{"id":1736,"date":"2013-03-07T04:55:51","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T09:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.brethren.org\/?p=1736"},"modified":"2013-03-07T04:55:51","modified_gmt":"2013-03-07T09:55:51","slug":"from-the-inside-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/2013\/03\/07\/from-the-inside-out\/","title":{"rendered":"From the inside out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1525\" alt=\"Lent 2013 Cover\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2013\/02\/Lent-2013-Cover.jpg\" width=\"108\" height=\"150\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #803f23\"> <strong>2 Corinthians 4:16 \u2013 5:5<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #803f23\"><strong>Question for reflection:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nHow might we focus less on what we think<i> <\/i>others <i><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">see<\/span><\/i> when they look at us, and more on how we make others <i><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">feel<\/span><\/i> if we truly let the Spirit renew our hearts?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #803f23\"><strong>Prayer for the day:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n\u201cOpen my eyes, that I may see\u2026.glimpses of truth thou hast for me.\u201d\u00a0 Patient Lord, let me see all that is in your creation through your eyes, and live accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>~ Donna Kline, Director of Denominational Deacon Ministry<\/p>\n<address style=\"padding-left: 90px\"><em><em>Congregational Life Ministries of the Church of the Brethren is offering these simple prayers and questions in connection to this year&#8217;s L<\/em>enten devotional, <span style=\"color: #803f23\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethrenpress.com\/SearchResults.asp?Search=practice+of+paying&amp;Search.x=8&amp;Search.y=7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #803f23\">The Practice of Paying Attention<\/span><\/a><\/span>, written by Dana Cassell, Minister of Youth Formation at the Manassas Church of the Brethren. <em>(Available from\u00a0<span style=\"color: #803f23\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brethrenpress.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #803f23\">Brethren Press<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0in print and E-Book formats)\u00a0<em>Join us as we look and listen for the coming of the Word through the reading of scripture, Walt&#8217;s reflections, times of prayer, and conversations on t<\/em><em>his\u00a0<\/em><em>blog.<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0 2 Corinthians 4:16 \u2013 5:5 Question for reflection: How might we focus less on what we think others see when they look at us, and more on how we make others feel if we truly let the Spirit renew our hearts? Prayer for the day: \u201cOpen my eyes, that I may see\u2026.glimpses of truth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[444,456,513,687,921,988,1029,1091],"class_list":["post-1736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotional","tag-feel","tag-focus","tag-godsight","tag-lent","tag-prayer","tag-renew","tag-see","tag-spirit"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1736\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}