{"id":1855,"date":"2013-03-24T16:22:14","date_gmt":"2013-03-24T21:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.brethren.org\/?p=1855"},"modified":"2013-03-24T16:22:14","modified_gmt":"2013-03-24T21:22:14","slug":"messianic-expectation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/2013\/03\/24\/messianic-expectation\/","title":{"rendered":"Messianic expectation"},"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\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #800080\"><strong>Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080\"><strong>Question for reflection:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThe gates of righteousness are open to us. As we enter, what are God\u2019s expectations of us to bring forth the kingdom of God on earth as it is in heaven?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080\"><strong>Prayer for the day:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nGod of invitation, we are your hands, your ears, your voice. Give us the courage to be who you call us to be.<\/p>\n<p>~ Kim Ebersole, Director of Family Life and Older Adult Ministries<\/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: #800080\"><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: #800080\">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: #800080\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brethrenpress.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #800080\">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, Dana&#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\u00a0\u00a0 Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 Question for reflection: The gates of righteousness are open to us. As we enter, what are God\u2019s expectations of us to bring forth the kingdom of God on earth as it is in heaven? Prayer for the day: God of invitation, we are your hands, your ears, your voice. Give us<\/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":[169,284,415,664,687,921],"class_list":["post-1855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotional","tag-call","tag-courage","tag-expectations","tag-kingdom-of-god","tag-lent","tag-prayer"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1855","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=1855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1855\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}