{"id":3625,"date":"2021-09-04T14:37:33","date_gmt":"2021-09-04T14:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/?p=3625"},"modified":"2021-09-04T14:37:33","modified_gmt":"2021-09-04T14:37:33","slug":"the-heart-of-a-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/2021\/09\/04\/the-heart-of-a-child\/","title":{"rendered":"The Heart of a Child"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scripture: Matthew 18: [3] And he said: &#8220;I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.<\/p>\n<p>Observation: A child believes something when their parent tells them, they trust and depend on them for everything.  A child\u2019s mind isn\u2019t clouded over with wortry and planning, they enjoy the moment that was given them.  A child is loving and enjoys being held and listens when you talk to them.  A child is what we used to be until the world got a hold of us and we started to look to ourselves instead of our loving Father.<\/p>\n<p>Application: I continue to depend on myself, but that needs to stop.  My goal needs to be to please my Father and to spend quality time with Him and to listen.  I need to get to know my dad better and to stop worrying and start doing what it is He has called me to do.  I need to learn to enjoy being with Him as we walk together through this life.<\/p>\n<p>Prayer: Dear Father draw me closer to you and speak to me.  I\u2019m so lost and afraid and I need to feel your embrace and know that I am yours.  Please clear my mind and give me peace and guide me where you want me to go.  I love you Dad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scripture: Matthew 18: [3] And he said: &#8220;I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Observation: A child believes something when their parent tells them, they trust and depend on them for everything. A child\u2019s mind isn\u2019t clouded over with wortry and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3627,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3625","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\/3625","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=3625"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3628,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3625\/revisions\/3628"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}