{"id":5728,"date":"2021-06-13T14:28:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-13T19:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/?post_type=ctc_sermon&#038;p=5728"},"modified":"2021-06-19T14:33:20","modified_gmt":"2021-06-19T19:33:20","slug":"more-like-jesus","status":"publish","type":"ctc_sermon","link":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/sermons\/more-like-jesus\/","title":{"rendered":"More Like Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The bible is clear that what seems logical and intuitive to man is often the opposite of Gods nature. As we grow in maturity as Christians, our perspective should change as we come to realize this. Often these truths are hidden in plain sight in front of us. Sometimes we have to dig a little to find it, sometimes it\u2019s a pillar of fire right in front of us. In either situation, if we are willing to humble ourselves and seek out Gods guidance, He\u2019ll make our paths clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Colossians 3:3<\/em> For you died,&nbsp;and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Matthew 5:3<\/em> \u201cBlessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>We Must Reach a Point Where We Realize We\u2019re Broken<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>You must reach a point where you ask for help.<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Psalm 121:2 <\/em>My help comes from the&nbsp;Lord, the Maker of heaven&nbsp;and earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Being poor in spirit is not a list of things you need to do!<\/em><\/strong><strong><em><\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The bible is clear that what seems logical and intuitive to man is often the opposite of Gods nature. As we grow in maturity as Christians, our perspective should change as we come to realize this. Often these truths are hidden in plain sight in front of us. Sometimes we have to dig a little to find it, sometimes it\u2019s a pillar of fire right in front of us. In either situation, if we are willing to humble ourselves and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5704,"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":[110],"ctc_sermon_tag":[],"class_list":["post-5728","ctc_sermon","type-ctc_sermon","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ctc_sermon_speaker-jesse-loew","ctfw-has-image"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/5728","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=5728"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/5728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5729,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/5728\/revisions\/5729"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_topic?post=5728"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_book?post=5728"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_series?post=5728"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_speaker?post=5728"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_tag?post=5728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}