{"id":2758,"date":"2015-11-20T11:37:28","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T15:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shieldsgroup.com\/?p=2758"},"modified":"2015-11-20T11:58:37","modified_gmt":"2015-11-20T15:58:37","slug":"podcast-precious-in-the-sight-of-the-lord-is-the-death-of-his-saints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/20\/podcast-precious-in-the-sight-of-the-lord-is-the-death-of-his-saints\/","title":{"rendered":"PODCAST: Precious In The Sight of the Lord Is the Death of His Saints"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Whether I live or die, I’m ready.<\/p><\/div>\n

Today is the fourteenth anniversary of my father’s death.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fourteen years.<\/p>\n

It seems like yesterday.<\/p>\n

As a pastor, I have heard people say, “I’m afraid to die” numerous times. I’ve felt it myself, when I was younger. But\u00a0I never heard my dad say those words. He\u00a0was not afraid to die.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Years before his death when he had his very first heart attack, I arrived at the hospital moments before they took him in for surgery. They stopped long enough for me to tell him I was praying for him. His face, taped with a tube coming from his nose, was marked with a relaxed expression of calm.<\/p>\n

And his words brought peace to my anxious mind:\u00a0“Whatever is before me, I am ready. Whether I live or die, it’s okay.”<\/em><\/p>\n

I miss him every day, but I’d never wish him back. I wonder if they serve cake in heaven on the anniversary of your arrival.<\/p>\n

How can we all\u00a0face death like dad did?\u00a0This podcast gives some answers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/ShieldsGroup.com\/mp3s\/2015\/20140720ABiblicalViewOnDying.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>

Podcast: Play in new window<\/a> | Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today is the fourteenth anniversary of my father’s death. Fourteen years. It seems like yesterday. As a pastor, I have heard people say, “I’m afraid to die” numerous times. I’ve felt it myself, when I was younger. But\u00a0I never heard … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":464,"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":[9,1],"tags":[96,614,224,613,203],"class_list":["post-2758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermon-podcasts","category-spiritual-life","tag-death","tag-dying","tag-life","tag-living","tag-trust"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9XvmV-Iu","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2758","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\/464"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2758"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2765,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2758\/revisions\/2765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}