{"id":5789,"date":"2024-12-26T09:50:25","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T09:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/?p=5789"},"modified":"2024-12-26T09:50:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T09:50:29","slug":"pray-always-and-do-not-lose-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/pray-always-and-do-not-lose-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Pray Always And Do Not Lose Heart."},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5789-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pray-Always-And-Do-Not-Lose-Heart.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pray-Always-And-Do-Not-Lose-Heart.mp3\">https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pray-Always-And-Do-Not-Lose-Heart.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>And Jesus told them a parable to the effect that they<strong> ought\u00a0always to pray and not lose heart.<\/strong>\u00a0He said, \u201cIn a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, \u2018Give me justice against my adversary.\u2019 For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, \u2018Though I neither fear God nor respect man, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.\u2019 \u201d And the Lord said, \u201cHear what the unrighteous judge says. And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them? I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?\u201d\u00a0<strong>Luke 18 v 1-8.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And Jesus told them a parable to the effect that they ought\u00a0always to pray and not lose heart.\u00a0He said, \u201cIn a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, \u2018Give me justice against my adversary.\u2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"Pray Always And Do Not Lose Heart. - Disciples of Christ","description":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pray-Always-And-Do-Not-Lose-Heart.mp3 And Jesus told them a parable to the effect that they ought\u00a0alw"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gospel-themes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5789"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5791,"href":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5789\/revisions\/5791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}