{"id":605,"date":"2018-03-09T01:22:16","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T01:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=605"},"modified":"2018-03-09T01:22:16","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T01:22:16","slug":"philippians-412-13-down-but-not-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=605","title":{"rendered":"Philippians 4:12-13  &#8211;  \u201cDown But Not Out\u201d?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Absorbing God&#8217;s Word<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cI know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.\u00a0I can do all this through him who gives me strength.\u201d Philippians 4:12-13<\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Applying God&#8217;s Word\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3>We all get our share of hurts, disappointments and moments when our faith is challenge; I have. If you\u2019ve been reading the Challenge for a while, you are aware of that. I know that my strength to get through tough times comes from God, though.<\/h3>\n<h3>A few weeks ago, our family went to visit my sister and brother-in-law in Santa Rosa. They lost their home in the fire and know the difference between having plenty and being in need. They are starting all over from scratch.<\/h3>\n<h3>My wife and I felt helpless, as we drove by hundreds of empty lots that used to have homes on them. It was overwhelming, to say the least. My sister\u2019s family doesn\u2019t need our financial support, but do need of our emotional and spiritual support. That\u2019s what we brought to share with them.<\/h3>\n<h3>God is very much part of the recovery efforts in Santa Rosa. He is the secret of being content in any and every situation.<\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Accounting of God&#8217;s Word<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3>Where have I experienced God in tough situations; times when I\u2019ve been down but not out?<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Absorbing God&#8217;s Word \u201cI know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=605\">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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605","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=605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}