{"id":12140,"date":"2026-03-01T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/?post_type=ctc_sermon&#038;p=12140"},"modified":"2026-03-02T16:06:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T22:06:36","slug":"living-a-connected-life","status":"publish","type":"ctc_sermon","link":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/sermons\/living-a-connected-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Living A Connected Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Do not conform&nbsp;to the pattern of this world,&nbsp;but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.&nbsp;Then you will be able to test and approve what God\u2019s will is\u2014his good, pleasing&nbsp;and perfect will.&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/em>Romans 12:2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>In a Community that honors God\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>You Can Come As You Are<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><em>But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, \u201cLook, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.\u201d Jesus said to him, \u201cToday salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/em>Luke 19:8-10 NIV<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>In a Community that honors God\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>No One Stands Alone<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Carry each other\u2019s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.&nbsp;&nbsp; Galatians 6:2 NIV<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>In a Community that honors God\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Everything Changes<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/em>2 Corinthians 5:17<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do not conform&nbsp;to the pattern of this world,&nbsp;but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.&nbsp;Then you will be able to test and approve what God\u2019s will is\u2014his good, pleasing&nbsp;and perfect will.&nbsp;&nbsp; Romans 12:2 In a Community that honors God\u2026 You Can Come As You Are But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, \u201cLook, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"ctc_sermon_topic":[],"ctc_sermon_book":[],"ctc_sermon_series":[],"ctc_sermon_speaker":[83],"ctc_sermon_tag":[],"class_list":["post-12140","ctc_sermon","type-ctc_sermon","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ctc_sermon_speaker-tommy-sprinkle","ctfw-has-image"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/12140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ctc_sermon"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12140"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/12140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12144,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/12140\/revisions\/12144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_topic?post=12140"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_book?post=12140"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_series?post=12140"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_speaker?post=12140"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_tag?post=12140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}