{"id":690,"date":"2022-10-10T13:51:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T18:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.com\/wpbobnichols\/?p=690"},"modified":"2022-09-20T15:56:25","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T20:56:25","slug":"whats-on-the-inside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/2022\/10\/10\/whats-on-the-inside\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s on the inside?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Excerpt from Pastor&#8217;s book, &#8216;How to Get a Grip on God&#8217;s Promises&#8221;)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Peter was willing to fight for Jesus, he also failed to stand up for Him.&nbsp; So many of us have said, I will never deny Him.&nbsp; \u201cOh, yes, I will stand.&nbsp; Oh, yes, you can count on me, Lord,\u201d and then an hour later we have just blown it all.&nbsp; That is what I call short-haul faith.&nbsp; You know what God is doing in the Body of Christ?&nbsp; God is getting rid of this short-haul faith; the big explosion, big grandiose confession that says, \u201cI will go wherever you want me to go,\u201d but then refuses to actually follow through.&nbsp; God is putting some staying power in the Body of Christ and we are not going to blow up on the short-haul anymore.&nbsp; We are going to be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.&nbsp; Instead of failing and falling, God is putting a new strength, a new depth into the hearts and in the lives of those that will trust in the Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, prophet of God, I may have problems at home, but let me tell you what I have in my heart.&nbsp; I have safety and wellness.&nbsp; I am happy.&nbsp; My family has good health.&nbsp; We are prosperous.&nbsp; We have favor.&nbsp; We are at rest.&nbsp; We are whole.&nbsp; Everything is going to be all right.&nbsp; Listen to me today.&nbsp; It is not what is happening around you, it is what is happening on the inside of you that makes the most difference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Excerpt from Pastor&#8217;s book, &#8216;How to Get a Grip on God&#8217;s Promises&#8221;) While Peter was willing to fight for Jesus, he also failed to stand up for Him.&nbsp; So many of us have said, I will never deny Him.&nbsp; \u201cOh, yes, I will stand.&nbsp; Oh, yes, you can count on me, Lord,\u201d and then an &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/2022\/10\/10\/whats-on-the-inside\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What&#8217;s on the inside?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1164,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-690","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\/07\/Grip800x533.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8lc9u-b8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":610,"url":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/2022\/12\/19\/power-principles-for-standing\/","url_meta":{"origin":690,"position":0},"title":"Power Principles For Standing","author":"Bob Nichols","date":"December 19, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"(This is an excerpt from Pastor's book, \"How To Stand When Others Fall\") The multitudes have left and Jesus turns and asks, \u201c\u2026Will ye also go away?\u201d Then Simon Peter answered him and he said several things that will keep you standing when others are falling.\u00a0 These things will hold\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Book Excerpt&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Book Excerpt","link":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/category\/book-excerpt\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FaithOverFear600x600.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FaithOverFear600x600.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FaithOverFear600x600.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":687,"url":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/2022\/04\/25\/faith-for-the-long-haul\/","url_meta":{"origin":690,"position":1},"title":"Faith For The Long-Haul","author":"Bob Nichols","date":"April 25, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"(Excerpt from Pastor's book, 'How to Get a Grip on God's Promises\") This woman had long-haul faith.\u00a0 She was not easily moved; 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