{"id":846,"date":"2020-09-06T22:38:37","date_gmt":"2020-09-06T22:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=846"},"modified":"2020-09-06T22:38:37","modified_gmt":"2020-09-06T22:38:37","slug":"peacemakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=846","title":{"rendered":"\u201cPeacemakers\u201d?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Absorbing God Word<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBlessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.\u201d Matthew 5:9<\/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\">We all know who the peacemakers are supposed to be, right? You and I are supposed to be the peacemakers. Unfortunately, we presently live in a world that requires some help in that area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week, I received a reference form from the San Jose Police Department for a young man wanting to become an officer. My first thought was who would want to be a police officer these days. Then I saw the name at the top of the form. It was the son of a former employee of mine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I met Bruce shortly after his mom came to work for me and, as the years went on, we got to know each other well. What a fine young man. The last time I saw Bruce was at his mom\u2019s funeral a couple of years ago. He had just returned home from an overseas tour of duty in the army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I called Bruce to confirm the reference, I asked why he wanted to become a police officer. He told me he thought it may be a way for his life to make a positive difference. I\u2019m sure Erica would be proud of him. I am.<\/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\">Am I one of God\u2019s peacemakers? Is my life making a positive difference?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Absorbing God Word \u201cBlessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.\u201d Matthew 5:9 Applying God\u2019s Word We all know who the peacemakers are supposed to be, right? You and I are supposed to be the peacemakers. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=846\">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-846","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\/846","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=846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}