{"id":71874,"date":"2024-02-11T23:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T05:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=71874"},"modified":"2024-02-12T00:00:21","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T06:00:21","slug":"a-la-carte-february-12-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=71874","title":{"rendered":"A La Carte (February 12)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-beyondwords-player=\"true\" contenteditable=\"false\">\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"f8b8be3e-b67a-4ee3-aa32-028c33ed46dd\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good morning and happy Monday! Grace and peace to you today.<\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"202897dc-22a6-4841-9f4d-993881126170\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/kindle-deals-for-christians\/\">Kindle deals<\/a> include some good picks from Crossway.<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crossway.org\/articles\/6-ways-to-find-and-protect-the-time-you-need-to-read-books\/?ref=dashhouse.com\" rel=\"noopener\">6 Ways to Find (And Protect) the Time You Need to Read Books<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"f322a4ae-cd53-47cd-98a1-3d8d59b63357\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I know there are many of us who want to read more than we actually do. Tony Reinke has some tips for us\u2014tips on how to find and protect the time we need to get that reading done.<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theheritage.blog\/blog\/resurgent-thanksgiving\" rel=\"noopener\">Resurgent Thanksgiving<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"1aee0e55-78e5-4460-b80f-36b948571b7a\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reuben considers the recent upsurge in attention to the importance of gratitude and says, &#8220;In some respects, the broad recognition of the importance of gratitude is remarkable. When we see in Scripture how fundamental thankfulness should be in the life of a believer who fears God, it is striking to find the same emphasis among those who don\u2019t know God through Christ.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loisflowers.com\/what-to-do-when-you-long-for-encouragement\/\" rel=\"noopener\">What to Do When You Long for Encouragement<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"f539c8e5-d130-41b9-8ba6-79ea765487e4\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lois offers some thoughts on what to do when you are longing for some encouragement.<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/women.pcacdm.org\/living-and-dying-in-hope-of-heaven-preparing-for-glory\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Living and Dying in Hope of Heaven: Preparing for Glory<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"113a2ab1-7535-465b-b4f9-76da38eab41a\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elizabeth Turnage: &#8220;When I tell people I\u2019ve written a book about preparing for glory, about living and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A La Carte: Find and protect the time you need to read \/ What to do when you long for encouragement \/ Living and dying in the hope of heaven \/ Graphic preaching \/ Should Christians pray the vengeance Psalms? \/ Kindle deals \/ and more.See AlsoA La Carte (June 2)A La Carte (October 7)Kindle Deals for Christian Readers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":71891,"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-71874","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\/2024\/02\/cover-a-la-carte-mon-a-3-1.jpg?fit=1920%2C1219&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71874","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=71874"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71893,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71874\/revisions\/71893"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/71891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}