{"id":955,"date":"2021-12-04T01:15:46","date_gmt":"2021-12-04T01:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=955"},"modified":"2021-12-04T01:15:46","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T01:15:46","slug":"no-boat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=955","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNo Boat\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Absorbing God\u2019s Word<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCome with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.\u201d So, they went away by themselves in a boat\u00a0to a solitary place.\u201d Mark. 6:31-32<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Applying God\u2019s Word<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A while ago, Louise asked me how I wanted to celebrate my 75<sup>th<\/sup> birthday. I told her that I would like the two of us to get away by ourselves to a solitary place and make a quiet four-day retreat with Jesus. A car will have to do because there is no boat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This month, we will be at a local retreat center doing just that. There will be no cell phones, I-pads, computers, televisions, etc. We are both very excited to spend some quiet time with Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every day, Louise and I do find some quiet time to spend with Jesus. Unfortunately, throughout the day, there are hundreds of distractions competing for our attention, things like phone calls, e-mails, texts, TV programs, deliveries, and household chores. The list is long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To be honest, I feel a little selfish, but we both want\/need more time alone with Jesus. Pray that the enemy is not successful in trying to derail our plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Accounting of God\u2019s Word<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When was the last time I went away by myself to a quiet place with Jesus?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Absorbing God\u2019s Word \u201cCome with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.\u201d So, they went away by themselves in a boat\u00a0to a solitary place.\u201d Mark. 6:31-32 Applying God\u2019s Word A while ago, Louise asked me how &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=955\">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-955","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\/955","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=955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}