{"id":133,"date":"2016-09-11T20:55:19","date_gmt":"2016-09-12T00:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/?p=133"},"modified":"2016-09-11T20:55:19","modified_gmt":"2016-09-12T00:55:19","slug":"how-to-stay-connected-to-god-part-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/2016\/09\/11\/how-to-stay-connected-to-god-part-iii\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Stay Connected to God &#8211; Part III"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Key Points<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The light that comes from the Lord has a battery that never runs out.\n<ul>\n<li>Those who are in the world and deceived by the darkness need the light.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t consult those who are in darkness for counsel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Stay connected to God because He&#8217;s the one who knows the outcome.\n<ul>\n<li>He knows where the provision is for your need.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>We need to recognize that we need to submit our will to His will.\n<ul>\n<li>Even though we are weak, we can live through His power.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Christ connects us to God through the cross\n<ul>\n<li>He removed our sins.<\/li>\n<li>He washed us with His blood.<\/li>\n<li>He ascended to the heaven &amp; sent the Holy Spirit to us.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Staying connected to God has rewards on earth and in heaven.<\/li>\n<li>If our lives aren&#8217;t blessed, we should consider our ways:\n<ul>\n<li>Sowing and not seeing a harvest?\n<ul>\n<li>Not all harvests come in at the same rate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Aways craving more, and never satisfied?<\/li>\n<li>Not comforted?<\/li>\n<li>Money always going just as fast as it comes?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Key Verses: <\/strong>2 Corinthians 13:4, Haggai 1:2-7<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-133-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/9-11-16.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/9-11-16.mp3\">http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/9-11-16.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Points The light that comes from the Lord has a battery that never runs out. Those who are in the world and deceived by the darkness need the light. Don&#8217;t consult those who are in darkness for counsel. Stay&#8230;<br \/><a class=\"read-more-button\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/2016\/09\/11\/how-to-stay-connected-to-god-part-iii\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136,"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133\/revisions\/136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}