{"id":12456,"date":"2022-01-07T22:01:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T21:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/?p=12456"},"modified":"2022-01-07T22:01:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T21:01:00","slug":"germinate-and-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2022\/01\/07\/germinate-and-grow\/","title":{"rendered":"Germinate and grow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12459\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2022\/01\/07\/germinate-and-grow\/tree_at_viaduct\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/tree_at_viaduct.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-A320FL&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1640608494&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0017182130584192&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"tree_at_viaduct\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/tree_at_viaduct.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/tree_at_viaduct.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/tree_at_viaduct.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/tree_at_viaduct.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/tree_at_viaduct.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:28px; font-family:Georgia, serif;line-height:1.5;\">Another New Year&#8217;s prayer, albeit a few days late, a prayer that beautifully connects to our current theme of the month: <strong>GROW<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h3>New Year\u2019s prayer<\/h3>\n<p>Lord, as this new year dawns,<br \/>\nwelcome.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome into our world<br \/>\nand into our lives.<\/p>\n<p>Sow light in our hearts.<br \/>\nLet it germinate and grow<br \/>\nand bring forth fruit.<br \/>\nBirth in us something new.<\/p>\n<p>Let your peace take root.<br \/>\nNurture it,<br \/>\nencourage it to flourish.<\/p>\n<p>Let your love blossom<br \/>\nwith the fragrance<br \/>\nof patience and compassion.<\/p>\n<p>Let it strengthen<br \/>\nforgiveness and understanding.<\/p>\n<p>Let your life emerge<br \/>\nin us, through us, around us,<br \/>\nbringing newness to all it touches.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n~ written by <strong>Christine Sine<\/strong>, and posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/godspacelight.com\/2014\/12\/31\/a-prayer-for-new-year-2015\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">godspacelight.com<\/a>.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>From the blog<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2021\/12\/31\/3-prayers-for-the-new-year\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">3 prayers for the New Year<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/12\/29\/3-prayers-for-endings-and-beginnings\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">3 Prayers for endings and beginnings<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2021\/10\/18\/big-strong-tree\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Big strong tree<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Another New Year&#8217;s prayer, albeit a few days late, a prayer that beautifully connects to our current theme of the month: GROW. &nbsp; New Year\u2019s prayer Lord, as this new year dawns, welcome. 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Let it germinate and grow and bring forth &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2022\/01\/07\/germinate-and-grow\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Germinate and grow&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[217],"class_list":["post-12456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prayer","tag-grow"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Germinate and grow - 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\/2022\/01\/07\/germinate-and-grow\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Germinate and grow - Prayer matters\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; Another New Year&#8217;s prayer, albeit a few days late, a prayer that beautifully connects to our current theme of the month: GROW. &nbsp; New Year\u2019s prayer Lord, as this new year dawns, welcome. 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