{"id":137,"date":"2016-09-20T20:39:12","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T00:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/?p=137"},"modified":"2016-09-20T20:39:12","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T00:39:12","slug":"prepare-for-his-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/2016\/09\/20\/prepare-for-his-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Prepare for His Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are blessed today to have Pastor Veron House as our special guest speaker.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Points<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Those who wait upon the Lord will renew their strength\n<ul>\n<li>The Lord never says how long the wait is.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>We need to prepare for His return\n<ul>\n<li>This means the return of His power &amp; glory in the church, not just the second coming.<\/li>\n<li>The foolish virgins could have gone into the feast, but they were unprepared. By the time they realized they were out of oil, it was too late.<\/li>\n<li>Preparation is going from believing that the Lord will move in our lives to having faith that He will.\n<ul>\n<li>Faith is taking a step of action that aligns with your belief.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Preparation requires an active pursuit of Him everyday.<\/li>\n<li>Be hungry for Him.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>When the Lord returns next, He&#8217;s coming to stay.\n<ul>\n<li>It&#8217;s not a visitation, but a habitation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Do you really want to see God in a way you&#8217;ve never seen Him?\n<ul>\n<li>If yes, what are you willing to do?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>When He returns, he will restore &amp; do many things again:\n<ul>\n<li>Refresh<\/li>\n<li>Renew<\/li>\n<li>Restore<\/li>\n<li>Refill<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>God sought out Adam when he fell and hid.\n<ul>\n<li>He asked Adam where he was; Adam should have been asking God instead where He was.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Key Verses<\/strong>: Isaiah 40:31, Matthew 25:1-13, Genesis 3:9-10<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-137-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/09-18-16.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/09-18-16.mp3\">http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/09-18-16.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are blessed today to have Pastor Veron House as our special guest speaker. Key Points Those who wait upon the Lord will renew their strength The Lord never says how long the wait is. We need to prepare for&#8230;<br \/><a class=\"read-more-button\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/2016\/09\/20\/prepare-for-his-return\/\">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\/137"}],"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=137"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142,"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137\/revisions\/142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}