{"id":15841,"date":"2024-12-01T23:40:12","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T22:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/?p=15841"},"modified":"2024-12-01T23:40:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T22:40:12","slug":"hope-for-today-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2024\/12\/01\/hope-for-today-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope for today #2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15864\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2024\/12\/01\/hope-for-today-2\/hope_for_today_dots_800x124_2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Hope_for_today_dots_800x124_2.png?fit=800%2C124&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,124\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Hope_for_today_dots_800x124_2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Hope_for_today_dots_800x124_2.png?fit=800%2C124&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Hope_for_today_dots_800x124_2.png?resize=800%2C124&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"124\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Hope_for_today_dots_800x124_2.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Hope_for_today_dots_800x124_2.png?resize=300%2C47&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Hope_for_today_dots_800x124_2.png?resize=768%2C119&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<div style=\"font-size:24px;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm%20118%3A24&#038;version=NIV\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Psalm 118:24<\/a><br \/>\n\u2018Let us rejoice <strong>today<\/strong> and be glad.\u2019\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nPsalm 118 is quoted quite a bit in the New Testament and one of these times is Palm Sunday when Jesus rides triumphantly into Jerusalem (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Ps.%20118%3A25-26&#038;version=NIV\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ps. 118:25-26<\/a>). People on the road recognised that the King, and his Kingdom, they hoped and longed for had arrived as Jesus entered Jerusalem. So \u2018today\u2019 was a day to rejoice and be glad.<\/p>\n<p>Reflection<br \/>\nToday reflect on a word or deed of Jesus that stirs your heart to praise.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>QUOTE FOR TODAY<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"background-color: #FFFF00;\">Christians sing because we are people of hope.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>(Glenn Packiam, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Worship-World-Come-Exploring-Contemporary\/dp\/0830849319\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Worship and the World to Come<\/em><\/a>, p. 2)<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Psalm 118:24 \u2018Let us rejoice today and be glad.\u2019 &nbsp; Psalm 118 is quoted quite a bit in the New Testament and one of these times is Palm Sunday when Jesus rides triumphantly into Jerusalem (Ps. 118:25-26). People on the road recognised that the King, and his Kingdom, they hoped and longed for had &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2024\/12\/01\/hope-for-today-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Hope for today #2&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"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":[258,45],"tags":[259],"class_list":["post-15841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-devotion","category-guest-post","tag-hopefortoday"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendour was dressed like one of these.\" (Luke 12:27) \u00a0 A prayer - for splendour restored inspired by Isaiah 35:1-10, Psalm 146:5-10 For the speechless tongues of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;bible&quot;","block_context":{"text":"bible","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/category\/bible\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dandelions.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dandelions.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dandelions.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dandelions.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Graham Austin","author_link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/author\/graham-austin\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/category\/daily-devotion\/\" rel=\"category tag\">daily devotion<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/category\/guest-post\/\" rel=\"category tag\">guest post<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"&nbsp; Psalm 118:24 \u2018Let us rejoice today and be glad.\u2019 &nbsp; Psalm 118 is quoted quite a bit in the New Testament and one of these times is Palm Sunday when Jesus rides triumphantly into Jerusalem (Ps. 118:25-26). 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