{"id":45473,"date":"2022-10-01T01:51:49","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T06:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/take-time-to-pray-bible-study\/"},"modified":"2022-10-01T01:51:49","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T06:51:49","slug":"take-time-to-pray-bible-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/take-time-to-pray-bible-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Take Time To Pray &#8211; Bible study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following poem by an unknown author, emphasizes our need to exercise the privilege of daily praying to our heavenly Father:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>I got up early one morning<br \/> And rushed right into the day;<br \/> I had so much to accomplish<br \/> That I didnt take time to pray.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Problems just tumbling about me,<br \/> And heavier came each task,<br \/> Why doesnt God help me, I wondered<br \/> He answered, You didnt ask.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I wanted to see joy and beauty<br \/> But the day toiled on, gray and bleak.<br \/> I wondered why God didnt show me,<br \/> He said, But you didnt seek.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I tried to come into Gods presence;<br \/> I used all my keys at the lock.<br \/> God gently and lovingly chided,<br \/> My child, you didnt knock.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I woke up early this morning<br \/> And paused before entering the day.<br \/> I had so much to accomplish<br \/> That I had to take time to pray.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following poem by an unknown author, emphasizes our need to exercise the privilege of daily praying to our heavenly Father: I got up early one morning And rushed right into the day; I had so much to accomplish That I didnt take time to pray. Problems just tumbling about me, And heavier came each &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/take-time-to-pray-bible-study\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Take Time To Pray &#8211; Bible study&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45473\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}