{"id":154,"date":"2009-09-12T19:47:49","date_gmt":"2009-09-12T19:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayerplainandsimple\/2009\/09\/a-prayer-for-small-things.html"},"modified":"2009-09-12T19:47:49","modified_gmt":"2009-09-12T19:47:49","slug":"a-prayer-for-small-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/2009\/09\/a-prayer-for-small-things.html","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer for Small Things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><font size=\"3\">It&#8217;s Saturday and the last thing our kids want to think about today is school. But as parents were always on duty and our need to prayer and their need for prayer never ends. Each day this month we are offering one prayer for one aspect of our children&#8217;s education.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>Here&#8217;s a prayer for the small things&#8230;<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><font size=\"3\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"><b><span><font size=\"3\"><font color=\"#000000\">God of the small things help our children to make good decisions in all that they do.<\/font><\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Saturday and the last thing our kids want to think about today is school. But as parents were always on duty and our need to prayer and their need for prayer never ends. 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