{"id":165,"date":"2023-03-24T23:06:46","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T23:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flippress.com\/firstnations\/?p=165"},"modified":"2023-03-24T23:06:46","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T23:06:46","slug":"a-prayer-to-the-shepherd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/flippress.com\/firstnations\/prayers\/a-prayer-to-the-shepherd\/","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer to the Shepherd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oh Great Spirit, hear my prayer,<br \/>\nAs I read the sacred words of Psalm 23,<br \/>\nI am reminded of the beauty of Your creation,<br \/>\nAnd the blessings that You have bestowed upon us.<\/p>\n<p>You are my shepherd, my guide, my protector,<br \/>\nAnd I am grateful for Your presence in my life.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As I walk through the valleys of life,<br \/>\nI know that You are with me,<br \/>\nLeading me to green pastures and still waters,<br \/>\nRestoring my soul and giving me strength.<\/p>\n<p>You prepare a table before me,<br \/>\nIn the presence of my enemies,<br \/>\nAnd anoint my head with oil,<br \/>\nOverflowing with blessings and abundance.<\/p>\n<p>Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me,<br \/>\nAll the days of my life,<br \/>\nAnd I will dwell in Your house forevermore.<\/p>\n<p>Great Spirit, thank You for Your love and Your grace,<br \/>\nFor guiding me on the path of righteousness,<br \/>\nAnd for always being with me,<br \/>\nThrough the good times and the bad.<\/p>\n<p>In the name of the Great Spirit, the Merciful Son, and the Holy Spirit. Aho.<\/p>\n<p>(compare Psalm 23)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh Great Spirit, hear my prayer, As I read the sacred words of Psalm 23, I am reminded of the beauty of Your creation, And the blessings that You have bestowed upon us. You are my shepherd, my guide, my protector, And I am grateful for Your presence in my life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prayers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/flippress.com\/firstnations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/flippress.com\/firstnations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/flippress.com\/firstnations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flippress.com\/firstnations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flippress.com\/firstnations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/flippress.com\/firstnations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/flippress.com\/firstnations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flippress.com\/firstnations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flippress.com\/firstnations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}