{"id":1854,"date":"2011-05-09T18:52:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-09T22:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shieldsgroup.com\/?p=1854"},"modified":"2011-05-09T18:52:01","modified_gmt":"2011-05-09T22:52:01","slug":"need-some-encouragement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/09\/need-some-encouragement\/","title":{"rendered":"Need some encouragement?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Everyone knows it\u2019s nice to get a gift. <\/strong>And the Word teaches us that it\u2019s more blessed to give than to receive. But  have you ever thought of a third possibility \u2014 that it\u2019s blessed to BE a  gift?<\/p>\n<p>This somewhat theologically heavy podcast, speaks of the reality that  those who have repented and placed their faith in Christ are actually  gifts from the Father to the Son \u2014 and more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you are looking to be encouraged <\/strong>by how God views his children, this podcast is for you.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7683\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1854-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/mp3s\/amq\/2011\/holidays\/20110508YouAreAGift.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/mp3s\/amq\/2011\/holidays\/20110508YouAreAGift.mp3\">http:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/mp3s\/amq\/2011\/holidays\/20110508YouAreAGift.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/mp3s\/amq\/2011\/holidays\/20110508YouAreAGift.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=1854-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/mp3s\/amq\/2011\/holidays\/20110508YouAreAGift.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20110508YouAreAGift.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone knows it\u2019s nice to get a gift. And the Word teaches us that it\u2019s more blessed to give than to receive. But have you ever thought of a third possibility \u2014 that it\u2019s blessed to BE a gift? This &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/09\/need-some-encouragement\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,9,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grace","category-sermon-podcasts","category-spiritual-life"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9XvmV-tU","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1854\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}