{"id":24,"date":"2007-11-02T09:14:57","date_gmt":"2007-11-02T14:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newlifedesign.wordpress.com\/2007\/11\/02\/new-connections\/"},"modified":"2007-11-02T09:14:57","modified_gmt":"2007-11-02T14:14:57","slug":"new-connections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/2007\/11\/02\/new-connections\/","title":{"rendered":"New Connections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>God&#8217;s Word IS alive and active!\u00a0 I was reading 1 Peter 2:9 this morning, and God began to make some new connections in my mind.\u00a0 It is a familiar verse that I have read many times.\u00a0 Isn&#8217;t it amazing how God&#8217;s Word never grows old!\u00a0 I just love these Ah Ha! moments.\u00a0 Here is the thought progression and the connections that God made today:<\/p>\n<p>But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God&#8217;s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ~1 Peter 2:9<\/p>\n<pre>I am a chosen race...I am chosen...I am accepted!<\/pre>\n<pre>I am a royal priesthood...royalty...I am significant!<\/pre>\n<pre>I am a holy nation...I am holy...I am acceptable!<\/pre>\n<pre>I am God's own possession...I belong to God...belong...I am secure!<\/pre>\n<pre>My purpose is to proclaim His excellencies...I have a purpose...I am significant!<\/pre>\n<p>If you are a believer, then you, too, are ACCEPTED, SIGNIFICANT, and SECURE!!<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca:-)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>God&#8217;s Word IS alive and active!\u00a0 I was reading 1 Peter 2:9 this morning, and God began to make some new connections in my mind.\u00a0 It is a familiar verse that I have read many times.\u00a0 Isn&#8217;t it amazing how God&#8217;s Word never grows old!\u00a0 I just love these Ah Ha! moments.\u00a0 Here is the thought progression and the connections that God made today: But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God&#8217;s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ~1 Peter 2:9 I am a chosen race&#8230;I am chosen&#8230;I am accepted! I am a royal priesthood&#8230;royalty&#8230;I am significant! I am a holy nation&#8230;I am holy&#8230;I am acceptable! I am God&#8217;s own possession&#8230;I belong to God&#8230;belong&#8230;I am secure! My purpose is to proclaim His excellencies&#8230;I have a purpose&#8230;I<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anewlifedesign.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}