{"id":6649,"date":"2021-02-17T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=6649"},"modified":"2021-02-16T15:45:58","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T20:45:58","slug":"your-steering-wheel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/your-steering-wheel\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Steering Wheel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe title=\"Your Steering Wheel 2\/17\/21\" height=\"122\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/wx3x3-fae104?from=pb6admin&amp;download=1&amp;version=1&amp;auto=0&amp;share=1&amp;download=1&amp;rtl=0&amp;fonts=Helvetica&amp;skin=1&amp;pfauth=&amp;btn-skin=107\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>On this Ash Wednesday, nobody says it better than Jesus in today\u2019s Gospel:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jesus said to his disciples:<br><em>\u201cTake care not to perform righteous deeds<br>in order that people may see them;<br>otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father.<br>When you give alms,<br>do not blow a trumpet before you,<br>as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets<br>to win the praise of others.<br>Amen, I say to you,<br>they have received their reward.<br>But when you give alms,<br>do not let your left hand know what your right is doing,<br>so that your almsgiving may be secret.<br>And your Father who sees in secret will repay you.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cWhen you pray,<br>do not be like the hypocrites,<br>who love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on street corners<br>so that others may see them.<br>Amen, I say to you,<br>they have received their reward.<br>But when you pray, go to your inner room,<br>close the door, and pray to your Father in secret.<br>And your Father who sees in secret will repay you.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cWhen you fast,<br>do not look gloomy like the hypocrites.<br>They neglect their appearance,<br>so that they may appear to others to be fasting.<br>Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward.<br>But when you fast,<br>anoint your head and wash your face,<br>so that you may not appear to be fasting,<br>except to your Father who is hidden.<br>And your Father who sees what is hidden will repay you.\u201d<\/em><em><\/em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Matt 6:1-6,16-18)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>THERE ARE SO MANY &#8220;POSITIVE PEOPLE&#8221; WHO ARE OUT AND ABOUT TODAY.    EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE WEARING THEIR MASKS, THEY HAVE &#8220;PLUS SIGNS&#8221; ON THEIR FOREHEADS!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>THIS LENT, IS PRAYER YOUR STEERING WHEEL OR YOUR SPARE TIRE?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this Ash Wednesday, nobody says it better than Jesus in today\u2019s Gospel:&nbsp;&nbsp; Jesus said to his disciples:\u201cTake care not to perform righteous deedsin order that people may see them;otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father.When you give alms,do not blow a trumpet before you,as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6650,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"qubely_global_settings":"","qubely_interactions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"qubely_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ashes-on-Forehead.png",249,166,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ashes-on-Forehead.png",249,166,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ashes-on-Forehead.png",249,166,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ashes-on-Forehead-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ashes-on-Forehead.png",249,166,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ashes-on-Forehead.png",249,166,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ashes-on-Forehead.png",249,166,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ashes-on-Forehead.png",249,166,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ashes-on-Forehead.png",249,166,false],"ocean-thumb-m":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ashes-on-Forehead.png",249,166,false],"ocean-thumb-ml":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ashes-on-Forehead.png",249,166,false],"ocean-thumb-l":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ashes-on-Forehead.png",249,166,false],"qubely_landscape":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ashes-on-Forehead.png",249,166,false],"qubely_portrait":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ashes-on-Forehead.png",249,166,false],"qubely_thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ashes-on-Forehead-140x100.png",140,100,true],"rpwe-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ashes-on-Forehead-45x45.png",45,45,true]},"qubely_author":{"display_name":"Medard Laz","author_link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/author\/medlaz\/"},"qubely_comment":0,"qubely_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/category\/daily-treats\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Daily Treats<\/a>","qubely_excerpt":"On this Ash Wednesday, nobody says it better than Jesus in today\u2019s Gospel:&nbsp;&nbsp; Jesus said to his disciples:\u201cTake care not to perform righteous deedsin order that people may see them;otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father.When you give alms,do not blow a trumpet before you,as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6649"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}