{"id":12710,"date":"2026-04-25T22:09:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T22:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/?page_id=12710"},"modified":"2026-04-25T22:09:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T22:09:33","slug":"entered-prayerfully-sunday-may-3-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/entered-prayerfully-sunday-may-3-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Entered\u00a0Prayerfully &#8211; Sunday, May 3, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land \u2013 <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>2 Chronicles 7:14\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dear Lord,<\/p>\n<p>Warm me from the chill,<br \/>\nOf this world&#8217;s bitter pill,<br \/>\nThe violence and deprivation<br \/>\nGripping this nation.<\/p>\n<p>Let not my heart turn numb,<br \/>\nThat I dare not become<br \/>\nIndifferent and desensitized<br \/>\nFrom the sufferings before my eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Help me never forget<br \/>\nOf the sorrow I could have met<br \/>\nIf not for Your mercy<br \/>\nThat, in this moment, covers me.<\/p>\n<p>So, I seek obedience<br \/>\nBy setting aside resistance,<br \/>\nTo bend my knees and pray<br \/>\nFor that person who could have been me today.<\/p>\n<p>Of the many \u201cmust-haves&#8221; to carry forward into May, I believe a state of prayerfulness warrants a high position. With so many heartbreaking happenings throughout our world, it\u2019s quite easy to become indifferent and take on a \u201cthem, not me\u201d attitude.<\/p>\n<p>However, reality has proven a crucial truth: life can change in the blink of an eye, and thereby the \u201cthem\u201d can become \u201cyou.\u201d \u00a0So, on this first Sunday of the month, I encourage you to remain prayerful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land \u2013 2 Chronicles 7:14\u00a0 Dear Lord, Warm me from the chill, Of this world&#8217;s bitter &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/entered-prayerfully-sunday-may-3-2026\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Entered\u00a0Prayerfully &#8211; Sunday, May 3, 2026&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12710","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12710"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12712,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12710\/revisions\/12712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}