{"id":51748,"date":"2015-09-23T04:14:51","date_gmt":"2015-09-23T04:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/what_a_friend_we_have_in_jesus_-_guy_penrod\/"},"modified":"2015-09-23T04:14:51","modified_gmt":"2015-09-23T04:14:51","slug":"what_a_friend_we_have_in_jesus_-_guy_penrod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=51748","title":{"rendered":"What a friend we have in Jesus &#8211; Guy Penrod"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/_4o9XaL6x7g?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What a friend we have in Jesus,<br \/>\nAll our sins and griefs to bear!<br \/>\nWhat a privilege to carry<br \/>\nEverything to God in prayer!<br \/>\nOh, what peace we often forfeit,<br \/>\nOh, what needless pain we bear,<br \/>\nAll because we do not carry<br \/>\nEverything to God in prayer!<\/p>\n<p>Have we trials and temptations?<br \/>\nIs there trouble anywhere?<br \/>\nWe should never be discouraged\u201d\u201d<br \/>\nTake it to the Lord in prayer.<br \/>\nCan we find a friend so faithful,<br \/>\nWho will all our sorrows share?<br \/>\nJesus knows our every weakness;<br \/>\nTake it to the Lord in prayer.<\/p>\n<p>Are we weak and heavy-laden,<br \/>\nCumbered with a load of care?<br \/>\nPrecious Savior, still our refuge\u201d\u201d<br \/>\nTake it to the Lord in prayer.<br \/>\nDo thy friends despise, forsake thee?<br \/>\nTake it to the Lord in prayer!<br \/>\nIn His arms He\u2019ll take and shield thee,<br \/>\nThou wilt find a solace there.<\/p>\n<p>Blessed Savior, Thou hast promised<br \/>\nThou wilt all our burdens bear;<br \/>\nMay we ever, Lord, be bringing<br \/>\nAll to Thee in earnest prayer.<br \/>\nSoon in glory bright, unclouded,<br \/>\nThere will be no need for prayer\u201d\u201d<br \/>\nRapture, praise, and endless worship<br \/>\nWill be our sweet portion there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a friend we have in Jesus, All our sins and griefs to bear! What a privilege to carry Everything to God in prayer! Oh, what peace we often forfeit, Oh, what needless pain we bear, All because we do<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=51748\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":832,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,188],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-life-church-life","category-spiritualityprayer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51748","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\/832"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51748\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}