{"id":3663,"date":"2010-06-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/then-the-church-throughout-judea-galilee-and-samaria-enjoyed-a-time-of-peace-it-was-strengthened-and-encouraged-by-the-holy-spirit-it-grew-in-numbers-living-in-the-fear-of-the-lord-acts-931\/"},"modified":"2010-06-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-06-14T00:00:00","slug":"then-the-church-throughout-judea-galilee-and-samaria-enjoyed-a-time-of-peace-it-was-strengthened-and-encouraged-by-the-holy-spirit-it-grew-in-numbers-living-in-the-fear-of-the-lord-acts-931","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/then-the-church-throughout-judea-galilee-and-samaria-enjoyed-a-time-of-peace-it-was-strengthened-and-encouraged-by-the-holy-spirit-it-grew-in-numbers-living-in-the-fear-of-the-lord-acts-931","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee and Samaria enjoyed a time of peace. It was strengthened; and encouraged by the Holy Spirit, it grew in numbers, living in the fear of the Lord&#8221; (Acts 9:31)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>God sets the seasons. Farmers don&#8217;t go to conferences to learn how to grow their fields during a winter season. They learn early on to work and rest with the seasons.<br \/>\nThe record of the early church in the book of Acts reflects a seasonal movement of peace and persecution, gathering and dispersion, all under the Spirit&#8217;s leadership.<br \/>\nHow can we become like farmers who know the times? How can we do the right kind of work and find the right times to rest?<br \/>\nLord, help us to recognize the seasons and to work when the Spirit works and rest when He rests. Help us move with the rhythm of Your Spirit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>God sets the seasons. Farmers don&#8217;t go to conferences to learn how to grow their fields during a winter season. They learn early on to work and rest with the seasons.<br \/>\nThe record of the early church in the book of Acts reflects a seasonal movement of peace and persecution, gathering and dispersion, all under the Spirit&#8217;s leadership.<br \/>\nHow can we become like farmers who know the times? How can we do the right kind of work and find the right times to rest?<br \/>\nLord, help us to recognize the seasons and to work when the Spirit works and rest when He rests. Help us move with the rhythm of Your Spirit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1311],"scripture-chapter":[1342],"oyb_day":[1692],"location":[],"class_list":["post-3663","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-acts","scripture-chapter-1342","oyb_day-june-14"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/3663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3663"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=3663"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=3663"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=3663"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=3663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}