{"id":2264,"date":"2015-07-06T12:16:20","date_gmt":"2015-07-06T16:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/?p=2264"},"modified":"2015-07-06T12:16:20","modified_gmt":"2015-07-06T16:16:20","slug":"a-prayer-for-our-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/2015\/07\/a-prayer-for-our-garden.html","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer for Our Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong><span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span>, you poured out blessings on your land! <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>&#8230;Our land will be filled with his glory. \u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong><span id=\"en-NLT-15260\" class=\"text Ps-85-12\">Yes, the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span> pours down his blessings.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong><span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"text Ps-85-12\">Our land will yield its bountiful harvest. (Psalm 85:1,9,12)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>The <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span> God placed the man in the Garden of Eden to tend and watch over it. (Genesis 2:15)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener. (John 15:1)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Father and Great Gardener,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">We thank you for the land you have given us to steward. We receive it as a gift from your gracious hand. Without your blessing there would be no productivity. We receive the blessing of your Word on our land and we expect a rich and abundant harvest as we work and tend it with diligence. With your blessing and our hard work we will receive a harvest that will be enjoyed and shared by many of our friends and family.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">In Jesus, our gracious Vineyard keeper, Amen!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lord, you poured out blessings on your land! &#8230;Our land will be filled with his glory. \u00a0 Yes, the Lord pours down his blessings. Our land will yield its bountiful harvest. (Psalm 85:1,9,12) The Lord God placed the man in the Garden of Eden to tend and watch over it. 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