{"id":870,"date":"2020-12-19T21:24:36","date_gmt":"2020-12-19T21:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=870"},"modified":"2020-12-19T21:24:36","modified_gmt":"2020-12-19T21:24:36","slug":"how-much-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=870","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHow Much Love\u201d?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Absorbing God Word<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThen they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts\u00a0of gold, frankincense and myrrh.\u201d Matthew 2:11<\/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\">The three wise men had traveled long and far to be in the presence of Jesus. They did not come empty handed either. They brought their treasures with them. Think about the time invested and the God given talent it took to make that courageous journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are all very much like the three Magi. We too will come face to face with Jesus between now and Christmas morning. He may be disguised as a shepherd boy, a Mary, a Joseph, a relative, a friend or a stranger. Will we share our treasures, our time and our talents with Him?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jesus appreciates whatever we can give, but more than anything He appreciates it when we give with much love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Louise and I found Jesus in a small church that\u2019s in need of far more than we can give. We decided to give what we have and to do so with much love.<\/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\">\u201cIt\u2019s not how much we give, but how much love we put into giving.\u201d Mother Teresa\u00a0 &#8211; Merry Christmas!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Absorbing God Word \u201cThen they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts\u00a0of gold, frankincense and myrrh.\u201d Matthew 2:11 Applying God\u2019s Word The three wise men had traveled long and far to be in the presence of Jesus. They did &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=870\">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-870","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\/870","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=870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}