{"id":2931,"date":"2023-06-08T16:32:47","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T16:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/?p=2931"},"modified":"2023-06-08T16:32:47","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T16:32:47","slug":"blog-june-8th-peter-crouch-and-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/?p=2931","title":{"rendered":"Blog June 8th Peter Crouch and Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I read this in Premier Media News and thought it worth sharing.
\nAbbey Clancy, the wife of former England footballer Peter Crouch, revealed that he never misses a prayer every night.
\nSpeaking on their podcast “The Therapy Crouch,” which they both host, the football star admitted that the ritual began during his childhood when he used to pray to God asking for the opportunity to become a professional footballer as he grew older.
\nPeter giggled as Clancy, 37, told the story: \u201cSo you say prayers every night.
\n\u201cIt’s funny, like when we’re going to sleep, I’ll be like talking, obviously. And then he’ll just like, stop talking.
\n\u201cAnd then obviously – I’ve slept in the same bed as him for 17 years now – so I just like stop talking while he says his prayer, and then just continue my conversation.\u201d
\nPeter replied, \u201c’I say it in my head\u201d.
\nClancy then confessed she was \u201cdesperate\u201d to know what the prayer is every night and gave a go at guessing.
\n\u201c’He’ll be like, dear God, please can you look after all of my loved ones?
\n\u201cI just want to say thanks for my house, happiness and can you please look after my family and loved ones and blah blah?\u201d
\nTo which Crouch answered: \u201cNot far off. I think it is nice to just appreciate what you’ve got.<\/p>\n

And this story reminded me of another I had heard about a guy called Jim.<\/p>\n

Jim would stop by his local church every day, sit down and simply say \u201cHello Jesus, its me Jim\u201d. He would then leave.<\/p>\n

Many years later Jim was in a care home where he never received any visitors. When asked if that upset him, he replied \u201cNo, you see I get a visitor every single day\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. every single day Jesus stops by, sits down and says \u201cHello Jim, its me Jesus\u201d. <\/p>\n

Which I think is a nice example of prayer not having to be complicated. <\/p>\n

Quote of the week<\/strong><\/p>\n

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You Can Call Me Abba featuring Lucy Stimpson-Maynard from the album “Where Would I Be Without You”? recorded and produced by Ross Gill I read this in Premier Media News and thought it worth sharing. Abbey Clancy, the wife of former England footballer Peter Crouch, revealed that he never misses a prayer every night. Speaking […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ken-shearsmiths-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2931"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2935,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2931\/revisions\/2935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}