{"id":897,"date":"2021-04-10T19:25:07","date_gmt":"2021-04-10T19:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=897"},"modified":"2021-04-10T19:25:07","modified_gmt":"2021-04-10T19:25:07","slug":"privacy-please","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=897","title":{"rendered":"\u201cPrivacy Please\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Absorbing God Word<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the plots of evildoers. They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim bitter words like arrows.\u201d Psalm 64:2-3<\/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\">Like so many others, I went from being an innocent and open young boy to a very isolated and private young man. I was tired of being crushed by non-caring individuals. I surrounded myself with thick emotional walls, being very careful not to share anything that allowed others to hurt me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jesus has called me to be more open and transparent about the many different aspects of my life and I have been obedient to that call. However, I was na\u00efve in thinking that I could do so in a world that still offered some semblance of privacy. Not!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am no longer on Twitter, Facebook, Linked-In, etc. and have moved away from platforms that track my every move. Other than God, I don\u2019t want someone listening to me or watching me without my knowledge. Even Jesus went off by himself for privacy. I must say, rediscovering privacy has been an incredible blessing.<\/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\">Have I broken away from today\u2019s \u201cNo Privacy\u201d platforms? What am I waiting for?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Absorbing God Word \u201cHide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the plots of evildoers. They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim bitter words like arrows.\u201d Psalm 64:2-3 Applying God\u2019s Word Like so many others, I went from &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=897\">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-897","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\/897","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=897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}