{"id":2248,"date":"2010-08-31T00:52:33","date_gmt":"2010-08-31T06:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/?p=2248"},"modified":"2010-08-11T09:55:25","modified_gmt":"2010-08-11T15:55:25","slug":"p-is-for-praise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/?p=2248","title":{"rendered":"P is for Praise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u201cEnter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name\u201d\u00a0 (Psalm 100:4).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Some might wonder what praise has to do with prayer.\u00a0 Too many times we jump right into prayer, forgetting this element.\u00a0 We are going to God our Father.\u00a0 He is worthy of all praise.<\/p>\n<p>Take the time to talk awhile with Him.\u00a0 Thank Him for His many blessings and for always being there when you need Him.\u00a0 Through good times and bad, He\u2019s been there with unfailing, unconditional love for you.\u00a0 He took your place on the cross and died for your sins.\u00a0 That in itself would be more than enough reason to give Him praise.\u00a0 He is our advocate and dearest Friend. Is a simple thank you too much to ask of us?<\/p>\n<p>Sue Winchester<br \/>\nMissouri<\/p>\n<p><strong>PRAY TOGETHER: <\/strong>Pray for Gladys Gragg, who is stepping down as &#8220;Pray Together&#8221; coordinator. She says, &#8220;Thank you from the bottom of my heart. It&#8217;s been a wonderful four years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cEnter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name\u201d\u00a0 (Psalm 100:4). Some might wonder what praise has to do with prayer.\u00a0 Too many times we jump right into prayer, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/?p=2248\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-devotional"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2248"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2252,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2248\/revisions\/2252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}