{"id":3286,"date":"2019-10-31T09:32:46","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T13:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/laurel\/?p=3286"},"modified":"2019-10-31T09:32:58","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T13:32:58","slug":"every-kind-of-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/laurel\/?p=3286","title":{"rendered":"Every Kind of Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are learning to craft our prayers from the Scriptures we are reading, and rejoicing in the beauty of God&#8217;s truth, the way it turns our full attention on Who He Is and the power of His Word spoken into each other&#8217;s lives. And sometimes we find that when our own spirits are dry and we can&#8217;t find the words to say, it is hearing the prayers of our fellow travelers that stirs us, lifts us up into God&#8217;s presence. So thankful for the Family of God, and I can hear the Church-planter reminding us again: <em>&#8220;Never stop praying, especially for others. Always pray by the power of the Spirit. Stay alert and keep praying for God\u2019s people.&#8221; (Ephesians 6:18)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today this beautiful lyrical prayer is running through my head&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>From the love of my own comfort<br>From the fear of having nothing<br>From a life of worldly passions<br>Deliver me O God<br>From the need to be understood<br>And from a need to be accepted<br>From the fear of being lonely<br>Deliver me O God<br>Deliver me O God<br>And I shall not want, no, I shall not want<br>When I taste Your goodness, I shall not want<br>When I taste Your goodness, I shall not want<br>From the fear of serving others<br>Oh, and from the fear of death or trial<br>And from the fear of humility<br>Deliver me O God<br>Yes, deliver me O God<br>And I shall not want, no, I shall not want<br>When I taste Your goodness I shall not want<br>No, I shall not want, no, I shall not want<br>When I taste Your goodness I shall not want<br>When I taste Your goodness I shall not want<br>I shall not want<br>I shall not want <\/p><cite>Audrey Assad<br><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are learning to craft our prayers from the Scriptures we are reading, and rejoicing in the beauty of God&#8217;s truth, the way it turns our full attention on Who He Is and the power of His Word spoken into &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/laurel\/?p=3286\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-power-of-prayer"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9XvNH-R0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/laurel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/laurel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/laurel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/laurel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/laurel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3286"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/laurel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3288,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/laurel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3286\/revisions\/3288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/laurel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/laurel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/laurel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}