{"id":10876,"date":"2026-06-08T23:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T23:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thehumbleservants.com\/?post_type=readings&#038;p=10876"},"modified":"2026-06-09T16:06:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T16:06:55","slug":"prince-of-peace-2663","status":"publish","type":"readings","link":"https:\/\/thehumbleservants.com\/?readings=prince-of-peace-2663","title":{"rendered":"Prince of Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center description_01\"><strong>&#8220;As Jesus passed by, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the customs post. He said to him, &#8220;Follow me.&#8221; And he got up and followed him. While he was at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat with Jesus and his disciples. The Pharisees saw this and said to his disciples, &#8220;Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?&#8221; He heard this and said, &#8220;Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do. Go and learn the meaning of the words, I desire mercy, not sacrifice. I did not come to call the righteous but sinners&#8221;.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center description_01\">\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\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>Matthew 9:9-13<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><strong>&#8220;We praise you, O God, we acclaim you as Lord; the glorious company of Apostles praise you.&#8221;<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\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>&#8230; <em><strong>Gospel Acclamation<\/strong><\/em><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\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 &#8220;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>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center font_00 has-medium-font-size\"><strong>www.thehumbleservants.com<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center font_07\">The Humble Servants | 1201 Fannin Street Suite 262 | Houston, TX 77002 US<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1678,"parent":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-10876","readings","type-readings","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehumbleservants.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/readings\/10876","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":3,"href":"https:\/\/thehumbleservants.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/readings\/10876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10947,"href":"https:\/\/thehumbleservants.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/readings\/10876\/revisions\/10947"}],"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=10876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}