{"id":146104,"date":"2026-06-25T06:33:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T10:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=146104"},"modified":"2026-06-25T12:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T16:14:07","slug":"a-prayer-for-the-day-from-geroge-appleton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=146104","title":{"rendered":"A prayer for the day from George Appleton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>O Lord, who hast promised a blessing for all who suffer for righteousness\u2019 sake: Grant to all our brethren persecuted for the truth that they may rejoice in being counted worthy to suffer dishonour for thy name. &nbsp;Strengthen their faith and renew their love, that in their patience they may possess their souls and win their persecutors to penitence and new brotherhood in thee; for the sake of him who suffered shame and reproach and remained invincible in his love, even thy redeeming Son, Christ our Lord.<\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The more time you spend in Nature, the more she rewards you, I&#39;m sure of it. Tiny riches beyond measure are slowly, quietly, revealed: the scent of grasses, a glimpse of a fledgeling thrush in a hedge, the colours of foxgloves and daisies spilling through gates. And winding paths\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jv2WhtSjr3\">pic.twitter.com\/jv2WhtSjr3<\/a><\/p>&mdash; peaklass (@peaklass1) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/peaklass1\/status\/2070028825296056447?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 25, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>O Lord, who hast promised a blessing for all who suffer for righteousness\u2019 sake: Grant to all our brethren persecuted for the truth that they may rejoice in being counted worthy to suffer dishonour for thy name. &nbsp;Strengthen their faith<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=146104\">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-146104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spiritualityprayer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146104","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=146104"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":146136,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146104\/revisions\/146136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}