{"id":1197,"date":"2024-10-12T04:00:14","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T04:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=1197"},"modified":"2024-10-12T04:00:14","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T04:00:14","slug":"mountaintop-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=1197","title":{"rendered":"\u201cMountaintop Experience\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Absorbing God\u2019s Word<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is the law of the temple: All the surrounding area\u00a0on top of the mountain will be most holy.\u00a0Such is the law of the temple.\u201d Ezekiel 43:12<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Absorbing God\u2019s Word<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ezekiel emphasizes the holiness of the temple area, particularly the mountaintop, which highlights the importance of a sacred place of worship. The Prince of Peace Abbey in Oceanside is such a place. It\u2019s inhabited by twenty-one Benedictine priests and brothers who are also the caretakers of the property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having been blessed to stay at a number of beautiful retreat centers over the years, I have to say that this one was very special. It made me think that the placement of so many retreat centers on mountaintops is not a coincidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arriving a few hours earlier than the rest of the retreat participants gave me time to walk the perimeter of the property, enjoy the breathtaking views and bathe in the silence of their sanctuary. Have a look. <a href=\"https:\/\/princeofpeaceabbey.org\/\">https:\/\/princeofpeaceabbey.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Accounting of God\u2019s Word<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Have I made any arrangements to make a spiritual retreat in the near future?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Absorbing God\u2019s Word \u201cThis is the law of the temple: All the surrounding area\u00a0on top of the mountain will be most holy.\u00a0Such is the law of the temple.\u201d Ezekiel 43:12 Absorbing God\u2019s Word Ezekiel emphasizes the holiness of the temple &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=1197\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books-of-the-bible"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1197\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}