{"id":1103,"date":"2011-08-05T12:38:19","date_gmt":"2011-08-05T12:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2011\/08\/preach_to_yourself.shtml"},"modified":"2021-05-29T02:44:38","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T02:44:38","slug":"preach_to_yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2011\/08\/preach_to_yourself.shtml","title":{"rendered":"Preach to Yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uKJP8kR6BbQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;ve found this to be so true lately.  When life is overwhelming, be it self doubt, family stress, work stress, church stress or anything that overwhelms my abilities, the best remedy is a good time of prayer to remind me of how God loved and desired me so much that he was willing to send Jesus to live and die in order to remove all possibility that we could be separated.<br \/>\nOnce that reality is firmly embedded in your soul, nothing else matters.<br \/>\nHT: <a href=\"http:\/\/gospeldrivenchurch.blogspot.com\/2011\/08\/stop-listening-to-yourself-and-start.html\">Jared Wilson<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve found this to be so true lately. 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