{"id":231,"date":"2016-05-06T03:43:53","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T10:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prayingpint.com\/?p=231"},"modified":"2016-05-04T23:54:54","modified_gmt":"2016-05-05T06:54:54","slug":"take-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2016\/05\/06\/take-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Take Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How many times do we need to be reminded that we are not on this path of life alone? \u00a0Pursuing a life that honors and glorifies God will undoubtedly take us our of our comfort zone to places we feel so unequipped that we allow fear in. \u00a0Sudden fear is a natural reflex but sustained fear of the unknown will rob us of seeing God&#8217;s hand at work and, as well, our ability to hear the quiet voice of His leading. \u00a0Replace fear with &#8220;Clinging to, Trusting in, and Relying on Him alone<\/p>\n<p>Matthew 14:27<br \/>\nBut immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, \u201c<strong>Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Isaiah 41:12<br \/>\nFor I, the Lord your God,<br \/>\nhold your right hand;<br \/>\nit is I who say to you, <strong>\u201cFear not,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I am the one who helps you<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Deuteronomy 31:36<br \/>\n<strong>Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them,<\/strong> <strong>for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Joshua 10:25<br \/>\nAnd Joshua said to them, <strong>\u201cDo not be afraid or dismayed; be strong and courageous<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1 Chronicles 28:20<br \/>\n<strong>\u201cBe strong and courageous and do it. Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed, for the Lord God, even my God, is with you. He will not leave you or forsake you, until all the work for the service of the house of the Lord is finished<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How many times do we need to be reminded that we are not on this path of life alone? \u00a0Pursuing a life that honors and glorifies God will undoubtedly take us our of our comfort zone to places we feel so unequipped that we allow fear in. \u00a0Sudden fear is a natural reflex but sustained &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2016\/05\/06\/take-heart\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Take Heart&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[290,291,292,293,289,294],"class_list":["post-231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers","tag-courageous","tag-fear-not","tag-he-will-not-leave-you-or-forsake-you","tag-help","tag-strong","tag-take-heart"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":233,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231\/revisions\/233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}