{"id":15947,"date":"2024-12-12T22:54:49","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T21:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/?p=15947"},"modified":"2024-12-18T22:29:24","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T21:29:24","slug":"hope-for-today-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2024\/12\/12\/hope-for-today-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope for today #13"},"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_13.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=Luke%2012%3A28&#038;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\">Luke 12:28<\/a><br \/>\n\u2018If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here <strong>today<\/strong>, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you \u2013 you of little faith!\u2019\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nJesus enlists the help of the ravens, the lilies and the grass of the field to teach his disciples not to worry but to trust in God\u2019s provision instead. Consider how God &#8216;clothes the grass of the field&#8217;, with such care and attention. Trust God to do the same for us.<\/p>\n<p>Reflection<br \/>\nSpend time in nature today and ask God to speak to you about your worries and to strengthen your faith.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>QUOTE FOR TODAY<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"background-color: #FFFF00;\">The church is to be a people who are straining forward even while our feet are in the moment.<\/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. 67)<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luke 12:28 \u2018If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you \u2013 you of little faith!\u2019 &nbsp; Jesus enlists the help of the ravens, the lilies and the grass of the field to teach his &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2024\/12\/12\/hope-for-today-13\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Hope for today #13&#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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[258],"tags":[259],"class_list":["post-15947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-devotion","tag-hopefortoday"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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