{"id":447,"date":"2026-01-07T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/drbobnichols\/?p=447"},"modified":"2026-01-07T11:07:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T17:07:32","slug":"count-the-cost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/2026\/01\/07\/count-the-cost\/","title":{"rendered":"Count the Cost"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201c<strong>F<\/strong>inishing is more important than starting.\u201d<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><sup>28<\/sup><\/em><\/strong><em>For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? &nbsp;<strong><sup>29<\/sup><\/strong>Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, &nbsp;<strong><sup>30<\/sup><\/strong>Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Luke 14:28-30<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><sup>6<\/sup><\/em><\/strong><em>Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Philippians 1:6<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Victory Action<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>I will \u201ccount the cost\u201d and make a firm commitment before starting a project, and work diligently unto the Lord while allowing Him to work in me until its completion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cFinishing is more important than starting.\u201d &nbsp; 28For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? &nbsp;29Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, &nbsp;30Saying, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/2026\/01\/07\/count-the-cost\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Count the Cost&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[2,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-one-liners","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Counting-the-Cost-800x533-1.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8lc9u-7d","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":699,"url":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/2022\/10\/31\/only-one-life\/","url_meta":{"origin":447,"position":0},"title":"Only One Life","author":"Bob Nichols","date":"October 31, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"(An excerpt from Pastor\u2019s Book, \u201cHow to Make Your Life Count for God\u201d) Only one life, \u2019twill soon be past, Only what\u2019s done for Christ will last.-\u00a0 C.T. 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