{"id":908,"date":"2021-05-30T02:56:50","date_gmt":"2021-05-30T02:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=908"},"modified":"2021-05-30T02:56:50","modified_gmt":"2021-05-30T02:56:50","slug":"first-or-second","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=908","title":{"rendered":"\u201cFirst or Second\u201d?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Absorbing God Word<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSitting down, He called the twelve and said to them, \u201cIf anyone wants to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.\u201d Mark 9:35<\/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\">After my introduction to Jesus, scriptures like Mark 9:35 really challenged me. Over time though, I realized that God was asking me to put Him first. He wants me to boast about Him and how my relationship with Him is changing my life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ve shared my story to groups and individuals, in elevators, jacuzzies, taxi cabs, casinos, airplanes, restaurants, bars, doctor\u2019s offices, on golf courses, at social functions, to family, friends, customers, strangers and by way of this weekly \u201cChallenge\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are links about others who make Jesus first. Great testimonies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carrie Underwood (Singer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"2ICRekYCh8\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamsecond.com\/film\/mike-and-carrie\/\">Mike and Carrie: God &#038; Country<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Mike and Carrie: God &#038; Country&#8221; &#8212; I Am Second\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iamsecond.com\/film\/mike-and-carrie\/embed\/#?secret=LHjCDDp0oj#?secret=2ICRekYCh8\" data-secret=\"2ICRekYCh8\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scott Hamilton (Ice Skater)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Scott Hamilton - Facing Down Fear\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k9ZcN_6wzp8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tori Kelly \u2013 (Singer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tori Kelly - Becoming myself\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xMpc4iZ3rpo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Phil and Kay Robertson (Poor to Rich)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I am Second\u00ae   The Robertsons\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A6o-YSD7zBs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\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\">Is Jesus first in my life, or am I?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Absorbing God Word \u201cSitting down, He called the twelve and said to them, \u201cIf anyone wants to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.\u201d Mark 9:35 Applying God\u2019s Word After my introduction to Jesus, scriptures &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=908\">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-908","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\/908","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=908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/908\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}