{"id":619,"date":"2022-12-05T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.com\/wpbobnichols\/?p=619"},"modified":"2022-09-29T12:06:47","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T17:06:47","slug":"love-gives-appreciation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/2022\/12\/05\/love-gives-appreciation\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Gives Appreciation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Below is an excerpt from Pastor&#8217;s book, &#8220;How to Triumph in Troubled Times&#8221;)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have run up against a lot of things in third world nations as I have been involved in world missions.&nbsp; There has been more than one time when in my heart I said, \u201cHow much more can we take, God?\u201d&nbsp; Anyone that works in foreign missions could give their own share of stories of trials.&nbsp; I could tell you of a number of ministries which have given food, clothing, education, and shelter and no one gave thanks or appreciation in return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There must have been so many people that Jesus ministered to and they did not show appreciation for it.&nbsp; Did anyone comprehend that they were standing in the presence of the Son of the Living God?&nbsp; Probably not, but He just kept on loving and giving.&nbsp; Love may take a little while to work, but it works.&nbsp; I can choose to walk in love no matter what has happened to me.&nbsp; No matter what someone said, I can choose to walk in love.&nbsp; Determine today that you will always respond in love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Below is an excerpt from Pastor&#8217;s book, &#8220;How to Triumph in Troubled Times&#8221;) I have run up against a lot of things in third world nations as I have been involved in world missions.&nbsp; There has been more than one time when in my heart I said, \u201cHow much more can we take, God?\u201d&nbsp; Anyone &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/2022\/12\/05\/love-gives-appreciation\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Love Gives Appreciation&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1186,"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":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-excerpt"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/HeartinBook-600x400-1.jpg?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8lc9u-9Z","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1254,"url":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/2023\/04\/19\/church-history\/","url_meta":{"origin":619,"position":0},"title":"Church History","author":"Bob Nichols","date":"April 19, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"William Carey (1761-1824) As a newly ordained minister, William Carey stood up among his Baptist counterparts and made a case for the necessity of overseas missions. 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