217;s Annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, 18 to 25 January 2026, a prayer dating back to the third century. Prayer Lord, we pray for the unity of your Church. Help us to see ourselves as rays from the one sun, branches of a single tree, and streams flowing from &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2026\/01\/19\/you-unite-us-thank-you\/\">Continue reading \"(You) unite us. Thank you\"<\/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=\"16910\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"16910\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2026\/01\/26\/thank-you-for-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\/2026\/01\/sunrise_utrecht_central.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Thank you. For work\" \/><\/a><\/div> <div class=\"rt-detail\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"16910\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2026\/01\/26\/thank-you-for-work\/\">Thank you. 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