{"id":6745,"date":"2021-10-07T15:15:35","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T20:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/?p=6745"},"modified":"2021-10-07T15:17:12","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T20:17:12","slug":"you-are-held","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/you-are-held\/","title":{"rendered":"You Are Held"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6746 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/Brown-and-White-Photocentric-International-Coffee-Day-Instagram-Post-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>&#8220;And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don\u2019t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words. And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers<a class=\"a-tn\">*<\/a>\u00a0in harmony with God\u2019s own will. And we know that God causes everything to work together<a class=\"a-tn\">*<\/a> for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.&#8221; Romans 8:26-28, NLT.<\/p>\n<p>Devotional from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/hopeandencouragementbible\/\"><em>DaySpring Hope &amp; Encouragement Bible<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes life as usual comes to a sudden halt. Through death, tragedy, sickness, and loss, normal routines, expectations, and ways of living are gone in an instant. Life will never be the same as it was. Outwardly free-flowing prayers become a silent plea. Thoughts are random and disconnected.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s when one looks harder than ever to see God and asks, \u201cWhy? Where are you? What am I to do now?\u201d It\u2019s also when he\u2019s able to reach into the depths of our hearts and instill a whole new realm of healing power and loving assurance to undergird and support. It\u2019s when Jesus prays on our behalf while carrying us in his loving arms.<\/p>\n<p>We may never know why some things happen, but we can always know Who is with us\u2014to help, and to heal, and sometimes just to be. He is our love, and he cares.<\/p>\n<p>Lisa Stilwell, <em>100 Days of Faith over Fear<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Lord, thank you for your love, for your tender care, and for your presence.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Thank you for carrying me when I can no longer stand. Thank you for holding<\/em><br \/>\n<em>my life in your very hands and for your promise never to leave.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Learn more about the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/hopeandencouragementbible\/\"><em>DaySpring Hope &amp; Encouragement Bible.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6747 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/IMG_8295.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"378\" height=\"213\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don\u2019t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words. And the Father who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":6746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[32,338,30,190,119],"tags":[340,349],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6745"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6745"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6749,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6745\/revisions\/6749"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}