{"id":3505,"date":"2021-07-29T14:40:26","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T14:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/?p=3505"},"modified":"2021-07-29T14:40:26","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T14:40:26","slug":"am-i-lukewarm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/2021\/07\/29\/am-i-lukewarm\/","title":{"rendered":"Am I Lukewarm?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scripture: Revelations 3: [16] So, because you are lukewarm&#8211;neither hot nor cold&#8211;I am about to spit you out of my mouth.  <\/p>\n<p>Observation: I remember when I first became a Christian I was on fire and wanted to serve and make a difference for my Lord.  Now I do a few things, but not with the same spirit and compassion I use to and not as often.  Am I becoming lukewarm?  I would like to answer no, but the answer is yes.  I\u2019ve become lazy and complacent in my service for God.<\/p>\n<p>Application: I need to realize Jesus was never lukewarm for me and continues to work in my life.  I need to get that fire back and not to do things because I feel I have to, but because that is what I desire to do.  I need to give from my heart with the gratitude that God deserves from me.<\/p>\n<p>Prayer: Dear Lord heat me up for you.  May you be my first and last thought each day and fill my heart with your love.  May I become so hot that people would wonder what drives me and then see it is your love.  Help me Lord I can\u2019t do this without your guidance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scripture: Revelations 3: [16] So, because you are lukewarm&#8211;neither hot nor cold&#8211;I am about to spit you out of my mouth. Observation: I remember when I first became a Christian I was on fire and wanted to serve and make a difference for my Lord. Now I do a few things, but not with the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3506,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3505","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\/3505","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=3505"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3507,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3505\/revisions\/3507"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}