{"id":421,"date":"2024-01-29T06:23:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T11:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drbobnichols.calvarycathedral.org\/?p=384"},"modified":"2024-01-25T14:56:11","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T19:56:11","slug":"be-committed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/2024\/01\/29\/be-committed\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Committed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cLove is a decision of commitment.\u201d<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p><strong><em><sup>19<\/sup><\/em><\/strong><em>I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: \u00a0<strong><sup>20<\/sup><\/strong>That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.<\/em><\/p><cite>Deuteronomy 30:19-20<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Victory Decision<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Love is more than just a feeling.&nbsp; I chose to commit myself to a life of loving God and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLove is a decision of commitment.\u201d 19I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: \u00a020That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/2024\/01\/29\/be-committed\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Be Committed&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1218,"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-421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-one-liners"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/cup-of-coffee-with-heart-shape-image-on-isolated-white-background_f1tlncju-1024x768-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8lc9u-6N","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":422,"url":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/2024\/02\/15\/386\/","url_meta":{"origin":421,"position":0},"title":"Obedience is Success","author":"Bob Nichols","date":"February 15, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cSuccess is obeying God; 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