{"id":15951,"date":"2024-12-14T22:34:27","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T21:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/?p=15951"},"modified":"2024-12-14T22:34:27","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T21:34:27","slug":"hope-for-today-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2024\/12\/14\/hope-for-today-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope for today #15"},"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_15.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%202%3A11&#038;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\">Luke 2:11<\/a><br \/>\n \u2018<strong>Today<\/strong> in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.\u2019\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nI am sure that the shepherd\u2019s night shift had begun normally enough. The handover from the day shift, a reporting of any issues and the building of a fire against the cold. But today was going to be unlike any day before or since. This is the day that the sky was cracked, the day that the darkness gave way to light, the day that made the angels sing, the day that shepherds trembled, the day that God\u2019s promise has arrived. <\/p>\n<p>Reflection<br \/>\nJust ordinary shepherds open to the things of God, are we?<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUOTE FOR TODAY<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"background-color: #FFFF00;\">The ultimate hope of the world is the fully manifest presence of God.<\/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. 181)<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luke 2:11 \u2018Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.\u2019 &nbsp; I am sure that the shepherd\u2019s night shift had begun normally enough. The handover from the day shift, a reporting of any issues and the building of a fire against the cold. But &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2024\/12\/14\/hope-for-today-15\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Hope for today #15&#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-15951","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 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hope for today #15 - Prayer matters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u2018Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you; 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