{"id":15674,"date":"2024-10-14T18:36:16","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T16:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/?p=15674"},"modified":"2024-10-14T18:36:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T16:36:16","slug":"fruitful-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2024\/10\/14\/fruitful-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Fruitful space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15678\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2024\/10\/14\/fruitful-space\/vintage_apartment_timisoara\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/vintage_apartment_timisoara.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;motorola edge 20&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1727620943&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.88&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1632&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.03&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"vintage_apartment_timisoara\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/vintage_apartment_timisoara.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/vintage_apartment_timisoara.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/vintage_apartment_timisoara.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/vintage_apartment_timisoara.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/vintage_apartment_timisoara.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<h3>A prayer of self-dedication<\/h3>\n<p>Lord,<br \/>\nlet my life be a space<br \/>\nin which you can work in the world.<br \/>\nClear away my inner rubbish,<br \/>\nand fill me with your Spirit<br \/>\nof healing, delight and peace,<br \/>\nso that everything I do<br \/>\nmay be the fruit of your life in me.<\/p>\n<p>by <strong>Angela Ashwin<\/strong>,<br \/>\nfrom <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zondervan.com\/9780310248729\/the-book-of-a-thousand-prayers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Book of a Thousand Prayers<\/a><\/em> by Angela Ashwin, #19<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>From the blog<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2019\/11\/30\/a-peace-garden\/\">A Peace Garden<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2021\/05\/24\/theme-breath\/\">Theme: Breath<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;[<span style=\"color:red;text-transform:uppercase;\">prayer sheet<\/span>]<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2018\/04\/07\/in-the-school-of-prayer-with-angela-ashwin\/\">In the school of prayer with Angela Ashwin<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A prayer of self-dedication Lord, let my life be a space in which you can work in the world. Clear away my inner rubbish, and fill me with your Spirit of healing, delight and peace, so that everything I do may be the fruit of your life in me. by Angela Ashwin, from The Book &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2024\/10\/14\/fruitful-space\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fruitful space&#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":[256],"class_list":["post-15674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prayer","tag-fruit"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fruitful space - Prayer matters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A short prayer of self-dedication by Angela Ashwin: &#039;Lord, ... 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