{"id":1712,"date":"2026-09-10T20:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T20:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/?p=1712"},"modified":"2026-09-10T20:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T20:54:08","slug":"offering-blessing-7-20-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/offering-blessing-7-20-am\/","title":{"rendered":"Offering Blessing 7\/20 am"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Connor Lad<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Generous God,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everything we have comes from You, and today we return a small&nbsp;portion&nbsp;with grateful hearts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As we receive this offering for the Global Food Initiative, remind us that these gifts are more than dollars and coins. They are signs of Your love in action. Through them, hungry families will be fed, hope will be restored, and lives will be touched in ways we may never fully see.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank You for inviting us to be part of Your work in the world. Help us remember that no gift is too small when it is placed in Your hands. Just as You multiplied loaves and fishes, multiply these gifts to nourish bodies, restore dignity, and share the good news that every person is deeply loved by You.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bless those who give, those who receive, and all of us as we become people who feed the world with generosity, compassion, and hope.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the name of Jesus, who is the Bread of Life, we pray.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amen.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Connor Lad Generous God,&nbsp; Everything we have comes from You, and today we return a small&nbsp;portion&nbsp;with grateful hearts.&nbsp; As we receive this offering for the Global Food Initiative, remind us that these gifts are more than dollars and coins. They are signs of Your love in action. Through them, hungry families will be fed,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13],"tags":[77,82,81,66],"class_list":["post-1712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-offering","category-prayer","tag-connor-lad","tag-gfi","tag-global-food-initiative","tag-offering"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1712"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1713,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1712\/revisions\/1713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}