{"id":2160,"date":"2019-02-04T08:43:42","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T14:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/?p=2160"},"modified":"2019-02-04T08:43:49","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T14:43:49","slug":"prayer-is-needed-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/2019\/02\/04\/prayer-is-needed-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer is needed now&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I saw this blog post today. I have identified with this and in some ways still do. Prayer does not come natural for me, yes, as a pastor, it does not. It does when I am leading as a pastor, but not in my private life. It has changed over time and it is better but it needs more. I meet with pastors all the time that struggle with prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each Friday, I meet with a few pastors, and we spend time talking about our week and then steep ourselves into prayer. This has changed my life. I know it will continue to change and shape my life. As I tell my kids in confirmation, prayer can be a simple &#8220;thank you&#8221;. But we still need to actually do it, to be in conversation with God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read this wonderful blog post for some greater insight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-faithgateway\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"R6u3Ox9QJa\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.faithgateway.com\/when-you-believe-in-god-but-not-in-prayer\/\">When You Believe in God but Not in Prayer<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"https:\/\/www.faithgateway.com\/when-you-believe-in-god-but-not-in-prayer\/embed\/#?secret=R6u3Ox9QJa\" data-secret=\"R6u3Ox9QJa\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;When You Believe in God but Not in Prayer&#8221; &#8212; FaithGateway\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I saw this blog post today. I have identified with this and in some ways still do. Prayer does not come natural for me, yes, as a pastor, it does not. It does when I am leading as a pastor, but not in my private life. It has changed over time and it is better &#8230; <span class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/2019\/02\/04\/prayer-is-needed-now\/\">[Read more&#8230;]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_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}},"categories":[111],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-admin","4":"post-2160","6":"format-standard","7":"category-prayer"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2m6h5-yQ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3143,"url":"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/2023\/09\/29\/minister-where-really-god\/","url_meta":{"origin":2160,"position":0},"title":"Minister where?  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