{"id":14500,"date":"2024-01-07T15:20:55","date_gmt":"2024-01-07T15:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pjhmail.wordpress.com\/?p=14500"},"modified":"2024-01-07T15:20:55","modified_gmt":"2024-01-07T15:20:55","slug":"blessings-from-the-lord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/14500\/blessings-from-the-lord\/","title":{"rendered":"Blessings from the Lord!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Good afternoon, Pastor John.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">I have been thinking about when I first came this way in Louisville.\u00a0 Before I knew anything, I knew I had to render my tithes and offerings to God.*\u00a0 I remember the first time I brought them, I wondered how I would ever make ends meet, but I paid them \u2013 first.\u00a0 I made out just fine.\u00a0 I was in a downsizing at work and ended up with a better job instead of no job.\u00a0 Then, 20 years later, when I came back out of the wilderness, again a financial mess, I actually wrote you a letter about only having $1 left for any unexpected expenses after paying them.\u00a0 I do not remember you ever remarking about it.\u00a0 But I paid them anyway \u2013 first.\u00a0 Now, three years later, I have no problem bringing my tithes and offerings; actually, I rejoice in it.\u00a0 I have been blessed ten-fold, actually more, than what I have paid, in raises, experiences, and relief from the flesh.\u00a0 When I look back, all I can think is &#8220;only God can do this,&#8221; and rejoice.\u00a0 Then I look at my whole life, and I have to thank Him for everything \u2013 the good,\u00a0 the bad, and the ugly, for it has all worked together to get me here today! \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">I just wanted to share some good thoughts!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Mark\u00a0 W.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">* \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/goingtojesus.com\/gtj_books.html?tname=tando\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">https:\/\/goingtojesus.com\/gtj_books.html?tname=tando<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good afternoon, Pastor John.\u00a0 I have been thinking about when I first came this way in Louisville.\u00a0 Before I knew anything, I knew I had to render my tithes and offerings to God.*\u00a0 I remember the first time I brought them, I wondered how I would ever make ends meet, but I paid them \u2013 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-netmail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14500"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14500\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}