{"id":708,"date":"2008-12-29T00:48:46","date_gmt":"2008-12-29T06:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wnac.org\/blog\/?p=708"},"modified":"2008-12-23T14:49:36","modified_gmt":"2008-12-23T20:49:36","slug":"reminder-of-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/?p=708","title":{"rendered":"Reminder of Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again to a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/em>(1 Peter 1:2).<\/p>\n<p>I hope you took the time out of your hectic holiday schedule to go over the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153No Excuses Christmas Reminders.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d This was a good focus for us for the holidays. I selected five of them for devotions for this week.<\/p>\n<p>Today I chose the one of Hope. We have hope for all seasons. Without the birth of Christ, we would be struggling without hope. I thank God for being willing to send His Son to be born. Through His birth, life on earth, death, and resurrection, we all can have the hope of a brighter tomorrow. Knowing we will someday rise to meet Him face to face keeps our hope alive.<\/p>\n<p>Sue Winchester<br \/>\nMissouri<\/p>\n<p><strong>PRAY TOGETHER: <\/strong> Pray for the many children undergoing treatment for cancer. Let parents know you are praying God will give them strength during this time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again to a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (1 Peter 1:2). I hope you &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/?p=708\">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-708","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\/708","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=708"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":709,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708\/revisions\/709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}