{"id":1318,"date":"2016-09-27T13:38:59","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T13:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigfinnestad.com\/?p=1318"},"modified":"2016-09-27T13:38:59","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T13:38:59","slug":"distracted-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigfinnestad.com\/?p=1318","title":{"rendered":"Distracted Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Sunday, I will be talking about living in an age of distraction. I encourage you to pray this prayer to prepare for worship on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Dear God,<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m distracted.<\/p>\n<p>Distracted by comparison.<br \/>\nDistracted by worry.<\/p>\n<p>Connected to computers and cell phones.<br \/>\nConnected to calendars and chores.<\/p>\n<p>Disconnected from others.<br \/>\nDisconnected from You.<\/p>\n<p>Let me sit at Your feet.<br \/>\nBecome my one true and holy passion.<\/p>\n<p><em>Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1322\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1322\" class=\"wp-image-1322 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/craigfinnestad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_6721-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"img_6721\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/craigfinnestad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_6721-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/craigfinnestad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_6721-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/craigfinnestad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_6721-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/craigfinnestad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_6721-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/craigfinnestad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_6721-1170x1170.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/craigfinnestad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_6721-585x585.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1322\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Benjamin and David in Russia. Two police officers were sleeping in the car &#8212; distracted by either boredom or their fatigue.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Sunday, I will be talking about living in an age of distraction. I encourage you to pray this prayer to prepare for worship on Sunday. Dear God, I\u2019m distracted. Distracted by comparison. Distracted by worry. Connected to computers and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-1318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prayers","tag-distracted"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A prayer for people who are distracted.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/craigfinnestad.com\/?p=1318\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Distracted Prayer - Craig Finnestad\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A prayer for people who are distracted.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/craigfinnestad.com\/?p=1318\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Craig Finnestad\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-09-27T13:38:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/craigfinnestad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC02331-1024x683.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"683\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/craigfinnestad.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/craigfinnestad.com\/\",\"name\":\"Craig Finnestad\",\"description\":\"A Personal Blog By Craig Finnestad\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/craigfinnestad.com\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/craigfinnestad.com\/?p=1318#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/craigfinnestad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC02331.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/craigfinnestad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC02331.jpg\",\"width\":5472,\"height\":3648},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/craigfinnestad.com\/?p=1318#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/craigfinnestad.com\/?p=1318\",\"name\":\"Distracted Prayer - 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