{"id":2287,"date":"2012-10-21T17:31:17","date_gmt":"2012-10-21T21:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldsandals.net\/?p=2287"},"modified":"2012-10-24T08:30:18","modified_gmt":"2012-10-24T12:30:18","slug":"courage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/?p=2287","title":{"rendered":"Courage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now Pashhur the son of Immer, the priest who was also chief governor in the house of the Lord, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.\u00a0\u00a0Then Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the Lord.\u00a0\u00a0And it happened on the next day that Pashhur brought Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then Jeremiah said to him, “The Lord has not called your name Pashhur, but Magor-Missabib.For thus says the Lord: \u2018Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes shall see it. I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive to Babylon and slay them with the sword.\u00a0Moreover I will deliver all the wealth of this city, all its produce, and all its precious things; all the treasures of the kings of Judah I will give into the hand of their enemies, who will plunder them, seize them, and carry them to Babylon.\u00a0And you, Pashhur, and all who dwell in your house, shall go into captivity. You shall go to Babylon, and there you shall die, and be buried there, you and all your friends, to whom you have prophesied lies.”\u00a0\u00a0 Jeremiah 20:1-6<\/em><\/p>\n

Courage is faith in action.\u00a0 To be courageous (in a spiritual sense) is not about being fearless.\u00a0 It is all about being faithful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now Pashhur the son of Immer, the priest who was also chief governor in the house of the Lord, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.\u00a0\u00a0Then Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the Lord.\u00a0\u00a0And it happened on … <\/p>\n

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