{"id":2554,"date":"2020-03-22T09:00:38","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T15:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/?p=2554"},"modified":"2020-03-23T22:17:56","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T04:17:56","slug":"day-of-prayer-and-fasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/?p=2554","title":{"rendered":"Day of Prayer and Fasting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Day of Prayer and Fasting <br \/>For the last ten years I have been calling us in LCMC to become more and more a people of prayer.\u00a0 We have a great opportunity to do so this coming Sunday, March 22.\u00a0 I would like us to dedicate this coming Sunday to be a day of prayer and fasting.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/01371592-4573-46FC-8162-AA8B7166D52A-300x162.jpeg\" alt=\"Prayer and Fasting\" class=\"wp-image-2556\"\/><figcaption>Prayer and Fasting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What prayer concerns might you have?  I have many, here are just a few:<br>\nPray for our government leaders (Romans).  Ask the Lord of Heaven and Earth that they would be able to come together to make wise and common sense decisions to protect the vulnerable and ease the financial burden on those affected by all the shutdowns.<br>\nPray for those families who will be challenged to both continue to work to provide an income and at the same time care for their children who will not be in school, pre-school or day care.<br>\nPray for the businesses in our communities who will be drastically affected by the mandatory shutdowns that they might survive, recover and thrive once again.<br>\nPray for those who are working in the health care fields, those who will have direct contact with folks who are showing symptoms of Covid-19.<br>\nPray for our congregations, leaders, and pastors that together we might be light in the darkness and salt to a world that still cries out in pain, hurt, confusion, and frustration.<br>\nAnd for all, in every nation that are suffering illness now because of this pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some words from the Scriptures that I hang on to in times of trouble:<br> &#8220;Cast all your cares on Him, for He cares about you.&#8221; \u2013 I Peter 5:8. <br> &#8220;Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.&#8221; \u2013 Matthew 6 (the whole chapter). <br>  Let today\u2019s trouble be enough for today (one day at a time).<br> Romans 8:28: In all things, God works for good for those who love Him and are called according to His purpose.<br> Psalm 23. <br> And finally, the three most often said words in the Bible: Be Not afraid.<br> Let us remember that God is faithful.  He is still the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.  Our God is greater than any virus or anything else in this world!  <br> We will get through this, and there is a better day coming! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>adapted from Rev. Mark Vander Tuig, Service Coordinator, LCMC. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peace and Joy!  Pastors Michael and Cathy Hanus and the Spirit of Peace Missional Community. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day of Prayer and Fasting For the last ten years I have been calling us in LCMC to become more and more a people of prayer.\u00a0 We have a great opportunity to do so this coming Sunday, March 22.\u00a0 I would like us to dedicate this coming Sunday to be a day of prayer and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/?p=2554\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Day of Prayer and Fasting<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"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":[76,138],"tags":[190,5,21,68],"class_list":["post-2554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prayer","category-spirituality","tag-fasting","tag-prayer","tag-spiritofpeace-us","tag-spirituality"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Day of Prayer and Fasting - Spirit of Peace<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/?p=2554\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Day of Prayer and Fasting - Spirit of Peace\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Day of Prayer and Fasting For the last ten years I have been calling us in LCMC to become more and more a people of prayer.\u00a0 We have a great opportunity to do so this coming Sunday, March 22.\u00a0 I would like us to dedicate this coming Sunday to be a day of prayer and &hellip; Continue reading Day of Prayer and Fasting &rarr;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/?p=2554\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Spirit of Peace\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SpiritofPeaceCh\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-03-22T15:00:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-03-24T04:17:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/01371592-4573-46FC-8162-AA8B7166D52A-300x162.jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"minister\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@SpiritofPeaceCh\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@SpiritofPeaceCh\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"minister\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blog.peacelcmc.org\\\/?p=2554#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blog.peacelcmc.org\\\/?p=2554\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"minister\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blog.peacelcmc.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7cd5ffeb4ea888e65125b9cb50a27b7b\"},\"headline\":\"Day of Prayer and Fasting\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-22T15:00:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-03-24T04:17:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blog.peacelcmc.org\\\/?p=2554\"},\"wordCount\":419,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blog.peacelcmc.org\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blog.peacelcmc.org\\\/?p=2554#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.peacelcmc.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/01371592-4573-46FC-8162-AA8B7166D52A-300x162.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"fasting\",\"prayer\",\"SpiritofPeace.us\",\"Spirituality\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Prayer\",\"Spirituality\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blog.peacelcmc.org\\\/?p=2554\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blog.peacelcmc.org\\\/?p=2554\",\"name\":\"Day of Prayer and Fasting - Spirit of Peace\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blog.peacelcmc.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blog.peacelcmc.org\\\/?p=2554#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blog.peacelcmc.org\\\/?p=2554#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.peacelcmc.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/01371592-4573-46FC-8162-AA8B7166D52A-300x162.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-22T15:00:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-03-24T04:17:56+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blog.peacelcmc.org\\\/?p=2554#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/blog.peacelcmc.org\\\/?p=2554\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blog.peacelcmc.org\\\/?p=2554#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.peacelcmc.