{"id":1116,"date":"2022-06-13T18:18:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T23:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/?p=1116"},"modified":"2022-03-15T20:15:46","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T01:15:46","slug":"god-is-the-giver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/2022\/06\/13\/god-is-the-giver\/","title":{"rendered":"God is the Giver"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One night I was walking and praying for a minister friend of mine who was going through a very difficult time. A record breaking snow storm had come to their city and the weight of snow on the metal building where they worshiped caused the roof to cave in. One of the many problems that arose out of that situation was the lack of sufficient insurance to cover the damages. I as lifted my friend up to God he spoke to my heart and I would like to share His wisdom with you today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When faced with difficult situations we have to remember the basic character of the forces at work in our lives. God is the giver, Satan is the thief, and the Holy Spirit is the restorer. Let me add one thing to this list, the victory you seek is a choice, it is a faith choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is not the power of positive thinking though I do respect that far more than negative thinking. This is the power of faith believing. Now you know that there are some people that still have that old world theology and think that God is sometimes righteous, sometimes a con artist up in the sky who is just following you, waiting for you to make a mistake. They think He gives you things just so He can take them away or He withholds what you need to teach you a lesson. God has a terrible reputation in many parts of religious community because they really don\u2019t understand the truth about him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If anybody ever had a chance to change their theology, I have had mine time and time again. But since I received the revelation of who I am as a born again, Spirit filled believer in 1952, I have never strayed away from that and I assure you, there have been many opportunities to do so. You know, some people believe something until it doesn&#8217;t work temporarily, or until something goes wrong and then they change their doctrine. But I pray that this becomes the bedrock of the faith of your heart. The revelation that God is not only a good God, but He is a giver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One night I was walking and praying for a minister friend of mine who was going through a very difficult time. A record breaking snow storm had come to their city and the weight of snow on the metal building where they worshiped caused the roof to cave in. One of the many problems that &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/2022\/06\/13\/god-is-the-giver\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;God is the Giver&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":972,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sermon-excerpts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Faith600x437.jpg?fit=600%2C437&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8lc9u-i0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1125,"url":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/2022\/07\/11\/satan-is-the-thief\/","url_meta":{"origin":1116,"position":0},"title":"Satan is the Thief","author":"Bob Nichols","date":"July 11, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cThe thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy\u201d Don\u2019t call my God a thief or\u00a0one who\u00a0does things that are not right.\u00a0 I think I have the grace to handle it, but I hope no one gets in my face anytime soon and tells me\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sermon Excerpts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Sermon Excerpts","link":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/category\/sermon-excerpts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GodisGood.jpg?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GodisGood.jpg?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GodisGood.jpg?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GodisGood.jpg?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":596,"url":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/2022\/08\/15\/multiplied-seed\/","url_meta":{"origin":1116,"position":1},"title":"Multiplied Seed","author":"admin","date":"August 15, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many years ago, there was a women who went to our church here in Fort Worth. 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