{"id":152,"date":"2018-11-23T12:34:18","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T12:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ladybirgitha.com\/?p=152"},"modified":"2018-11-23T12:44:39","modified_gmt":"2018-11-23T12:44:39","slug":"winter-is-creaping-up-around-the-corner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ladybirgitha.com\/?p=152","title":{"rendered":"Winter is creaping up around the corner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As this year is moving to an end, the winter is slowly creaping up on us. Like a wild cat it waits on its prey. In this case the unexpected human. Unexpected you say, it happens ones a year. Yes, but even though it does, we humans try to pretend like it is a new invention every year.<\/p>\n<p>But then again we humans have a history of sticking our heads in the sand, or if I close my eyes it will not see me. God has over the centuries tried to keep us from behaving like headless chickens. Some has listened.<\/p>\n<p>If we do not want a complete and utter dark cold winter, we have to stop behaving like small children. With that I mean that if we do not stand up we might have a less human world to wake up to. This kind of winter coldness are harder to get passed. The natural winter will come and go like it should, but the one that is creaping up in our hearts are harder to thaw up.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p1\"><strong>Hosea 10:12<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"p2\">I said, \u2018plant the good seeds of righteousness, and you will harvest a crop of love. Plow up the hard ground of your hearts, for now is the time to seek the lord, that he may come and shower righteousness upon you.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>So even if it is hard to do, we have to start, before our hearts get frozen solid. Pray that God will keep your heart warm and soft, in that way you will be well equipped for the battle ahead of you. Only with a soft and warm heart can you put on the armour of God.<\/p>\n<div class=\"version-NIV result-text-style-normal text-html \">\n<h4 class=\"passage-display\"><span class=\"passage-display-bcv\">Ephesians 6:10-18<\/span><\/h4>\n<h3><span id=\"en-NIV-29348\" class=\"text Eph-6-10\">The Armor of God<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"text Eph-6-10\"><sup class=\"versenum\">10\u00a0<\/sup>Finally, be strong in the Lord\u00a0and in his mighty power.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-29349\" class=\"text Eph-6-11\"><sup class=\"versenum\">11\u00a0<\/sup>Put on the full armor of God,\u00a0so that you can take your stand against the devil\u2019s schemes.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-29350\" class=\"text Eph-6-12\"><sup class=\"versenum\">12\u00a0<\/sup>For our struggle is not against flesh and blood,\u00a0but against the rulers, against the authorities,\u00a0against the powers\u00a0of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-29351\" class=\"text Eph-6-13\"><sup class=\"versenum\">13\u00a0<\/sup>Therefore put on the full armor of God,\u00a0so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-29352\" class=\"text Eph-6-14\"><sup class=\"versenum\">14\u00a0<\/sup>Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist,\u00a0with the breastplate of righteousness in place,<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-29353\" class=\"text Eph-6-15\"><sup class=\"versenum\">15\u00a0<\/sup>and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-29354\" class=\"text Eph-6-16\"><sup class=\"versenum\">16\u00a0<\/sup>In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith,\u00a0with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-29355\" class=\"text Eph-6-17\"><sup class=\"versenum\">17\u00a0<\/sup>Take the helmet of salvation\u00a0and the sword of the Spirit,which is the word of God.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NIV-29356\" class=\"text Eph-6-18\"><sup class=\"versenum\">18\u00a0<\/sup>And pray in the Spirit\u00a0on all occasions\u00a0with all kinds of prayers and requests.With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying\u00a0for all the Lord\u2019s people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>With this I will say God bless!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As this year is moving to an end, the winter is slowly creaping up on us. Like a wild cat it waits on its prey. In this case the unexpected human. Unexpected you say, it happens ones a year. Yes, but even though it does, we humans try to pretend like it is a new invention every year. But then again we humans have a history of sticking our heads in the sand, or if I close my eyes it will not see me. God has over the centuries tried to keep us from behaving like headless chickens. Some has listened. If we do not want a complete and utter dark cold winter, we have to stop behaving like small children. With that I mean that if we do not stand up we might have a less human world to wake up to. This kind of winter coldness are harder to get passed. The natural winter will come and go like it should, but the one that is creaping up in our hearts are harder to thaw up. Hosea 10:12 I said, \u2018plant the good seeds of righteousness, and you will harvest a crop of love. Plow up the hard ground of your hearts, for now is the time to seek the lord, that he may come and shower righteousness upon you.\u2019 So even if it is hard to do, we have to start, before our hearts get frozen solid. Pray that God will keep your heart warm and soft, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lady-shares"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ladybirgitha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ladybirgitha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ladybirgitha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ladybirgitha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ladybirgitha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=152"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ladybirgitha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155,"href":"https:\/\/ladybirgitha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152\/revisions\/155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ladybirgitha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ladybirgitha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ladybirgitha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}