{"id":7206,"date":"2018-10-30T09:09:45","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T13:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&#038;p=7206"},"modified":"2018-10-30T09:09:45","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T13:09:45","slug":"it-is-good-for-people-to-submit-at-an-early-age-to-the-yoke-of-his-discipline-lamentations-327-nlt","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/it-is-good-for-people-to-submit-at-an-early-age-to-the-yoke-of-his-discipline-lamentations-327-nlt","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;it is good for people to submit at an early age to the yoke of his discipline&#8221; (Lamentations 3:27 NLT)."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"bltpu\" data-offset-key=\"5m240-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"5m240-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"5m240-0-0\">DON&#8217;T WASTE YOUR YOUTH<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"bltpu\" data-offset-key=\"9f066-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"9f066-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"9f066-0-0\">There is a worldly saying that has destroyed many which says, &#8220;Sow your wild oats before settling down.&#8221; But the Bible says the opposite. The prophet Jeremiah must have observed many a young person who wasted his life following after the flesh. He saw the Babylonians come and either kill or enslave the youth of Judah. So he encouraged young people to follow the Lord early. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"bltpu\" data-offset-key=\"912cq-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"912cq-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"912cq-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"bltpu\" data-offset-key=\"an45j-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"an45j-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"an45j-0-0\">Those who submit their lives to the Lord while they are still young avoid many a needless hurt. I have never heard an older person wish they had been more worldly when young, but I have heard many express regret at having waited so long to follow Christ. Don&#8217;t waste your youth on yourself. Choose to follow the Lord from an early age.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DON&#8217;T WASTE YOUR YOUTH<br \/>\nThere is a worldly saying that has destroyed many which says, &#8220;Sow your wild oats before settling down.&#8221; But the Bible says the opposite. The prophet Jeremiah must have observed many a young person who wasted his life following after the flesh. He saw the Babylonians come and either kill or enslave the youth of Judah. So he encouraged young people to follow the Lord early. <\/p>\n<p>Those who submit their lives to the Lord while they are still young avoid many a needless hurt. I have never heard an older person wish they had been more worldly when young, but I have heard many express regret at having waited so long to follow Christ. Don&#8217;t waste your youth on yourself. Choose to follow the Lord from an early age.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1292],"scripture-chapter":[1336],"oyb_day":[1830],"location":[],"class_list":["post-7206","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-lamentations","scripture-chapter-1336","oyb_day-october-30"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/7206","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=7206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7206"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=7206"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=7206"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=7206"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=7206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}