{"id":6311,"date":"2017-11-09T09:26:02","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T14:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&#038;p=6311"},"modified":"2017-11-09T09:26:02","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T14:26:02","slug":"blessed-be-the-lord-god-of-israel-from-everlasting-to-everlasting-and-let-all-the-people-say-amen-praise-the-lord-psalm-10648-nkjv","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/blessed-be-the-lord-god-of-israel-from-everlasting-to-everlasting-and-let-all-the-people-say-amen-praise-the-lord-psalm-10648-nkjv","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Blessed be the Lord God of Israel From everlasting to everlasting! And let all the people say, \u201cAmen!\u201d Praise the Lord!&#8221; (Psalm 106:48 NKJV)."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7biit\" data-offset-key=\"1t7t6-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"1t7t6-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"1t7t6-0-0\">The psalmist concluded with an admonition that all people should shout &#8220;Amen,&#8221; when they hear the Lord being praised. &#8220;Amen&#8221; is more than the word we teach children to say at the end of their prayers. Some use it casually as a word of affirmation, or to say, &#8220;I agree.&#8221; It literally means, &#8220;So be it!&#8221; Yet for the Christ-follower, it takes on the further meaning of, &#8220;Let it be so in me!&#8221; <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7biit\" data-offset-key=\"mjbk-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"mjbk-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"mjbk-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7biit\" data-offset-key=\"5tjd9-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"5tjd9-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"5tjd9-0-0\">After the reading of God&#8217;s Word on Sundays, I usually say, &#8220;This is God&#8217;s Word.&#8221; To which the congregation responds, &#8220;Amen!&#8221; By doing so, they are affirming the statement&#8217;s truth, while also opening up their hearts and minds to receive it.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The psalmist concluded with an admonition that all people should shout &#8220;Amen,&#8221; when they hear the Lord being praised. &#8220;Amen&#8221; is more than the word we teach children to say at the end of their prayers.  Some use it casually as a word of affirmation, or to say, &#8220;I agree.&#8221; It literally means, &#8220;So be it!&#8221; Yet for the Christ-follower, it takes on the further meaning of, &#8220;Let it be so in me!&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>After the reading of God&#8217;s Word on Sundays, I usually say, &#8220;This is God&#8217;s Word.&#8221; To which the congregation responds, &#8220;Amen!&#8221; By doing so, they are affirming the statement&#8217;s truth, while also opening up their hearts and minds to receive it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1286],"scripture-chapter":[1439],"oyb_day":[1839],"location":[],"class_list":["post-6311","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-psalms","scripture-chapter-1439","oyb_day-november-8"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/6311","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=6311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6311"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=6311"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=6311"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=6311"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=6311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}