{"id":59923,"date":"2023-04-18T00:00:58","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T05:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=59923"},"modified":"2023-04-18T00:34:19","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T05:34:19","slug":"a-la-carte-april-18-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=59923","title":{"rendered":"A La Carte (April 18)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Good morning from somewhere far out over the Pacific as I make my homeward journey. Blessings to you today!<\/p>\n<p><em>(Yesterday on the blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/articles\/behind-the-scenes-conference-speaking\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Behind-the-Scenes: Conference Speaking<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/justin-taylor\/george-verwer-1938-2023\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">George Verwer (1938\u20132023)<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Justin Taylor has written a lovely obituary for mission mobilizer George Verwer who \u201cwent to be with his Lord and Savior after a two-month battle with Sarcoma cancer. He is survived by his wife,Drena, and their three\u00a0children, Ben, Daniel, and Christa.\u201d (See also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2023\/april\/obit-george-verwer-operation-mobilisation-missions.html\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\"><em>Christianity Today<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/sola.network\/article\/what-comes-to-mind-when-you-think-of-heaven\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">What Comes to Mind When You Think of Heaven?<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Renee Zou wants you to think about heaven. \u201cHow can we remind ourselves that eternal life is real, and we are heading for it?\u00a0How do we increase our desires to be in the new creation?\u00a0Here are four ways to help ourselves and others along the journey home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/childrenshungerfund.org\/blog\/evidence-of-gods-faithfulness-in-ukraine\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">GOD IS FAITHFUL DESPITE WAR AND VIOLENCE IN UKRAINE<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had never prayed so much before,\u201d shared Lyena, a Ukrainian woman whose home was destroyed in the war. \u201cI had never read the Psalms so thoughtfully before. It was the encouragement that brought tears of gratitude and joy. I realized that only when you walk through the valley of mortal darkness, you learn to completely trust God,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning from somewhere far out over the Pacific as I make my homeward journey. Blessings to you today! (Yesterday on the blog: Behind-the-Scenes: Conference Speaking) George Verwer (1938\u20132023) Justin Taylor has written a lovely obituary for mission mobilizer George Verwer who \u201cwent to be with his Lord and Savior after a two-month battle with Sarcoma cancer. He is survived by his wife,Drena, and their three\u00a0children, Ben, Daniel, and Christa.\u201d (See also Christianity Today) What Comes to Mind When You \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":59931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[31],"tags":[306],"class_list":["post-59923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tim-challies","tag-a-la-carte","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biblicalcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/A20La20Carte20-20concepts202-TUES20b-2-1.jpg?fit=910%2C320&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59923"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59933,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59923\/revisions\/59933"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/59931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}