{"id":738,"date":"2012-06-06T22:59:31","date_gmt":"2012-06-07T02:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marklydecker.com\/?p=738"},"modified":"2012-06-06T22:59:49","modified_gmt":"2012-06-07T02:59:49","slug":"crossover-2012-is-almost-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marklydecker.com\/?p=738","title":{"rendered":"Crossover 2012 Is Almost Here!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The title says it all. \u00a0I am fairly excited that the <a title=\"Crossover\" href=\"http:\/\/www.joinnoba.org\" target=\"_blank\">New Orleans Crossover<\/a> event is upon us. \u00a0This special outreach event is held annually to assist churches in reaching their city for Christ. \u00a0Events include Prayerwalking, Hospitality workers outreach, a concert, and block parties. \u00a0I will be involved in the prayerwalking event on Saturday morning. \u00a0It is my &#8216;prayer&#8217; that the Lord will us this in the city to open hearts. \u00a0New Orleans is <a title=\"Murder Capital\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2012\/03\/01\/us\/new-orleans-murder\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">the &#8216;murder capital&#8217; of the U.S<\/a>. \u00a0If history repeats itself (and we hope it does not), one in seventeen hundred residents will be shot to death this year. \u00a0This does not include the hundreds of residents who will be shot, beaten, or attacked yet not killed. \u00a0When you think of it, pray for the people of New Orleans. \u00a0Pray for their safety, pray for their mayor, <a title=\"New Orleans Police\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nola.com\/crime\/index.ssf\/2010\/05\/new_orleans_murder_rate_remain.html\" target=\"_blank\">police<\/a>, and other first responders. \u00a0Pray for the schools and teachers. \u00a0Pray for those trapped in human trafficking. \u00a0Pray for churches to serve their communities well. \u00a0Pray for pastors to lead their churches well. \u00a0Pray for people to turn to Christ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The title says it all. \u00a0I am fairly excited that the New Orleans Crossover event is upon us. \u00a0This special outreach event is held annually to assist churches in reaching their city for Christ. \u00a0Events include Prayerwalking, Hospitality workers outreach, a concert, and block parties. \u00a0I will be involved in the prayerwalking event on Saturday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,21],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marklydecker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marklydecker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marklydecker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marklydecker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marklydecker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=738"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.marklydecker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":740,"href":"https:\/\/www.marklydecker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738\/revisions\/740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marklydecker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marklydecker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marklydecker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}