{"id":7266,"date":"2020-05-04T00:05:45","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T05:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.brethren.org\/?p=7266"},"modified":"2020-05-04T00:05:45","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T05:05:45","slug":"good-news-youth-devotional-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/2020\/05\/04\/good-news-youth-devotional-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Good News Youth Devotional"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2020\/04\/Good-News-Youth-Devotional-2020.cropped.green_-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7239\" width=\"222\" height=\"73\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2020\/04\/Good-News-Youth-Devotional-2020.cropped.green_-11.jpg 632w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2020\/04\/Good-News-Youth-Devotional-2020.cropped.green_-11-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2020\/04\/Good-News-Youth-Devotional-2020.cropped.green_-11-560x186.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By Valarie Kline (Pastor at the Pleasant Chapel Church of the Brethren (IN) and district youth advisor in the Northern Indiana District)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n\nWe know it\u2019s important to pray, &amp; many times we may think, \u201cI\u2019ll pray for that\u2026.later.\u201d But, we need to be intentional about spending time in prayer. Setting aside a specific time to do so is important. Yes, we can &amp; should pray throughout the day, but if we don\u2019t set a specific time (like in the morning, after school, or before bed), it likely won\u2019t happen (at least, not as effectively as it could). Not only does God command us to pray, but God wants us to pray. The God of the universe loves to spend time with us\u2026.with you. Isn\u2019t that a wonderful thought?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Intercessory prayer is praying on behalf of others. Andrew Murray (1828-1917) wrote, \u201cIntercession for others is the most perfect form of prayer; it is the prayer Christ prays on His throne.\u201d That\u2019s another wonderful thought. Jesus is praying for us even now (see Romans 8:34 &amp; Hebrews 7:25)! Robert Murray McCheyne shared, &#8220;If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies. Yet distance makes no difference. He is praying for me.&#8221; Christ is praying for us, and we can and should pray for others, too. We\u2019ve been given an incredible opportunity and privilege to do so.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Good News: <\/strong>We can pray to God on behalf of others, and we can bless them through our prayers (whether they ever know it or not).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Discussion Question: <\/strong>What are some ways you\u2019ve seen prayers answered?Who is somebody you can pray for, &amp; will you make a commitment to do so?  Will you set aside a specific time to pray each day? If so, when will that time be? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Go one step further:<\/strong> Try the M&amp;M prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/152700243591321739\/\">https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/152700243591321739\/ <\/a><\/p>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Valarie Kline (Pastor at the Pleasant Chapel Church of the Brethren (IN) and district youth advisor in the Northern Indiana District) We know it\u2019s important to pray, &amp; many times we may think, \u201cI\u2019ll pray for that\u2026.later.\u201d But, we need to be intentional about spending time in prayer. Setting aside a specific time to<\/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":[5,14],"tags":[252,516,1181],"class_list":["post-7266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotional","category-youth-young-adults","tag-colossians-4","tag-good-news-youth-devotional-2020","tag-valarie-kline"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7266","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=7266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7266\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}