{"id":6049,"date":"2020-04-05T07:26:20","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T21:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stmark.com.au\/Blogs\/?p=6049"},"modified":"2020-04-05T07:26:22","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T21:26:22","slug":"the-reality-of-our-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stmark.com.au\/Blogs\/the-reality-of-our-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"The Reality of Our Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Reality of Our Faith<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

by Mirette Ibrahim<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If we need a physical building in order to pray, we\u2019re doing something wrong.
\nIf we can\u2019t speak to our Maker, without being surrounded by our loved ones, we\u2019re doing something wrong.
\nIf we can\u2019t taste and see our Creator\u2019s goodness in the confines of our own rooms, we\u2019re doing something wrong.
\nIf we need to be spoken to by our leaders in order to feel like we\u2019re hearing our Lord\u2019s voice, we\u2019re doing something wrong.
\nIf we can abstain from food but can\u2019t abstain from seeing our friends, we\u2019re doing something wrong.
\nIf we can\u2019t feel our God\u2019s grace being poured on us outside of the church walls, we\u2019re doing something wrong. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If I think my Father\u2019s voice is only found in the crowds and not the stillness, I\u2019m doing something wrong.
\nIf I have limited the Unlimited to a physical space, I\u2019m doing something wrong.
\nIf I have confined the Almighty to a single place of existence, I\u2019m doing something wrong.
\nIf I\u2019ve put my Master into a box and made Him my God according to my own preferences and criteria, I\u2019m doing something wrong.
\nIf I\u2019ve failed to see my neighbor struggling while I selfishly stock my shelves and offer them my prayers, I\u2019m doing something wrong.
\nIf I can\u2019t see the blessing disguised in this time of solitude that some can only dream of, I\u2019m doing something wrong.
\nIf I can\u2019t call on my Saviour during this time of mass drowning, but have time to sit behind my screen and condemn the leaders for their obedience and guidance, I\u2019m doing something wrong. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s pray in the stillness.
\nLet\u2019s contemplate in the solitude.
\nLet\u2019s experience Him in the silence.
\nLet\u2019s hear Him in the quiet.
\nLet\u2019s be filled with Him in our abstinence.
\nLet\u2019s feel Him reaching out to us.
\nLet\u2019s know Him in our obedience.
\nLet\u2019s be there for each other.
\nLet\u2019s help out our brother.
\nLet\u2019s lay down our lives for our neighbors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s do Lent and life right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Reality of Our Faith by Mirette Ibrahim If we need a physical building in order to pray, we\u2019re doing something wrong. If we can\u2019t speak to our Maker, without being surrounded by our loved ones, we\u2019re doing something wrong. If we can\u2019t taste and see our Creator\u2019s goodness in the confines of our own … Continue reading “The Reality of Our Faith”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6050,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[227,204,25,6,35],"class_list":["post-6049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-church","tag-coronavirus","tag-faith","tag-love","tag-prayer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stmark.com.au\/Blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stmark.com.au\/Blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stmark.com.au\/Blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stmark.com.au\/Blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stmark.com.au\/Blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6049"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.stmark.com.au\/Blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6051,"href":"http:\/\/www.stmark.com.au\/Blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6049\/revisions\/6051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stmark.com.au\/Blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stmark.com.au\/Blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stmark.com.au\/Blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stmark.com.au\/Blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}