{"id":2880,"date":"2021-01-02T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T00:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=2880"},"modified":"2020-12-31T12:28:36","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T19:28:36","slug":"preparing-for-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=2880","title":{"rendered":"Preparing for 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One of June\u2019s favorite authors, Larry Warner<\/a>, has written something he calls \u201cPreparing for 2021.\u201d In it, he recommends thinking about how we can partner with God in prayer and action for the coming year. Here\u2019s some of what he wrote:\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is an aid for your personal preparation for 2021. It is not about losing weight or exercising more but seeking to name and embrace God invitations so you can more fully partner with God and live Jesus in the new year.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then he asks the following. (My initial response scriptures are in parentheses. Yours could, of course, be very different.)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are your prayers for the World<\/strong>?<\/em> (1 Timothy 2.1, 2<\/a>)
What are your prayers for the Country? <\/strong><\/em>(2 Chronicles 7.14<\/a>)
<\/strong>What are your prayers for the worldwide<\/strong> church<\/strong>?<\/em> (Ephesians 3.14 – 21<\/a>, Philippians 1.9 – 11<\/a>)
What are your prayers for your community<\/strong>?<\/em> (Deuteronomy 15.11<\/a>)
What are your prayers for your local church<\/strong>?<\/em> (Ephesians 4.11 – 15<\/a>)
What are your prayers for your family<\/strong>?<\/em> (Genesis 18.19<\/a>, Psalm 112.1, 2<\/a>)
What are your prayers for your life<\/strong>?<\/em> (2 Timothy 1.7<\/a>)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tomorrow I\u2019ll continue with Larry\u2019s challenge – how do we assess our prayer intentions?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed. (Luke 5.16, NIV<\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of June\u2019s favorite authors, Larry Warner, has written something he calls \u201cPreparing for 2021.\u201d In it, he recommends thinking about how we can partner with God in prayer and action for the coming year. Here\u2019s some of what he wrote:\u00a0\u00a0 Here is an aid for your personal preparation for 2021. It is not about … Continue reading Preparing for 2021<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8X9bo-Ks","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2880"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2881,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2880\/revisions\/2881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}