{"id":5720,"date":"2025-03-17T01:42:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T06:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/?p=5720"},"modified":"2025-03-16T05:45:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T10:45:34","slug":"renewal-of-our-relationship-with-god-tom-reji","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/2025\/03\/17\/renewal-of-our-relationship-with-god-tom-reji\/","title":{"rendered":"Renewal of our Relationship with God (Tom Reji)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Mathew 6:5<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lent is a time of prayer, fasting and giving. The theme of fasting, repentance and preparation are deeply rooted in biblical principles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prayer during Lent is often emphasized as a way to deepen one\u2019s relationship with God, seek guidance, and reflect on Christ\u2019s sacrifice. Many people commit to additional prayers, Scripture reading, or attending church services to foster spiritual growth during this season.\u00a0 Jesus instructs on private and sincere prayer in Mathew 6:5.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lent reminds us that transformation is possible. Let this season be a time of growth, faith and renewed purpose in Christ. Each sacrifice we make in Lent is a step closer to the joy of Easter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>CLOSING PRAYER<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Heavenly Father, as we journey through this season of Lent, we come before You with a humble heart, seeking Your grace, Your mercy, and Your strength. Help us to turn away from distractions that pull us from You and guide us toward a deeper awareness of Your presence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In our fasting, may we hunger for righteousness. In our prayer, may we find comfort in Your voice. In our giving, may we reflect Your generous love. Amen<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mathew 6:5 Lent is a time of prayer, fasting and giving. The theme of fasting, repentance and preparation are deeply rooted in biblical principles.\u00a0 Prayer during Lent is often emphasized&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lent-reflections"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-16-064239.png?fit=950%2C541&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5720"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5722,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5720\/revisions\/5722"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}