{"id":6484,"date":"2018-02-19T10:52:33","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T15:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&#038;p=6484"},"modified":"2018-02-19T10:52:33","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T15:52:33","slug":"pay-close-attention-to-what-you-hear-the-closer-you-listen-the-more-understanding-you-will-be-given-and-you-will-receive-even-more-mark-424-nlt","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/pay-close-attention-to-what-you-hear-the-closer-you-listen-the-more-understanding-you-will-be-given-and-you-will-receive-even-more-mark-424-nlt","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Pay close attention to what you hear. The closer you listen, the more understanding you will be given\u2014and you will receive even more&#8221; (Mark 4:24 NLT)."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2ldg3\" data-offset-key=\"29tn-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"29tn-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"29tn-0-0\">THE LISTENING PRINCIPLE<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2ldg3\" data-offset-key=\"do302-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"do302-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"do302-0-0\">Jesus instructed His disciples to &#8220;pay close attention&#8221; to His teachings. For the &#8220;closer&#8221; they listened, the more they would receive understanding from His Word. This principle seems obvious: &#8220;listen and learn.&#8221; Yet, there is a spiritual component. For Christ is making a promise to those that pay close attention to His teachings that they will be given more and more understanding. This is why we love God&#8217;s Word. We read it everyday and everyday it brings new meaning to our lives. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE LISTENING PRINCIPLE<br \/>\nJesus instructed His disciples to &#8220;pay close attention&#8221; to His teachings. For the &#8220;closer&#8221; they listened, the more they would receive understanding from His Word. This principle seems obvious: &#8220;listen and learn.&#8221; Yet, there is a spiritual component. For Christ is making a promise to those that pay close attention to His teachings that they will be given more and more understanding. This is why we love God&#8217;s Word. We read it everyday and everyday it brings new meaning to our lives. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1308],"scripture-chapter":[1337],"oyb_day":[1576],"location":[],"class_list":["post-6484","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-mark","scripture-chapter-1337","oyb_day-february-19"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/6484","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=6484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6484"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=6484"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=6484"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=6484"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=6484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}