{"id":3873,"date":"2015-03-28T04:53:17","date_gmt":"2015-03-28T09:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.brethren.org\/?p=3873"},"modified":"2015-03-28T04:53:17","modified_gmt":"2015-03-28T09:53:17","slug":"a-righteous-branch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/2015\/03\/28\/a-righteous-branch\/","title":{"rendered":"A righteous Branch"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jeremiah 33:14-16<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\nQuestion:<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>The idea of there being those days <\/em>and that time<\/em> can be limiting and causing individuals to be stuck. What are some ways we can actively work towards \u201cThe Branch\u201d today?<\/div>\n
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Prayer:<\/strong><\/span>
\nGod, allow us to look forward to the days that you have promised and still remain present in the work You require of us today. Amen.<\/p>\n

~ Laura Whitman, Special Projects Coordinator<\/span><\/p>\n

Congregational Life Ministries of the Church of the Brethren is offering these simple prayers and questions in connection to this year’s\u00a0Lent Devotional<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>written by\u00a0Craig H. Smith<\/em>, district executive for the Atlantic Northeast District of the Church of the Brethren and ordained minister. (Available from\u00a0Brethren Press<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>in<\/span> <\/span>print and E-Book formats). Join us as we look and listen for the coming of the Word through the reading of scripture, Craig’s reflections, times of prayer, and conversations on t<\/em>his\u00a0<\/em>blog.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jeremiah 33:14-16 Question: The idea of there being those days and that time can be limiting and causing individuals to be stuck. What are some ways we can actively work towards \u201cThe Branch\u201d today? Prayer: God, allow us to look forward to the days that you have promised and still remain present in the work<\/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":[687],"class_list":["post-3873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotional","tag-lent"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3873","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=3873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3873\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}