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/01371592-4573-46FC-8162-AA8B7166D52A-300x162.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.peacelcmc.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/01371592-4573-46FC-8162-AA8B7166D52A-300x162.jpeg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blog.peacelcmc.org\\\/?p=2554#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blog.peacelcmc.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Day of Prayer and Fasting\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blog.peacelcmc.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blog.peacelcmc.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Spirit of Peace\",\"description\":\"Where Believers Gather Together to Worship Jesus\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blog.peacelcmc.org\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blog.peacelcmc.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blog.peacelcmc.org\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Spirit of Peace\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blog.peacelcmc.org\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blog.peacelcmc.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.peacelcmc.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/04\\\/C891BFD1-1F88-4F52-AE76-EABCEDAEB5DC.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.peacelcmc.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/04\\\/C891BFD1-1F88-4F52-AE76-EABCEDAEB5DC.jpeg\",\"width\":320,\"height\":253,\"caption\":\"Spirit of Peace\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blog.peacelcmc.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/SpiritofPeaceCh\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/SpiritofPeaceCh\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blog.peacelcmc.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7cd5ffeb4ea888e65125b9cb50a27b7b\",\"name\":\"minister\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a40666bb9b92004446db9529483bdf6c5797566bd5437a9e98b8be93eac7f17d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a40666bb9b92004446db9529483bdf6c5797566bd5437a9e98b8be93eac7f17d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a40666bb9b92004446db9529483bdf6c5797566bd5437a9e98b8be93eac7f17d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"minister\"},\"description\":\"Spirit of Peace Minister\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/peacelcmc.org\\\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Day of Prayer and Fasting - Spirit of Peace","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/?p=2554","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Day of Prayer and Fasting - Spirit of Peace","og_description":"Day of Prayer and Fasting For the last ten years I have been calling us in LCMC to become more and more a people of prayer.\u00a0 We have a great opportunity to do so this coming Sunday, March 22.\u00a0 I would like us to dedicate this coming Sunday to be a day of prayer and &hellip; Continue reading Day of Prayer and Fasting &rarr;","og_url":"http:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/?p=2554","og_site_name":"Spirit of Peace","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SpiritofPeaceCh","article_published_time":"2020-03-22T15:00:38+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-03-24T04:17:56+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/01371592-4573-46FC-8162-AA8B7166D52A-300x162.jpeg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"minister","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@SpiritofPeaceCh","twitter_site":"@SpiritofPeaceCh","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"minister","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"http:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/?p=2554#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/?p=2554"},"author":{"name":"minister","@id":"http:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/#\/schema\/person\/7cd5ffeb4ea888e65125b9cb50a27b7b"},"headline":"Day of Prayer and Fasting","datePublished":"2020-03-22T15:00:38+00:00","dateModified":"2020-03-24T04:17:56+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/?p=2554"},"wordCount":419,"publisher":{"@id":"http:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/?p=2554#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/01371592-4573-46FC-8162-AA8B7166D52A-300x162.jpeg","keywords":["fasting","prayer","SpiritofPeace.us","Spirituality"],"articleSection":["Prayer","Spirituality"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/?p=2554","url":"http:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/?p=2554","name":"Day of Prayer and Fasting - Spirit of Peace","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/?p=2554#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/?p=2554#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/01371592-4573-46FC-8162-AA8B7166D52A-300x162.jpeg","datePublished":"2020-03-22T15:00:38+00:00","dateModified":"2020-03-24T04:17:56+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/?p=2554#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/?p=2554"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/?p=2554#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/01371592-4573-46FC-8162-AA8B7166D52A-300x162.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/01371592-4573-46FC-8162-AA8B7166D52A-300x162.jpeg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/?p=2554#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Day of Prayer and Fasting"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/#website","url":"http:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/","name":"Spirit of Peace","description":"Where Believers Gather Together to Worship Jesus","publisher":{"@id":"http:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"http:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/#organization","name":"Spirit of Peace","url":"http:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/C891BFD1-1F88-4F52-AE76-EABCEDAEB5DC.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/C891BFD1-1F88-4F52-AE76-EABCEDAEB5DC.jpeg","width":320,"height":253,"caption":"Spirit of Peace"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SpiritofPeaceCh","https:\/\/x.com\/SpiritofPeaceCh"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/#\/schema\/person\/7cd5ffeb4ea888e65125b9cb50a27b7b","name":"minister","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a40666bb9b92004446db9529483bdf6c5797566bd5437a9e98b8be93eac7f17d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a40666bb9b92004446db9529483bdf6c5797566bd5437a9e98b8be93eac7f17d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a40666bb9b92004446db9529483bdf6c5797566bd5437a9e98b8be93eac7f17d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"minister"},"description":"Spirit of Peace Minister","sameAs":["http:\/\/peacelcmc.org\/"]}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4QaVf-Fc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2554"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2557,"href":"https:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2554\/revisions\/2557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}