{"id":117,"date":"2020-11-30T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drbobnichols.calvarycathedral.org\/?p=117"},"modified":"2020-11-18T15:38:05","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T20:38:05","slug":"i-believe-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/2020\/11\/30\/i-believe-god\/","title":{"rendered":"I Believe God"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>\u201cT<\/b>he first report is not the last report.<b>\u201d<\/b><\/h1>\n<p align=\"center\"><i>&nbsp;<\/i><i><sup>1<\/sup><\/i><i>In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live. <sup>2<\/sup>Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying, &nbsp;<sup>3 <\/sup>I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. <sup>4<\/sup>And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying, <sup>5<\/sup>Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.&nbsp;<sup>6<\/sup>And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David&#8217;s sake.<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><b>II Kings 20:1-6<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><sup>35<\/sup><\/i><i>While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue&#8217;s house certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further? <sup>36<\/sup>As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.&nbsp;<sup>38<\/sup>And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly. <sup>39<\/sup>And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth. <sup>40<\/sup>And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying. <sup>41<\/sup>And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise. <sup>42a<\/sup>And straightway the damsel arose, and walked;<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><b>Mark 5:35-36, 38-42a<\/b><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><b>&nbsp;<\/b><b>Victory Decision<\/b><\/h2>\n<p align=\"center\">I choose to believe the Word of God over my circumstances. By leaning on God\u2019s mercy, trusting His Word, and standing on His promises, my circumstances can change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe first report is not the last report.\u201d &nbsp;1In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live. 2Then he turned his face to the wall, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/2020\/11\/30\/i-believe-god\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;I Believe God&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-one-liners"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8lc9u-1T","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":260,"url":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/2022\/01\/10\/prayer-makes-a-way\/","url_meta":{"origin":117,"position":0},"title":"Prayer Makes a Way","author":"Bob Nichols","date":"January 10, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cThere\u2019s a way when you pray.\u201d In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. 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do not measure success by others.\u201d \u201cThis book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;One Liners&quot;","block_context":{"text":"One Liners","link":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/category\/one-liners\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AdobeStock_97929571-scaled.jpeg?fit=1200%2C802&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AdobeStock_97929571-scaled.jpeg?fit=1200%2C802&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AdobeStock_97929571-scaled.jpeg?fit=1200%2C802&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AdobeStock_97929571-scaled.jpeg?fit=1200%2C802&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AdobeStock_97929571-scaled.jpeg?fit=1200%2C802&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":497,"url":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/2021\/02\/08\/self-defeating-self-image\/","url_meta":{"origin":117,"position":4},"title":"Self-defeating Self-image","author":"Bob Nichols","date":"February 8, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cGod sees more in you than you see in yourself.\u201d\u00a0 12And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.\u00a013And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;One Liners&quot;","block_context":{"text":"One Liners","link":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/category\/one-liners\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":484,"url":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/2021\/01\/11\/acting-in-faith-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":117,"position":5},"title":"Acting in Faith","author":"Bob Nichols","date":"January 11, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cThe action of heaven is waiting on faith on the earth.\u201d 19And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Matthew\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;One Liners&quot;","block_context":{"text":"One Liners","link":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/category\/one-liners\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":799,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117\/revisions\/799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}