{"id":1906,"date":"2023-07-13T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifelongconversation.com\/?p=1906"},"modified":"2023-07-27T22:16:29","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T03:16:29","slug":"july-13-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifelongconversation.com\/2023\/07\/13\/july-13-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"July 13, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lifelongconversation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Picture-3a-2.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-177\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I Samuel 28-31<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What God said to me \u2013 <\/strong>When David was facing a great trial and distress, he strengthened himself in Me because he knew I was the source of all he needed.\u00a0 Where do you turn when you encounter difficulties, and you are overwhelmed?\u00a0 Do you seek the counsel and strength of others, or do you turn to Me?\u00a0 The answer to that question reveals your heart and faith.\u00a0 Are you wholly devoted to Me?\u00a0 Do you really trust that all that happens in your life is for your good and My glory?\u00a0 If you want to be able to respond correctly when you encounter various trials and difficulties you must stay close to Me and walk with Me in everyday occurrences.\u00a0 If you cannot be faithful in the day to day, you will fall when times get tough.\u00a0 The day to day walk with Me prepares you for all you will encounter later.\u00a0 Be diligent.\u00a0 Remain faithful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I Samuel 28-31 What God said to me \u2013 When David was facing a great trial and distress, he strengthened himself in Me because he knew I was the source of all he needed.\u00a0 Where do you turn when you encounter difficulties, and you are overwhelmed?\u00a0 Do you seek the counsel and strength of others, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lifelongconversation.com\/2023\/07\/13\/july-13-2023\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;July 13, 2023&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1-samuel","category-devotion","category-old-testament","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifelongconversation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifelongconversation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifelongconversation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifelongconversation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifelongconversation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifelongconversation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1907,"href":"https:\/\/lifelongconversation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1906\/revisions\/1907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifelongconversation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifelongconversation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifelongconversation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}