{"id":4148,"date":"2019-12-06T09:57:16","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T14:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forglorysake.com\/?p=4148"},"modified":"2020-09-29T19:16:37","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T23:16:37","slug":"training-my-faculties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/06\/training-my-faculties\/","title":{"rendered":"Training my faculties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How I love a good Biblestudy with DVDs and workbook. Hearing \u00a0about all the treasure a seasoned Christian found in one of God&#8217;s books feeds my soul.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have trained their faculties for the distinguishing of both good and evil.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> Hebrews 5:14<\/p>\n<p>Lessons learned while digging are solid food. Daily training is the practice schedule. And a sharpened mind that distinguishes good from evil is my reward!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I also love podcasts by pastors that lead churches in big cities.\u00a0Portland, OR &#8211; New York, NY &#8211; Los Angeles, CA&#8230; to name a few.\u00a0Unapologetic teachers who stand firm on scripture\u00a0in the face of great opposition.\u00a0\u00a0These are like the pastors of <em>Pergamum<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cI know that you live in the city where Satan has his throne, yet you have remained loyal to Me.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> Revelation 2:13. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica-Oblique;\">Inspiring!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sadly it seems more and more rare to find the whole truth being taught at church. Pastors who do not shy away from uncomfortable passages&#8230; awkward chapters&#8230; and convicting verses. But oh, how we need them to challenge and train us to maturity! We need them to clearly state what God says about hot-topic social issues.<\/p>\n<p>For some time, my prayer and fasting has centered on <em>&#8220;clarity.&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0For the Church to <em><strong>distinguish rightly good from evil<\/strong><\/em> using the lens of God&#8217;s Word.\u00a0\u00a0To\u00a0<strong><em>live by God&#8217;s standard<\/em>s<\/strong>\u00a0when it&#8217;s not popular. To<em><strong>\u00a0boldly stand for truth<\/strong><\/em> even as the culture tells us &#8220;<em>that&#8217;s dumb<\/em>.&#8221; And to do it all with\u00a0<strong>extravagant love<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>What a challenge! I definitely need more training&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">ForGlorySake! &#8211;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica-Oblique; font-style: italic;\">Anna<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_1896.jpg?resize=640%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6034\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How I love a good Biblestudy with DVDs and workbook. Hearing \u00a0about all the treasure a seasoned Christian found in one of God&#8217;s books feeds my soul.\u00a0 &#8220;But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have trained &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/06\/training-my-faculties\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1420,9],"tags":[77,1485,1085,1486,1092,910],"class_list":["post-4148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotional","category-spiritual-growth","tag-bible-study","tag-hebrews-514","tag-podcasts","tag-revelation-213","tag-scripture","tag-truth"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paUt4s-14U","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4148"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6364,"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4148\/revisions\/6364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}