{"id":2006,"date":"2016-05-07T02:30:52","date_gmt":"2016-05-07T07:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/twolisteners.org\/?p=2006"},"modified":"2016-05-07T02:30:52","modified_gmt":"2016-05-07T07:30:52","slug":"may-7-against-the-tide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/?p=2006","title":{"rendered":"May 7 &#8211; Against The Tide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-1261 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/m_ea23.jpg\" alt=\"M_EA23\" width=\"356\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/m_ea23.jpg 3072w, https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/m_ea23-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/m_ea23-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/m_ea23-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">The oarsman, trusting in Me, does not lean on his oars and drift with the tide, trusting to the current.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Nay, more often \u2013 once I have shown the way \u2013 it is against the tide you must direct all your effort.\u00a0 And even when difficulties come, it is by your effort that they will be surmounted.\u00a0 But always strength and the Joy in the doing you can have through Me.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">My fishermen-disciples did not find the fishes ready on the shore in their nets.\u00a0 I take man\u2019s efforts and bless that.\u00a0 I need man\u2019s effort \u2013 he needs My blessing. This partnership it is that means success.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#008000;\"><em>For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.\u00a0 Philippians 2:13<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The oarsman, trusting in Me, does not lean on his oars and drift with the tide, trusting to the current. Nay, more often \u2013 once I have shown the way \u2013 it is against the tide you must direct all your effort.\u00a0 And even when difficulties come, it is by your effort that they will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/?p=2006\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">May 7 &#8211; Against The Tide<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-godcalling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2006\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}