{"id":15673,"date":"2017-03-22T21:52:05","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T21:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/stniniansps\/?p=15673"},"modified":"2017-03-22T21:52:05","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T21:52:05","slug":"lent-challenge-thursday-23rd-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/stniniansps\/2017\/03\/22\/lent-challenge-thursday-23rd-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Lent Challenge &#8211; Thursday 23rd March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/stniniansps\/files\/2017\/03\/friendship-day.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-15674\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/stniniansps\/files\/2017\/03\/friendship-day.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"447\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThis is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you. There is no greater love than to lay down one\u2019s life for one\u2019s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command\u2026 Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/search\/?t=niv&amp;q=john+15:12-15\"><strong>(John 15:12-15<\/strong><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&#8217;s challenge &#8211; Pray for a friend.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Prayer for a Friend<\/h2>\n<p>I will pray for you, my friend.<br \/>\nI will name you in my heart before God and ask all His blessing be upon you.<br \/>\nI will be concerned for your rising and your daily mood.<br \/>\nI will be sympathetic to your personal needs and desires in each day of your life.<br \/>\nI will wish you well in your learning, or your work, \u00a0and your leisure.<br \/>\nI will think of you at the close of each day and pray that God\u2019s peace be with you.<br \/>\nIf you have been especially kind or helpful to me then I will make my gratitude known to you.<br \/>\nIf you are in trouble or difficulty of any kind, or simply tired and worn down,<br \/>\nI will do all and anything I can to lift your spirits.<br \/>\nI will ache for you in your sorrows and disasters and rejoice with you in your joys and triumphs.<br \/>\nI will love and care for you as I love and care for myself.<\/p>\n<p>~ <strong>Author unknown<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThis is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you. There is no greater love than to lay down one\u2019s life for one\u2019s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command\u2026 Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me.\u201d\u00a0(John 15:12-15) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/stniniansps\/2017\/03\/22\/lent-challenge-thursday-23rd-march\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lent Challenge &#8211; Thursday 23rd March&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12386,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,79,166,168,169,170,171],"tags":[7266],"class_list":["post-15673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-primary-1","category-primary-2","category-primary-3","category-primary-4","category-primary-5","category-primary-6","category-primary-7","tag-lent"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/stniniansps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/stniniansps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/stniniansps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/stniniansps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12386"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/stniniansps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15673"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/stniniansps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15675,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/stniniansps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15673\/revisions\/15675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/stniniansps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/stniniansps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/stniniansps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}