{"id":142942,"date":"2026-01-31T07:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T12:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=142942"},"modified":"2026-01-31T07:56:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T12:56:49","slug":"a-prayer-for-the-day-from-the-pastors-prayerbook-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=142942","title":{"rendered":"A prayer for the day from the Pastor\u2019s Prayerbook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">O Thou, who searchest the hearts of men: Look with mercy upon our sins, especially our sins against the truth; forgive them and help us to walk this day in the light. \u00a0Deliver us from timid silence; give us courage to speak the truth with boldness, and grace to speak the truth with love; and save us in thought, word, and deed from the perils of self-deception; through Jesus Christ our Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2013Robert W. Rodenmayer, ed.,\u00a0<strong>The Pastor\u2019s Prayerbook: Selected and arranged for various occasions<\/strong>\u00a0(New York: Oxford University Press, 1960)<\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sunrise across Sound of Sleat from Ardvasar, Isle of Skye <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Scotland?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Scotland<\/a> &#x1f3f4;&#xe0067;&#xe0062;&#xe0073;&#xe0063;&#xe0074;&#xe007f; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThePhotoHour?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ThePhotoHour<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StormHour?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@StormHour<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VisitScotland?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VisitScotland<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Hb4r4pw60y\">pic.twitter.com\/Hb4r4pw60y<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James MacInnes (@Macinnesplant) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Macinnesplant\/status\/2017536532010197165?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>O Thou, who searchest the hearts of men: Look with mercy upon our sins, especially our sins against the truth; forgive them and help us to walk this day in the light. \u00a0Deliver us from timid silence; give us courage<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=142942\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[188],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spiritualityprayer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=142942"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142945,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142942\/revisions\/142945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=142942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=142942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=142942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}