{"id":1336,"date":"2009-07-09T18:40:32","date_gmt":"2009-07-09T22:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thrufire.com\/blog\/?p=1336"},"modified":"2013-12-21T21:12:29","modified_gmt":"2013-12-22T01:12:29","slug":"trial-by-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thrufire.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/trial-by-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Trial by Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWhat welled up in that dread moment?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fear. Burning like a core deep within, like a fire blazing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe deceiver wants you to think that is real. Yes, in an instant it consumes you, but you were calling out my name.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Then I remembered your promises my Lord, to ask for anything in your name and it will be given.
\nAnd I knew the good and righteous life that this soul you’ve tied me to – should live<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

His very life a gift from God.<\/strong><\/p>\n

You showed me a glimpse of the plans you had in store and<\/p>\n

without touching<\/em>,
\nwithout seeing<\/em>,
\nwithout knowing<\/em>, I let go<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It was yours Lord, totally and completely.<\/p>\n

There was nothing for me to control.<\/p>\n

There was no reason to fear at all.<\/p>\n

For you are the Sovereign Lord<\/strong>
\nwho truly reigns over us all.<\/p>\n

In that instant, like a transition
\nfrom dark to light, the world changed.<\/p>\n

Not the greater world.<\/p>\n

Not those outside the experience,
\nbut those of great faith inside.<\/p>\n

Your Great Spirit Lord came rushing in,<\/p>\n

It filled us Lord,
\nIt filled our lungs,
\nIt filled our hearts.<\/p>\n

There was a peace, a tranquility.<\/p>\n

The wind blew out the fire.<\/p>\n

Then I heard cries of joy, the fear was gone.<\/p>\n

Our lungs filled to sing your praises:
\nBlessed be the Lord God Almighty
\nBy the grace and mercy of his Son, the Lord Jesus Christ<\/strong><\/p>\n

In whose name we prayed, – and it was answered<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cWhat welled up in that dread moment?\u201d
\nFear.
\nBurning like a core deep within, like a fire blazing.
\n\u201cThe deceiver wants you to think that is real. Yes, in an instance it consumes you, but you were calling out my name.\u201d Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[102],"tags":[270],"class_list":["post-1336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspiration","tag-faith"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thrufire.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thrufire.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thrufire.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thrufire.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thrufire.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1336"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.thrufire.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1555,"href":"https:\/\/www.thrufire.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336\/revisions\/1555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thrufire.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thrufire.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thrufire.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}