{"id":6370,"date":"2018-11-10T15:51:38","date_gmt":"2018-11-10T14:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/?page_id=6370"},"modified":"2018-11-10T15:56:56","modified_gmt":"2018-11-10T14:56:56","slug":"theme-october-2018-body","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/theme-october-2018-body\/","title":{"rendered":"Theme for October 2018: Body"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type='text\/css' media='all'>#rt-tpg-container-895167061 .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-895167061 .layout12 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-895167061 .isotope8 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-895167061 .carousel8 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-895167061 .layout13 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-895167061 .isotope9 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-895167061.rt-tpg-container .layout4 .rt-holder .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-modal-895167061 .md-content,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-modal-895167061 .md-content > .rt-md-content-holder .rt-md-content,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-popup-wrap-895167061.rt-popup-wrap .rt-popup-navigation-wrap,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-895167061 .carousel9 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info{background-color:#0367bf;}#rt-tpg-container-895167061 .layout5 .rt-holder .overlay, #rt-tpg-container-895167061 .isotope2 .rt-holder .overlay, #rt-tpg-container-895167061 .carousel2 .rt-holder .overlay,#rt-tpg-container-895167061 .layout15 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-895167061 .isotope11 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-895167061 .carousel11 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-895167061 .layout16 .rt-holder h3,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-895167061 .isotope12 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-895167061 .carousel12 .rt-holder h3 {background-color:rgba(3,103,191,0.8);}#rt-tpg-container-895167061 .read-more a{border-radius:px;}#rt-tpg-container-895167061 .rt-img-holder img.rt-img-responsive,#rt-tpg-container-895167061 .rt-img-holder,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-895167061 .rt-post-overlay .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-895167061 .post-sm .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-895167061 .rt-post-grid .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-895167061 .post-img img {border-radius:px;}<\/style><div class='rt-container-fluid rt-tpg-container tpg-shortcode-main-wrapper ' id='rt-tpg-container-895167061'   data-layout='layout1' data-grid-style='even' data-desktop-col='2'  data-tab-col='2'  data-mobile-col='1' data-sc-id='6368'><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=\"6294\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"6294\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2018\/10\/27\/fearfully-and-wonderfully-made\/\"><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\/2018\/10\/back_anatomy.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Fearfully and wonderfully made\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rt-detail\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"6294\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2018\/10\/27\/fearfully-and-wonderfully-made\/\">Fearfully and wonderfully made<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">(Photo: Lindy Twaddle) &nbsp; Here are some radical verses from one of my favourite psalms and a blessing from one of my favourite writers, Jan Richardson of paintedprayerbook.com. &nbsp; You created my inmost being; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; you knit me together in my mother\u2019s womb. I praise you because I am &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; fearfully and wonderfully made; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2018\/10\/27\/fearfully-and-wonderfully-made\/\">Continue reading \"Fearfully and wonderfully made\"<\/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=\"6273\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"6273\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2018\/10\/23\/offer-your-bodies\/\"><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\/2018\/10\/body_rituals.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Offer your bodies\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rt-detail\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"6273\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2018\/10\/23\/offer-your-bodies\/\">Offer your bodies<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">(Photo: Lindy Twaddle) &nbsp; &#8220;I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God\u2019s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God \u2013 this is your true and proper worship.&#8221; &nbsp; Romans 12:1 (NIV UK) &nbsp; A prayer O Living God, we who are partly living, scarcely hoping, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2018\/10\/23\/offer-your-bodies\/\">Continue reading \"Offer your bodies\"<\/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=\"6228\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"6228\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2018\/10\/16\/we-are-a-body\/\"><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\/2018\/10\/body_of_christ_internet.png?resize=840%2C499&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"840\" height=\"499\" alt=\"We are a body\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rt-detail\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"6228\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2018\/10\/16\/we-are-a-body\/\">We are a body<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">&nbsp; The body of Christ is one of many metaphors used in the New Testament to describe the community of believers. Here is an all-age song I wrote in the mid-90&#8217;s incorporating some of these images. Song &nbsp; We are a body, we are a family, we are the church of Jesus Christ. We are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2018\/10\/16\/we-are-a-body\/\">Continue reading \"We are a body\"<\/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=\"6189\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"6189\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2018\/10\/06\/body-talk\/\"><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\/2018\/10\/rejoice_with_those_who_rejoice.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Body talk\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rt-detail\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"6189\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2018\/10\/06\/body-talk\/\">Body talk<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">&#8220;rejoice with those who rejoice&#8221; 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