{"id":148612,"date":"2026-11-07T06:24:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T11:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=148612"},"modified":"2026-11-07T06:24:42","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T11:24:42","slug":"a-prayer-to-begin-the-day-from-the-pastors-prayerbook-115","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=148612","title":{"rendered":"A prayer to begin the day from the Pastor\u2019s Prayerbook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">O Thou, who art the light of the minds that know thee, the life of the souls that love thee, and the strength of the wills that serve thee; help us so to know thee that we may truly love thee, so to love thee that we may fully serve thee, whom to serve is perfect freedom; through Jesus Christ our Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211;\u2013Robert W. Rodenmayer, ed.,&nbsp;<strong>The Pastor\u2019s Prayerbook: Selected and arranged for various occasions<\/strong>&nbsp;(New York: Oxford University Press, 1960)<\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Happy Saturday! Robins always manage to cheer me up when I see them. There&#8217;s something rather special about these little birds, and I know I&#8217;m not alone in feeling that way &#x1f9e1; https:\/\/t.co\/zSbbTccZhl<\/p>&mdash; Michelle Paul (@nature_michelle) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nature_michelle\/status\/2118994166759727340?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>O Thou, who art the light of the minds that know thee, the life of the souls that love thee, and the strength of the wills that serve thee; help us so to know thee that we may truly love<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=148612\">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-148612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spiritualityprayer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148612","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=148612"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148621,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148612\/revisions\/148621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}