{"id":10358,"date":"2026-01-01T23:02:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T23:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thehumbleservants.com\/?post_type=readings&#038;p=10358"},"modified":"2026-01-01T23:02:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T23:02:58","slug":"prince-of-peace-2435","status":"publish","type":"readings","link":"https:\/\/thehumbleservants.com\/?readings=prince-of-peace-2435","title":{"rendered":"Prince of Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center description_01\"><strong>&#8220;Jesus said to Nicodemus: &#8220;&#8216;You must be born from above.&#8217; The wind blows where it wills, and you can hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes; so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.&#8221; Nicodemus answered and said to him, &#8220;How can this happen?&#8221; Jesus answered and said to him, &#8220;You are the teacher of Israel and you do not understand this? A<strong>&#8220;Some Pharisees and Herodians were sent to Jesus to ensnare him in his speech. They came and said to him, \u201cTeacher, we know that you are a truthful man and that you are not concerned with anyone\u2019s opinion. You do not regard a person\u2019s status but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it lawful to pay the census tax to Caesar or not? Should we pay or should we not pay?\u201d Knowing their hypocrisy he said to them, \u201cWhy are you testing me? Bring me a denarius to look at.\u201d They brought one to him and he said to them, \u201cWhose image and inscription is this?\u201d They replied to him, \u201cCaesar\u2019s.\u201d So Jesus said to them, \u201cRepay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.\u201d They were utterly amazed at him.&#8221;<\/strong>men, amen, I say to you, we speak of what we know and we testify to what we have seen, but you people do not accept our testimony. If I tell you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? No one has gone up to heaven except the one who has come down from heaven, the Son of Man. And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life&#8221;.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center description_01\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center description_02 has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ff0000;font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline\"><strong><em><strong><em><strong><em>Mark 12:13-17<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><strong><strong>&#8220;May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ enlighten the eyes of our hearts, that we may know what is the hope that belongs to his call.&#8221;<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center description_02 has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ff0000;font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline\"><strong><em><strong><em><em><strong><em>Ephesians 1:17-18<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center font_09\"><em>The Humble Servants are set up as a genuine act of kindness with one sole purpose which is to kindly spread an ounce of light to others in our daily walk of life! Feel free to forward the daily message to family or friends! May the Lord Bless you!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center font_00 has-medium-font-size\"><strong>www.thehumbleservants.com<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center font_07\">Humble Servant 747 | 1201 Fannin Street, Suite 262, Houston, TX 77002<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1678,"parent":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-10358","readings","type-readings","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehumbleservants.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/readings\/10358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehumbleservants.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/readings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehumbleservants.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/readings"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thehumbleservants.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/readings\/10358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10361,"href":"https:\/\/thehumbleservants.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/readings\/10358\/revisions\/10361"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehumbleservants.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehumbleservants.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}