{"id":5609,"date":"2023-07-21T07:21:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T11:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=5609"},"modified":"2023-07-18T07:04:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T11:04:00","slug":"prayer-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=5609","title":{"rendered":"Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20181117_114503-e1556751997706-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5539\" width=\"401\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20181117_114503-e1556751997706-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20181117_114503-e1556751997706-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Prodigal:  It is time to pray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Me:  Yes, and today we need to pray for our nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>God of our fathers in Whom we trust and by Whose guidance and grace this nation was born, bless the Senators of these United States at this important time in history and give them all things needful to the faithful discharge of their responsibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We pray especially today for our President, and also for him who will preside over this chamber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Give to them good health for the physical strains of their office, good judgement for the decisions they must make, wisdom beyond their own, and clear understanding for the problems of this difficult hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We thank Thee for their humble reliance upon Thee.  May they go often to the throne of grace as we commend them both to Thy loving care and Thy guiding hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Romans 6:22<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jennifer Van Allen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>www.theprodigalpig.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>www.faithincounseling.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prodigal: It is time to pray. Me: Yes, and today we need to pray for our nation. 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