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<\/a>When many of you wake up in the morning, you will probably read about the fires in Colorado.\u00a0 This evening the fire called the Waldo Canyon Fire grew rapidly and erratically.\u00a0 Many, many homes in Colorado Springs have been destroyed and I fear lives may have been lost (although we do not know of any at\u00a0 this time).\u00a0 Some of those homes belong to friends.\u00a0 And some those homes are being defended tonight by friends who are putting their own lives at risk.<\/p>\nI hope maybe we can just pray for those affected by the fires here in Colorado?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Join us in prayer today for those affected by the Colorado fires.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
From a reader of the blog and one in the middle of the Colorado fires: I\u2019m a regular reader of Jesus Creed and I have a favor to ask: When many of you wake up in the morning, you will probably read about the fires in Colorado.\u00a0 This evening the fire called the Waldo Canyon […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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<\/a>When many of you wake up in the morning, you will probably read about the fires in Colorado.\u00a0 This evening the fire called the Waldo Canyon Fire grew rapidly and erratically.\u00a0 Many, many homes in Colorado Springs have been destroyed and I fear lives may have been lost (although we do not know of any at\u00a0 this time).\u00a0 Some of those homes belong to friends.\u00a0 And some those homes are being defended tonight by friends who are putting their own lives at risk.<\/p>\n