{"id":1018,"date":"2020-01-01T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nancylucenay.com\/staging\/8869\/?p=1018"},"modified":"2025-07-14T18:03:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T22:03:39","slug":"happy-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nancylucenay.com\/staging\/8869\/happy-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy New Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1567\" data-attachment-id=\"1019\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/nancylucenay.com\/staging\/8869\/happy-new-year\/31_new-year-elises-house-2020\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nancylucenay.com\/staging\/8869\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/31_New-Year-Elises-house-2020-scaled.jpg?fit=2048%2C1567&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1567\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"31_New-Year-Elises-house-2020\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nancylucenay.com\/staging\/8869\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/31_New-Year-Elises-house-2020-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C783&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nancylucenay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/31_New-Year-Elises-house-2020-scaled.jpg?fit=960%2C734&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"A new day and a new year ~ How will you become more like Jesus this year? Happy New Year!\" class=\"wp-image-1019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nancylucenay.com\/staging\/8869\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/31_New-Year-Elises-house-2020-scaled.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nancylucenay.com\/staging\/8869\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/31_New-Year-Elises-house-2020-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C230&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nancylucenay.com\/staging\/8869\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/31_New-Year-Elises-house-2020-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C783&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nancylucenay.com\/staging\/8869\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/31_New-Year-Elises-house-2020-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C588&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nancylucenay.com\/staging\/8869\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/31_New-Year-Elises-house-2020-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1175&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nancylucenay.com\/staging\/8869\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/31_New-Year-Elises-house-2020-scaled.jpg?resize=1140%2C872&amp;ssl=1 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1290px) 100vw, 1290px\" \/><figcaption>Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation&nbsp;has come:&nbsp;The old has gone, the new is here!&nbsp;(2 Corinthians 5:17<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Happy New Year! 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