{"id":861,"date":"2017-05-27T22:50:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-27T20:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/?p=861"},"modified":"2020-02-17T00:41:33","modified_gmt":"2020-02-16T23:41:33","slug":"pentecost-2017-gift-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/05\/27\/pentecost-2017-gift-5\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gift #5 : Tell me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"864\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/05\/27\/pentecost-2017-gift-5\/pentecost_2017_gift_5_grow\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/pentecost_2017_gift_5_grow.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" 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=\"pentecost_2017_gift_5_grow\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/pentecost_2017_gift_5_grow.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/pentecost_2017_gift_5_how_to_be_lovely.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"'How to be lovely', Fuengirola, Spain\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-864\" \/><br \/>\nFuengirola, Spain (photo: Irene Bom)<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"border:#DAF7A6 2px solid; padding:10px;width:300px;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/the-gift-booklet\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong style=\"font-size:24px;\">The Gift booklet<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n12-part series of readings and<br \/>\nprayer poems on the Holy Spirit\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border:#DAF7A6 2px none; padding:10px;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/07\/11\/on-writing-prayer-poems\/\">On writing prayer poems<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size:28px;line-height:1.4;\">\n<strong>John 15:26<\/strong> (NIV)<br \/>\nJesus said: \u2018When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father \u2013 the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father \u2013 he will testify about me.\u2019\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-weight:normal;color:grey;\">Reflection<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p>Speak, Holy Spirit, I am listening.<br \/>\nTell me of Jesus,<br \/>\nof his love revealed<br \/>\nin power<br \/>\nin word and deed,<br \/>\nleaving nothing undone,<br \/>\nlove given freely, completely,<br \/>\na love that will not let me go.<\/p>\n<p>Spirit of the whole truth<br \/>\nand nothing but the truth,<br \/>\ntell me the old, old story<br \/>\nso Jesus becomes ever more real,<br \/>\never more present<br \/>\nin the new of this now.<br \/>\nAmen <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>by Irene Bom<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>Related Scriptures<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1+John+5%3A7-12&#038;version=NIVUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1 John 5:7-12<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fuengirola, Spain (photo: Irene Bom) &nbsp; 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