{"id":313,"date":"2013-09-10T06:23:27","date_gmt":"2013-09-10T13:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hofman.org\/?p=313"},"modified":"2013-09-10T06:23:27","modified_gmt":"2013-09-10T13:23:27","slug":"exp-god-sept-10-god-remembers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/?p=313","title":{"rendered":"Exp God &#8211; Sept 10, God Remembers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_counters\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-small.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:2px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_c=new Array(\"twitter\",\"facebook_like\",\"facebook_send\",\"google\",\"pinterest\",\"linkedin\");var hupso_counters_lang = \"en_US\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"harryhofman\";var hupso_url_c=\"\";var hupso_title_c=\"Exp%20God%20-%20Sept%2010%2C%20God%20Remembers\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/counters.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">[2]\u00a0&#8220;Go and shout this message to Jerusalem. This is what the LORD says:\u00a0 &#8220;I remember how eager you were to please me as a young bride long ago, how you loved me and followed me even through the barren wilderness.\u00a0 (Je 2:2 NLTse)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Even when our hearts grow cold toward God and our devotion to Him weakens, His love remains steadfast. We may forget God, but He remembers us.<\/p>\n<p>God was concerned because the people of Judah had allowed their hearts to drift far from Him. &#8230;God reminded them of the love they had once had for Him, so that the memory might rekindle feelings of devotion and their hearts might return to Him.<\/p>\n<p>If you do not guard your heart, you will grow cold in your love for Christ&#8230;You may not realize how far you have drifted from God until you contrast the love you are expressing to Him now with that of earlier days.<\/p>\n<p>God has not changed. He is the same Person you gave your heart to when you became a Christian &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">[6]\u00a0&#8220;I am the LORD, and I do not change. That is why you descendants of Jacob are not already destroyed. [7]\u00a0Ever since the days of your ancestors, you have scorned my decrees and failed to obey them. Now return to me, and I will return to you,&#8221; says the LORD of Heaven&#8217;s Armies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;But you ask, &#8216;How can we return when we have never gone away?&#8217; (Mal 3:6-7 NLTse)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_counters\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-small.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:2px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_c=new Array(\"twitter\",\"facebook_like\",\"facebook_send\",\"google\",\"pinterest\",\"linkedin\");var hupso_counters_lang = \"en_US\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"harryhofman\";var hupso_url_c=\"\";var hupso_title_c=\"Exp%20God%20-%20Sept%2010%2C%20God%20Remembers\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/counters.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>[2]\u00a0&#8220;Go and shout this message to Jerusalem. This is what the LORD says:\u00a0 &#8220;I remember how eager you were to please me as a young bride long ago, how you loved me and followed me even through the barren wilderness.\u00a0 (Je 2:2 NLTse) Even when our hearts grow cold toward God and our devotion to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible","category-excerpts-from-experiencing-god-day-by-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=313"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":314,"href":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions\/314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}