{"id":19711,"date":"2022-01-05T21:47:01","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T04:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/gospel-express\/2021-wishingbest-copy\/"},"modified":"2022-01-05T21:59:37","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T04:59:37","slug":"2022-newyear","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/gospel-express\/2022-newyear\/","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer for the New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: right;\">LLERRAH Ecards<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19715 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/happy2022-2-e1641444839509.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19716\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ny03bar.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"20\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>God grant us this year a wider view, So<br \/>\nwe see others&#8217; faults through the eyes<br \/>\nof You. Teach us to judge not with hasty<br \/>\ntongue, Neither the adult nor the young.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19717\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/godblessstar.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/><br \/>\nGive us patience and grace to endure<br \/>\nAnd a stronger faith so we feel secure.<br \/>\nInstead of remembering, help us forget<br \/>\nThe irritations that caused us to fret.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19717\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/godblessstar.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/><br \/>\nFreely forgiving for some offence<br \/>\nAnd finding each day a rich recompense.<br \/>\nIn offering a friendly, helping hand<br \/>\nAnd trying in all ways to understand;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>That all of us whoever we are &#8230; Are<br \/>\ntrying to reach an unreachable star. For<br \/>\nthe great and small &#8230; the good and bad<br \/>\nThe young and old &#8230; the sad and glad<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19717\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/godblessstar.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/><br \/>\nAre asking today; Is life worth living?<br \/>\nThe answer is only in, loving and givin.<br \/>\nFor only Love can make man kind and<br \/>\nKindness of Heart brings Peace of Mind.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19717\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/godblessstar.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>By giving love, we can help this year<br \/>\nTo lift the clouds of hate and fear.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19717 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/godblessstar.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19718 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/happy2022-3-e1641444965788.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19717 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/godblessstar.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19719 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/happy2022-4-e1641445010675.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19716 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ny03bar.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"20\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>May Your New Year Be Blessed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19717 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/godblessstar.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Happy New Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19716 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ny03bar.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"20\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":19715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"portfolio_entries":[35],"class_list":["post-19711","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_entries-english-writer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/19711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19711"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/19711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19712,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/19711\/revisions\/19712"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19711"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_entries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_entries?post=19711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}