{"id":177,"date":"2016-07-08T16:36:15","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T16:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pastordesmond.com\/?p=177"},"modified":"2016-07-08T17:01:25","modified_gmt":"2016-07-08T17:01:25","slug":"christian-development-walking-learning-and-overcoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastordesmond.com\/?p=177","title":{"rendered":"Christian Development: Walking, Learning, and Overcoming"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Light or enlightened, is what Gods Word is for all of us who were, indeed in darkness. Before\u00a0being born again and submitting to God, every one of us have been in dark places as well as in\u00a0the dark. My darkness may have been different from your darkness, but we have all been in a\u00a0place to whereas we were blind with no hope. However thanks be to God for the light and\u00a0allowing the opportunity to experience and be filled with His light, through Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

Christian development is essential to everyday life. God\u2019s Word says, Study to show thyself\u00a0approved unto God, a workman not needing to be ashamed, but rightly dividing the Word of\u00a0truth, (II Tim 2:15, KJV). Studying God\u2019s Word, is not only a process in order to complete a\u00a0program successfully, but studying His Word strengthens and prepares one for the challenges of\u00a0everyday life. Christian development is personal yet it encompasses everyone. Light is not only\u00a0light when it is around darkness but light should be recognized no matter what crowd, because\u00a0light should recognize other light.<\/p>\n

Staying connected to the light, which is Jesus, is a daily process, and should be of great necessity to the\u00a0believer. God\u2019s Word is what I need in order to have direction in a world and life that can be full\u00a0of dark valleys. However, thanks be to God that the Word covers me in every area of life because\u00a0His (Jesus\u2019) life and the light which, directs me into the paths of righteousness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Light or enlightened, is what Gods Word is for all of us who were, indeed in darkness. Before\u00a0being born again and submitting to God, every one of us have been in dark places as well as in\u00a0the dark. My darkness may have been different from your darkness, but we have all been in a\u00a0place to … Continue reading Christian Development: Walking, Learning, and Overcoming<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[8,6,7,5,9],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastordesmond.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastordesmond.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastordesmond.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastordesmond.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastordesmond.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=177"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/pastordesmond.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":183,"href":"https:\/\/pastordesmond.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177\/revisions\/183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastordesmond.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastordesmond.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastordesmond.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}