{"id":35213,"date":"2024-06-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifefmki.org\/?p=35213"},"modified":"2024-04-17T14:09:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T03:09:03","slug":"who-can-you-count-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifefmki.org\/2024\/06\/29\/who-can-you-count-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Who can you count on?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u2018Timothy has proved himself.\u2019 Philippians \u00a02:22\u00a0NIV<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>God will be faithful to you, come what may. Humanly speaking, who else can you count on? Paul writes: <i>\u2018Everyone looks out for their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. But you know that Timothy has proved himself, because as a son with his father he has served with me in the work of the gospel\u2019<\/i> (Philippians 2:21-22\u00a0NIV). Paul knew he could count on Timothy. Who can <i>you<\/i> count on? Before you answer, consider the following four questions: <\/p>\n<p>1)<i> When something goes wrong, do you have at least one friend you can easily talk to about it? <\/i><i>\u2018A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity\u2019<\/i> (Proverbs\u00a017:17\u00a0NIV). There is no way to put a price on such a relationship, is there? <\/p>\n<p>2)<i> Who in your life could accurately name your greatest fears and temptations?<\/i> <i>\u2018Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble\u2026A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken\u2019<\/i> (Ecclesiastes 4:9-10, 12\u00a0NLT). <\/p>\n<p>3)<i> Do you have one or more friends with whom you meet regularly?<\/i> <i>\u2018Then those who feared the LORD spoke to one another, And the LORD listened and heard them; So a book of remembrance was written before Him<\/i> (Malachi\u00a03:16\u00a0NKJV). <\/p>\n<p>4)<i> Do you have a friend you know well enough to trust their confidentiality?<\/i> <i>\u2018A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy person keeps a secret\u2019<\/i> (Proverbs\u00a011:13\u00a0NIV). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lifefmki.org\/soulfood\/\">SoulFood<\/a>: 1 Sam 1-3, Luke 3:1-10, Ps 59:1-8, Pro 16:20-22<\/p>\n<p><em style=\"color: #41423d; font-family: arial, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 18px;\">The Word for Today<\/em><span style=\"color: #41423d; font-family: arial, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 18px;\"> is authored by Bob and Debby Gass and published under licence from UCB International Copyright \u00a9<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Timothy has proved himself.\u2019 Philippians \u00a02:22\u00a0NIV God will be faithful to you, come what may. Humanly speaking, who else can you count on? Paul writes: \u2018Everyone looks out for their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. But you know that Timothy has proved himself, because as a son with his father he has served [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[36,127,126,51],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifefmki.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35213"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifefmki.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifefmki.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifefmki.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifefmki.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35213"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifefmki.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36201,"href":"https:\/\/lifefmki.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35213\/revisions\/36201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifefmki.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifefmki.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifefmki.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}