{"id":13211,"date":"2026-08-02T21:32:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T21:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/?page_id=13211"},"modified":"2026-08-02T21:32:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T21:32:14","slug":"scheduled-sunday-august-9-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/scheduled-sunday-august-9-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Scheduled\u00a0&#8211; Sunday, August 9, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For where two or three are\u00a0gathered together\u00a0in my name, there am I\u00a0in the midst of\u00a0them \u2013 <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Matthew 18:20<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With a warm hug, I was greeted,\u00a0<br \/>Then guided to the front and seated,\u00a0<br \/>To receive such hospitable care,\u00a0<br \/>As if to have an appointment there.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That my appearance was scheduled to be,\u00a0<br \/>Since something of importance awaited me,\u00a0<br \/>While voices from the choir my ears heard,\u00a0<br \/>My heart was ministered by God\u2019s Word.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His invitation to let go and release,\u00a0<br \/>Every burden that caused my joy to cease,\u00a0<br \/>As the tears flowed down my face,\u00a0<br \/>I sensed restoration was taking place,\u00a0<br \/>Confirmed as I walked out the door,\u00a0<br \/>With inner peace unlike before.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The opening poem captures my experience at last Sunday\u2019s church service and how it became even more meaningful than usual. It felt as if my attendance had been orchestrated to address my heart&#8217;s concerns. As a result, I left renewed and ready to move forward.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, this Sunday you will feel led to gather where the Holy Spirit flourishes amongst a community of believers. You may discover that you were scheduled to be there.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For where two or three are\u00a0gathered together\u00a0in my name, there am I\u00a0in the midst of\u00a0them \u2013 Matthew 18:20\u00a0 With a warm hug, I was greeted,\u00a0Then guided to the front and seated,\u00a0To receive such hospitable care,\u00a0As if to have an appointment there.\u00a0\u00a0 That my appearance was scheduled to be,\u00a0Since something of importance awaited me,\u00a0While voices from &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/scheduled-sunday-august-9-2026\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Scheduled\u00a0&#8211; Sunday, August 9, 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-13211","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13211","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=13211"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13213,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13211\/revisions\/13213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}