{"id":1327,"date":"2026-02-20T20:40:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T20:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=1327"},"modified":"2026-02-20T20:40:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T20:40:58","slug":"send-some-men-lord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=1327","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Send Some Men, Lord&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Absorbing God\u2019s Word<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut God has surely listened and has heard\u00a0my prayer.\u201d Psalm 66:19<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Applying God\u2019s Word<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Isn\u2019t there a saying, \u201cWhen life gives us a lemon make lemonade?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m one of a handful of men presenting a men\u2019s retreat March 6<sup>th<\/sup>\/7<sup>th<\/sup>. In prayer we\u2019ve asked God to send some men to attend the retreat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last Tuesday, I removed a broken ceiling fan, assembled a new one and hung it in place. When I went to connect the last wire, it broke off too short. I hate it when that happens. Three hours later I was paying an electrician to complete the job. I invited the electrician and his son to our March retreat. :&gt;)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Wednesday, I heated up the jacuzzi, but not for relaxation. I got into the jacuzzi to fix what I thought was a burned-out light. Not! I called a pool technician to complete the job. I invited the technician to our March retreat. :&gt;)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">God does have a sense of humor, and He is sending the men. Thank You, Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Accounting of God\u2019s Word<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How do I react when things go wrong? When life gives me a lemon do I make lemonade? \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Absorbing God\u2019s Word \u201cBut God has surely listened and has heard\u00a0my prayer.\u201d Psalm 66:19 Applying God\u2019s Word Isn\u2019t there a saying, \u201cWhen life gives us a lemon make lemonade? I\u2019m one of a handful of men presenting a men\u2019s retreat &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=1327\">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-1327","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\/1327","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=1327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1327\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}