{"id":4573,"date":"2023-08-02T07:26:37","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T06:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stanwellroadbaptist.org.uk\/?p=4573"},"modified":"2023-08-02T07:26:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T06:26:38","slug":"i-tell-you-that-whoever-does-not-accept-the-kingdom-of-god-like-a-child-will-never-enter-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stanwellroadbaptist.org.uk\/index.php\/2023\/08\/02\/i-tell-you-that-whoever-does-not-accept-the-kingdom-of-god-like-a-child-will-never-enter-it\/","title":{"rendered":"I tell you that whoever does not accept the kingdom of God like a child will never enter it."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When you pray, say, &#8216;Father&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luke 18.17; 11.2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is rare that we thing of God in the way He invites us to.&nbsp; He is our Father, and we are children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lord I confess, sometimes, you seem more distant than the sun, ancient, vague, impossible to know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I fail to hear the father&#8217;s voice and in your presence I am not at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Father, how can I speak to you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Father, how can I trust your love?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Help me now, in the power of the Spirit, to say this word, and mean it:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Father\u2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you pray, say, &#8216;Father&#8230; Luke 18.17; 11.2 It is rare that we thing of God in the way He invites us to.&nbsp; He is our Father, and we are children. Lord I confess, sometimes, you seem more distant than &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/stanwellroadbaptist.org.uk\/index.php\/2023\/08\/02\/i-tell-you-that-whoever-does-not-accept-the-kingdom-of-god-like-a-child-will-never-enter-it\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thought-for-the-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stanwellroadbaptist.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stanwellroadbaptist.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stanwellroadbaptist.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stanwellroadbaptist.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stanwellroadbaptist.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4573"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/stanwellroadbaptist.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4574,"href":"http:\/\/stanwellroadbaptist.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4573\/revisions\/4574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stanwellroadbaptist.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stanwellroadbaptist.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stanwellroadbaptist.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}