{"id":821,"date":"2021-02-18T01:10:35","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T01:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=821"},"modified":"2021-02-13T21:19:57","modified_gmt":"2021-02-13T21:19:57","slug":"come-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/come-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"Come Alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Thursday, February 18<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Come Alive\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But don\u2019t just listen to God\u2019s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves. For if you listen to the word and don\u2019t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror. <strong>James 1:22, 23<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In James 1:22-25, we\u2019re reminded that when it comes to God\u2019s Word, there\u2019s a difference between listening and doing. It\u2019s important to hear (or read) what God says, but it\u2019s more important to put those words into action and let them guide our everyday thoughts and behaviors. When we choose to fully and authentically trust Jesus with every aspect of our lives, we come alive!<\/p>\n<p>So, what are you doing that qualifies you as a true believer of God? Is your skepticism holding you back from living fully in Christ? Today, take one small, practical step that requires trusting God. Tomorrow, take another. And the next day take one more. Soon you will discover that as you make the first move, God will open us ways His love to shine through your life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, February 18 Come Alive\u00a0 But don\u2019t just listen to God\u2019s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves. For if you listen to the word and don\u2019t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror. James 1:22, 23 In James 1:22-25, we\u2019re reminded that when it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=821"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":835,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821\/revisions\/835"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}