{"id":2357,"date":"2018-06-25T22:02:56","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T22:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hollywsmith.com\/?p=2357"},"modified":"2018-06-25T22:03:11","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T22:03:11","slug":"your-personal-peniel-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hollywsmith.com\/?p=2357","title":{"rendered":"Your Personal Peniel"},"content":{"rendered":"

As you encounter larger trials in the Christian life, you must either decide to be ever vigilant and relentless in your self-protection or surrender that responsibility to God and trust in His oversight. There are no other choices, because inevitably, in your response to larger problems, you\u2019ll attempt to venture further and further into the Holy Spirit\u2019s supervision of your affairs. You must avoid restricting the Holy Spirit’s activity because at some point you will discover this is simply an action to escape the crucifying influence of the spirit and circumcision of your heart.<\/p>\n

Do I want to shoulder a greater burden or a lesser one? Jesus said, \u201cFor my yoke is easy, my burden is light.\u201d Is God calling me into greater dependence or independence? \u201cTrust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding, in all you ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.\u201d\u2028 Whose kingdom am I building, mine or his? John said it very well, \u201cHe must become greater, I must become less.\u201d We must decide. Is. 9 says the government will be on His shoulders. “\"jacob-wrestle2-300x199\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As you encounter larger trials in the Christian life, you must either decide to be ever vigilant and relentless in your self-protection or surrender that responsibility to God and trust in His oversight. There are no other choices, because inevitably, in your response to larger problems, you\u2019ll attempt to venture further and further into the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":408,"url":"https:\/\/hollywsmith.com\/?p=408","url_meta":{"origin":2357,"position":0},"title":"Your Personal Peniel","author":"hollysmith","date":"September 22, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"As you encounter larger trials in the Christian life, you must either decide to be ever vigilant and relentless in your self-protection or surrender that responsibility to God and trust in His oversight. 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