{"id":2067,"date":"2023-12-14T10:37:34","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T10:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/?p=2067"},"modified":"2023-12-14T10:37:34","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T10:37:34","slug":"preparing-the-way-of-the-lord-in-the-heart-of-someone-youve-wounded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/?p=2067","title":{"rendered":"Preparing the way of the Lord in the heart of someone you&#8217;ve wounded"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2046\" src=\"http:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/advent2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"326\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/advent2.jpg 1244w, https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/advent2-274x300.jpg 274w, https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/advent2-934x1024.jpg 934w, https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/advent2-768x842.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px\" \/><span id=\"en-NIV-18431\" class=\"text Isa-40-10\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-ESV-23258\" class=\"text Matt-5-23\"><span class=\"woj\">&#8220;So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, <\/span><\/span><span id=\"en-ESV-23259\" class=\"text Matt-5-24\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">\u00a0<\/sup>leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. &#8221; Matt. 5:23-24<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>John the Baptist connected repentance with &#8220;preparing the way of the Lord.&#8221; In what ways does obeying this command in Matthew &#8220;prepare the way of the Lord&#8221; in both people&#8217;s lives?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-align: center;\">December 14, 2023<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;So if you are offering&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2067","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-thought-for-the-day"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2067"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2085,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2067\/revisions\/2085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}