{"id":10069,"date":"2017-12-01T20:20:47","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T20:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/?p=10069"},"modified":"2017-12-08T19:25:06","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T19:25:06","slug":"the-meaning-of-the-advent-wreath-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/?p=10069","title":{"rendered":"First Candle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>1st Candle<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 (purple)\u00a0<b>The Prophecy Candle or Candle of Hope\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 We can have hope because God is faithful and will keep the promises made to us. Our hope comes from God. \u201c<i>And again, Isaiah says, \u2018The Root of Jesse will spring up, one who will arise to rule over the nations; the Gentiles will hope in him.\u2019 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.<\/i>\u201d (Romans 15:12-13)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_1215-copy-e1385832468971.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1545\" src=\"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_1215-copy-e1354719512426-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1st Candle\u00a0\u2013 (purple)\u00a0The Prophecy Candle or Candle of Hope\u00a0\u2013 We can have hope because God is faithful and will keep the promises made to us. Our hope comes from God. \u201cAnd again, Isaiah says, \u2018The Root of Jesse will spring &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/?p=10069\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[105],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christmas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10069"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10105,"href":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10069\/revisions\/10105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}