{"id":13517,"date":"2026-10-18T19:19:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T19:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/?page_id=13517"},"modified":"2026-10-18T19:27:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T19:27:12","slug":"prayers-monday-october-19-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/prayers-monday-october-19-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayers &#8211; Monday, October 19, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not \u2013 <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Jeremiah 33:3\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s conversing with a trusted Friend;<br \/>\nHis smiling is what I envision.<br \/>\nLonging for our time apart,<br \/>\nTo talk and to hear my heart.<\/p>\n<p>By encouraging me to feel,<br \/>\nWith Him I can always be real,<br \/>\nAnd know that every word<br \/>\nWon\u2019t be ignored, but heard.<\/p>\n<p>So, when I go back to my day,<br \/>\nI arrive in a refreshed way.<br \/>\nAnd life suddenly becomes less grey,<br \/>\nBecause I took time to pray.<\/p>\n<p>The opening poem encompasses the intimacy of spending time with God through prayer. Unlike human relationships that are oftentimes conditioned by one\u2019s behavior and whether it\u2019s acceptable, there is no need to become someone we\u2019re not.\u00a0 God already knows who we are, so we can come to Him relaxed and ready to fellowship.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve discovered that the word &#8220;Prayers&#8221;\u2014when perceived as P.R.A.Y.E.R.S. (Praying Regularly Always Yields Everlasting Rewards Spiritually)\u2014offers a message worth exploring. I hope you\u2019ll join me in this week\u2019s discussions about the benefits of daily prayer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not \u2013 Jeremiah 33:3\u00a0 It\u2019s conversing with a trusted Friend; His smiling is what I envision. Longing for our time apart, To talk and to hear my heart. By encouraging me to feel, With Him I can &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/prayers-monday-october-19-2026\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Prayers &#8211; Monday, October 19, 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-13517","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13517","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=13517"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13522,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13517\/revisions\/13522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}