{"id":3883,"date":"2015-03-30T04:46:29","date_gmt":"2015-03-30T09:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.brethren.org\/?p=3883"},"modified":"2015-03-30T04:46:29","modified_gmt":"2015-03-30T09:46:29","slug":"a-costly-offering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/2015\/03\/30\/a-costly-offering\/","title":{"rendered":"A costly offering"},"content":{"rendered":"

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John 12:1-11<\/strong><\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Prayer:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\nO God, You give us so much. Life itself is a gift. You call us to live with open minds, open hearts and open hands. We hear You, God. We thank You.<\/div>\n
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This day we ask for the vision and creativity of Mary, to seize the moment and give the unexpected gift, the costly offering. We ask for her courage and compassion, to reach out and show care for others even if we are criticized and maligned for doing so. And we ask for her humility, to receive Your protection and blessing whenever we step out in faith. Guide us, we pray. Amen.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\nQuestion:
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>How will you step out in faith, live compassionately, give generously throughout this day?<\/div>\n
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~ Debbie Eisenbise, Director of Intergenerational Ministries
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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>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":"

John 12:1-11  Prayer: O God, You give us so much. Life itself is a gift. You call us to live with open minds, open hearts and open hands. We hear You, God. We thank You. This day we ask for the vision and creativity of Mary, to seize the moment and give the unexpected gift,<\/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-3883","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\/3883","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=3883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3883\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}