{"id":1688,"date":"2006-12-11T12:28:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-11T12:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/12\/feeling-down-need-some-encoura.html"},"modified":"2006-12-11T12:28:00","modified_gmt":"2006-12-11T12:28:00","slug":"feeling-down-need-some-encoura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/12\/feeling-down-need-some-encoura.html","title":{"rendered":"Feeling down?  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So, I&#8217;m posting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lyricsfreak.com\/j\/jars+of+clay\/flood_20069959.html\">Flood<\/a> instead since it&#8217;s encouraging as well.  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