{"id":9148,"date":"2012-04-08T12:14:42","date_gmt":"2012-04-08T17:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianrep.com\/blog\/?p=9148"},"modified":"2012-08-20T20:31:04","modified_gmt":"2012-08-21T01:31:04","slug":"a-promise-kept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianrep.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/08\/a-promise-kept\/","title":{"rendered":"A Promise Kept"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Because of this single promise found in <strong><em>Luke 18:33 \u201c<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again\u201d<\/em><\/strong> \u00a0we can stand strong in His strength.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-9150\" title=\"redeemed by Jesus\" src=\"http:\/\/christianrep.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/redeemed-by-Jesus.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"551\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christianrep.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/redeemed-by-Jesus.png 1275w, https:\/\/christianrep.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/redeemed-by-Jesus-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/christianrep.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/redeemed-by-Jesus-1024x571.png 1024w, https:\/\/christianrep.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/redeemed-by-Jesus-280x156.png 280w, https:\/\/christianrep.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/redeemed-by-Jesus-90x50.png 90w, https:\/\/christianrep.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/redeemed-by-Jesus-716x400.png 716w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Because Jesus rose again\u2026.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t have to fear tomorrow or face it alone<\/p>\n<p>We have peace that surpasses all understanding<\/p>\n<p>We are sons and daughters of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords<\/p>\n<p>We can sing praises of your matchless love, grace and mercy<\/p>\n<p>We can sleep knowing that should we never wake, the splendors of Heaven await us<\/p>\n<p>We have hope that never ends, regardless of the darkness chasing us<\/p>\n<p>We can take our greatest treasures with us to Heaven\u2026our family and friends<\/p>\n<p>We enjoy the majesty of this gift of life and the beauty you\u2019ve filled it with<\/p>\n<p>We can live an abundant life experiencing joy as only you can give<\/p>\n<p>We can smile through tears, knowing that all things work together for good<\/p>\n<p>We can stand strong in His strength and work though His power, not our own<\/p>\n<p>We are refreshed by the daily renewing of His mercies<\/p>\n<p>We are encouraged by His faithfulness<\/p>\n<p>We know that every tear will be wiped away<\/p>\n<p>We know that His love reaches us\u2026..regardless<\/p>\n<p>We know true, honest and pure love<\/p>\n<p>We know that our God is greater<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>AND because a single promise was kept\u2026.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>We are looking for the promised return, knowing it could be any moment\u2026 a twinkling of an eye<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><em>Marie Wikle<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><em>@spreadingJOY<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pfgf-R7bPsw<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>John 2:19-22<\/em><\/strong><em>\u00a0Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? But he spake of the temple of his body. When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TQge-HcanSM&amp;feature=related<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>1 Corinthians 15:19<\/em><\/strong><em>\u00a0If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pnHy1VC5EQo<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Acts 2:24<\/em><\/strong><em>\u00a0Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because of this single promise found in Luke 18:33 \u201cAnd they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again\u201d \u00a0we can stand strong in His strength. Because Jesus rose again\u2026. We don\u2019t have to fear tomorrow or face it alone We have peace that surpasses all understanding &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/christianrep.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/08\/a-promise-kept\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A Promise Kept&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,23],"tags":[4239,4246,4241,66,1870,276,4244,3226,4242,2939,637,4243,2992,4247,1006,4245,375,4240],"class_list":["post-9148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archived","category-marie","tag-1-corinthians-15","tag-abundant-life","tag-daughters-of-the-king","tag-disciples","tag-faithfulness","tag-family-and-friends","tag-grace-and-mercy","tag-king-of-kings","tag-king-of-kings-and-lord-of-lords","tag-lord-of-lords","tag-majesty","tag-peace-that-surpasses-all-understanding","tag-praises","tag-scourge","tag-sons-and-daughters","tag-splendors","tag-third-day","tag-twinkling-of-an-eye"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianrep.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianrep.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianrep.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianrep.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianrep.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christianrep.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianrep.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianrep.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianrep.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianrep.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}