{"id":823,"date":"2012-10-06T01:00:32","date_gmt":"2012-10-06T07:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandbox.subsilioconsulting.com\/wordpress\/?p=823"},"modified":"2012-10-04T16:44:31","modified_gmt":"2012-10-04T22:44:31","slug":"pearls-of-wisdom-10-06-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kspministries.org\/wordpress\/2012\/10\/06\/pearls-of-wisdom-10-06-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Pearls of Wisdom 10-06-2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">MY DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER LOVES ME, PART 1<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Before we even start the Pearls of Wisdom today, let\u2019s confess together the following at least three times:<\/p>\n<p>MY DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER LOVES ME.\u00a0 MY LORD JESUS CHRIST WHO IS MY SAVIOR LOVES ME.\u00a0 THE HOLY SPIRIT LOVES ME.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Today I am reminded of just how much God Almighty loves me and each person on this earth, whether they have accepted Him or not and whether they love Him or not.\u00a0 I stand in awe of that kind of love.\u00a0 Let\u2019s read and confess some of the scriptures that talk about His love.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Romans 5:5, NEW LIVING TRANSLATION <\/span><\/strong>\u00a0we read this:<\/p>\n<p>\u2026For we know how dearly God loves us, because He has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What a powerful statement.\u00a0 God Almighty has given me His Holy Spirit, His Spirit, to fill my heart, overflow my heart, pour forth into my heart His love.\u00a0 I haven\u2019t done anything to deserve it.\u00a0 I can\u2019t do anything to earn it.\u00a0 He has simply given me His love as His gift to me.\u00a0 He has given me Himself.\u00a0 And what is my part?\u00a0 I have only one thing to do.\u00a0 I receive, I accept His love.\u00a0 And then it is mine.\u00a0 This is not something complicated or difficult.\u00a0 Accept.\u00a0 Receive.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>People have a hard time accepting anything for which they have not worked or earned.\u00a0 There is this concept, particularly in the western world, that everything we get must be earned or gotten as a result of our own efforts.\u00a0 That is the reason it is so hard for us to simply receive what God has given to us.\u00a0 Say this after me:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I BELIEVE I RECEIVE ALL THAT JESUS HAS PROVIDED FOR ME.<\/p>\n<p>I BELIEVE I RECEIVE HIS WORD.<\/p>\n<p>I BELIEVE I RECEIVE HIS HEALING.<\/p>\n<p>I BELIEVE I RECEIVE HIS PROSPERITY.<\/p>\n<p>I BELIEVE I RECEIVE HIS HEALTH.<\/p>\n<p>I BELIEVE I RECEIVE HIS WEALTH.<\/p>\n<p>I BELIEVE I RECEIVE ALL HIS GIFTS TO ME.<\/p>\n<p>THEY ARE MINE.\u00a0 I TAKE HOLD OF THEM AND SAY, THANK YOU, LORD.\u00a0 I AM SO GRATEFUL.\u00a0 I HAVE A HEART OF GRATITUDE FOR WHAT YOU HAVE GIVEN ME.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; MY DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER LOVES ME, PART 1 &nbsp; Before we even start the Pearls of Wisdom today, let\u2019s confess together the following at least three times: MY DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER LOVES ME.\u00a0 MY LORD JESUS CHRIST WHO IS MY SAVIOR LOVES ME.\u00a0 THE HOLY SPIRIT LOVES ME. &nbsp; Today I am reminded of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kspministries.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kspministries.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kspministries.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kspministries.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kspministries.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=823"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.kspministries.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":824,"href":"http:\/\/www.kspministries.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823\/revisions\/824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kspministries.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kspministries.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kspministries.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}