{"id":2253,"date":"2020-06-15T14:57:39","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T14:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/?p=2253"},"modified":"2020-06-15T14:57:39","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T14:57:39","slug":"finishing-the-race-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/2020\/06\/15\/finishing-the-race-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Finishing the Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scripture: Acts 20: 24 However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me&#8211;the task of testifying to the gospel of God&#8217;s grace.<\/p>\n<p>Observation: I keep thinking the race I\u2019m running is for me, but it\u2019s for God.  It is his race and I need to run the course that he set for me, not to wonder off all the time.  It is not a marathon most of the time it\u2019s an obstacle course with new challenges each day.  This race can only be won with the help of the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n<p>Application: Remember each day why I\u2019m running and the objective of the race, to fulfill the purpose God has given me, to tell others of his saving Grace.  Ask God constantly for help to make it through this race.<\/p>\n<p>Prayer: Dear Lord help me run this race, train me to make it the distance and when it\u2019s over to run into your arms and feel your embrace and that you are pleased with your servant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scripture: Acts 20: 24 However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me&#8211;the task of testifying to the gospel of God&#8217;s grace. Observation: I keep thinking the race I\u2019m running is for me, but it\u2019s for God. It &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2254,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-devotional"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2253"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2255,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2253\/revisions\/2255"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}