{"id":860,"date":"2012-04-06T04:27:31","date_gmt":"2012-04-06T09:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.brethren.org\/?p=860"},"modified":"2012-04-06T04:27:31","modified_gmt":"2012-04-06T09:27:31","slug":"and-with-him-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/2012\/04\/06\/and-with-him-others\/","title":{"rendered":"And with Him &#8230; others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2012\/02\/New-Picture.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-513\" title=\"A community of Love\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2012\/02\/New-Picture.png\" alt=\"A Community of Love\" width=\"105\" height=\"151\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <strong>John 18:1 \u2013 19:37<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer for the Day:<\/strong><br \/>\nGod, you hold absolute power over the world, even the power to give over your son, our King, to the reality of death. I know that at times I contribute to small deaths like those that led to Jesus\u2019 crucifixion: failed courage, self deception, betrayal of a friend, passive bystanding, and giving over to another what really belongs to you. Forgive my acquiescence to death. Help me to live beyond the shadow of the cross. In the name of Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews, I pray. Amen<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question for reflection:<\/strong><br \/>\nPilate seemed to have a desire to release Jesus, and yet he ultimately handed him over to those who would crucify him. What might God be nudging you toward that you are struggling to hear and to obey?<\/p>\n<p>~ Jonathan Shively, executive director, Congregational Life Ministries<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Congregational Life Ministries of the Church of the Brethren is offering these simple prayers and questions in connection to this year&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brethrenpress.com\/SearchResults.asp?Cat=213\">Lent devoti<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brethrenpress.com\/SearchResults.asp?Cat=213\">onal<\/a>\u00a0written by Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford. (Available from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brethrenpress.com\/\">Brethren Press<\/a>) Join us as we look and listen for the coming of the Word through the reading of scripture, Cheryl&#8217;s reflections, times of prayer, and conversations on t<\/em><em>his\u00a0<\/em><em>blog.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 John 18:1 \u2013 19:37 Prayer for the Day: God, you hold absolute power over the world, even the power to give over your son, our King, to the reality of death. I know that at times I contribute to small deaths like those that led to Jesus\u2019 crucifixion: failed courage, self deception, betrayal of<\/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":[553,687,921],"class_list":["post-860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotional","tag-hear-jesus","tag-lent","tag-prayer"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860","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=860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}