{"id":4327,"date":"2026-08-10T02:30:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T07:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/twolisteners.org\/?p=4327"},"modified":"2026-07-27T23:18:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T04:18:48","slug":"august-10-stray-sheep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/?p=4327","title":{"rendered":"August 10 &#8211; Stray Sheep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1359 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/e_go5.jpg\" alt=\"E_GO5\" width=\"267\" height=\"189\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"DayHeading\"><span style=\"color:#800080;\">August 10 \u2013 Stray Sheep<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"Petition\"><span style=\"color:#993300;\"><em>Oh Jesus, guide our footsteps lest we stray.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Day\">For straying, My children, there is no cure except to keep so close to Me that nothing, no interest, no temptation, no other \u2014 can come between us.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Day\">Sure of that you can but stay at My Side, knowing that, as I am the very Way itself, nothing can prevent your being in the Way, nothing can cause you to stray.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Day\">I have promised Peace but not leisure, heartrest and comfort, but not pleasure. I have said, \u201cIn the world ye shall have tribulation\u201d; so do not feel, when adverse things happen, that you have failed or are not being guided, but I have said, \u201cIn the world ye shall have tribulation: <i>but<\/i> be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Day\">So learn of Me the overcoming Power of one who, though spat upon, scourged, misunderstood, forsaken, crucified, could yet see His Work had not been affected by these things, and cry triumphantly from His Cross, \u201cIt is finished.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Day\">Not the pain, the mocking, the agony, but His Task.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Day\">Let this thought comfort you. Amid failure, discord, contumely, suffering, even now may friends and angels be prepared to sound the chorus, \u201cIt is finished.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Scripture\" style=\"text-align:center;\"><em><span style=\"color:#008000;\">And he went a little father, and fell on his face, and prayed,\u00a0<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color:#008000;\"> saying O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me;<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color:#008000;\"> \u00a0nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.\u00a0 Matthew 26:39<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 10 \u2013 Stray Sheep Oh Jesus, guide our footsteps lest we stray. For straying, My children, there is no cure except to keep so close to Me that nothing, no interest, no temptation, no other \u2014 can come between us. Sure of that you can but stay at My Side, knowing that, as I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/?p=4327\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">August 10 &#8211; Stray Sheep<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-godcalling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4327"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10521,"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4327\/revisions\/10521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}