{"id":6141,"date":"2017-08-30T09:12:54","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T13:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&#038;p=6141"},"modified":"2017-08-30T09:12:54","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T13:12:54","slug":"therefore-since-we-have-this-ministry-as-we-have-received-mercy-we-do-not-lose-heart-2-corinthians-41-nkjv","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/therefore-since-we-have-this-ministry-as-we-have-received-mercy-we-do-not-lose-heart-2-corinthians-41-nkjv","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart&#8221; (2 Corinthians 4:1 NKJV)."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The combined effect of having received both the &#8220;mercy&#8221; and the &#8220;ministry&#8221; of the gospel strengthened the apostle Paul, so that he did not &#8220;lose heart.&#8221; The same should cause us to persevere in sharing the gospel. For as Paul also wrote, God has &#8220;reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation&#8221; (2 Cor. 5:18).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The combined effect of having received both the &#8220;mercy&#8221; and the &#8220;ministry&#8221; of the gospel strengthened the apostle Paul, so that he did not &#8220;lose heart.&#8221; The same should cause us to persevere in sharing the gospel. For as Paul also wrote, God has &#8220;reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation&#8221; (2 Cor. 5:18). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1314],"scripture-chapter":[1337],"oyb_day":[1769],"location":[],"class_list":["post-6141","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-2-corinthians","scripture-chapter-1337","oyb_day-august-30"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/6141","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=6141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6141"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=6141"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=6141"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=6141"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=6141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}