{"id":15943,"date":"2024-12-10T22:00:49","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T21:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/?p=15943"},"modified":"2024-12-10T17:58:52","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T16:58:52","slug":"hope-for-today-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2024\/12\/10\/hope-for-today-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope for today #11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15869\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2024\/12\/06\/hope-for-today-7\/hope_for_today_dots_800x124_7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Hope_for_today_dots_800x124_7.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_7\" 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_7.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_11.png?resize=800%2C124&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"124\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15869\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size:24px;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=2%20Chronicles%206%3A15&#038;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\">2 Chronicles 6:15<\/a><br \/>\n\u2018You have kept your promise to your servant David my father; with your mouth you have promised and with your hand you have fulfilled it &#8211; as it is <strong>today<\/strong>.\u2019\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nAt the dedication of the temple Solomon praises God for his faithfulness \u2013 promises have come true. It was Solomon\u2019s joy and privilege to build the temple, but it was built on the foundation of David\u2019s relationship with God.<\/p>\n<p>Reflection<br \/>\nWhat is taking shape in the world as a result of your relationship with God?<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>QUOTE FOR TODAY<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"background-color: #FFFF00;\">The church \u2026 is a community formed in 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>2 Chronicles 6:15 \u2018You have kept your promise to your servant David my father; with your mouth you have promised and with your hand you have fulfilled it &#8211; as it is today.\u2019 &nbsp; At the dedication of the temple Solomon praises God for his faithfulness \u2013 promises have come true. It was Solomon\u2019s joy &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2024\/12\/10\/hope-for-today-11\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Hope for today #11&#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":[258],"tags":[259],"class_list":["post-15943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-devotion","tag-hopefortoday"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hope for today #11 - Prayer matters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u2018You have kept your promise to your servant David my father; 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