{"id":2621,"date":"2014-06-14T11:23:30","date_gmt":"2014-06-14T10:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=2621"},"modified":"2014-06-14T11:23:30","modified_gmt":"2014-06-14T10:23:30","slug":"please-pray-for-gods-love-to-shine-through-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2014\/06\/14\/please-pray-for-gods-love-to-shine-through-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Please pray for God&#8217;s love to shine through us!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whether we&#8217;re talking with bigwigs or Fulani friends, please pray for us, that we would speak words of love, that we might be part of the much needed reconciliation and healing for this country. Pray that not just our words, but that our lives would speak love clearly.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2603\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/06\/blog-bigwigs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2603\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2603\" alt=\"Roy giving a tour of the CEFA farm to our community's highest leaders\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/06\/blog-bigwigs.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/06\/blog-bigwigs.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/06\/blog-bigwigs-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2603\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roy giving a tour of the CEFA farm to our community&#8217;s highest leaders<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2594\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/06\/blog-Roy-Jopti.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2594\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2594\" alt=\"Roy, Past. B, and BB visiting Fulani friends across the border\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/06\/blog-Roy-Jopti.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/06\/blog-Roy-Jopti.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/06\/blog-Roy-Jopti-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2594\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roy, Past. 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Pray that not just our words, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2014\/06\/14\/please-pray-for-gods-love-to-shine-through-us\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[337,472,2724],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-meetings-with-m-friends","category-mission","category-monthly-prayer-requests"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Please pray for God&#039;s love to shine through us! - Danforths&#039; Days<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2014\/06\/14\/please-pray-for-gods-love-to-shine-through-us\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Please pray for God&#039;s love to shine through us! - Danforths&#039; Days\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Whether we&#8217;re talking with bigwigs or Fulani friends, please pray for us, that we would speak words of love, that we might be part of the much needed reconciliation and healing for this country. 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