{"id":1051,"date":"2014-12-31T23:52:43","date_gmt":"2015-01-01T04:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.slentz.us\/wordpress\/?p=1051"},"modified":"2014-12-31T23:52:43","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T04:52:43","slug":"2015-living-in-gods-now-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slentz.org\/blog\/devotional\/2015-living-in-gods-now-time\/","title":{"rendered":"2015: Living in God&#039;s &quot;Now&quot; Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"id_54a4ce0fabeb98677131832\" class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\">\nHigh time<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/slentz.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/3D-Man_and-Clock_16441761_s.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1053\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/slentz.org\/blog\/devotional\/2015-living-in-gods-now-time\/attachment\/3d-man_and-clock_16441761_s\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/slentz.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/3D-Man_and-Clock_16441761_s.jpg?fit=370%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"370,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"3D-Man_and-Clock_16441761_s\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/slentz.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/3D-Man_and-Clock_16441761_s.jpg?fit=247%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/slentz.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/3D-Man_and-Clock_16441761_s.jpg?fit=370%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1053\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/slentz.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/3D-Man_and-Clock_16441761_s-246x300.jpg?resize=246%2C300\" alt=\"3D-Man_and-Clock_16441761_s\" width=\"246\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a> to rid our heart and mind of everything that holds us in the past. &#8220;&#8230;but ONE THING I do: forgetting&#8230;&#8221; (Phil 3:13-14). Don&#8217;t forget that our past has no future!<br \/>\nA 2015 motto could be &#8220;<strong>Carpe Diem<\/strong>&#8221; <em>(Seize the Day)<\/em> \u2013 i.e., the choice to perceive every moment as <em>&#8220;such a time as this&#8221; (Esther 4:14)<\/em>! Or, as Paul puts it in Ephesians 5:16 \u2013<br \/>\n&#8220;Redeeming the time&#8230;&#8221; (KJV).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Making the very most of the time [buying up each opportunity]&#8230;&#8221; (Amplified).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\nLiving in the &#8220;Now&#8221; of God&#8217;s Time grants us access to:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>His &#8220;<strong>Now Word<\/strong> (Rhema, Daily Manna; and spontaneous ability to speak His Rhema Word to others)&#8221; (Rom 10:17; Mat 6:11; 10:19)<\/li>\n<li>His &#8220;<strong>Now Faith<\/strong>&#8221; (Heb 11:1)<\/li>\n<li>His &#8220;<strong>Now Grace<\/strong>&#8221; (2 Cor 6:1-2; Heb 4:16)<\/li>\n<li>His &#8220;<strong>Now Miracles<\/strong>&#8221; (John 5:1-9 \u2013 no need to wait 38 years! John 4:53; Luke 7:21)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&#8230;and, so doing, we can choose to live in the blessings of spiritually spontaneous &#8220;Now Worship&#8221; (John 4:23-24; Psalm 34:1; 51:15; 104:33-34). Amen!<br \/>\n2015, watch out! Here we come the Church of Jesus Christ!\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>High time to rid our heart and mind of everything that holds us in the past. &#8220;&#8230;but ONE THING I do: forgetting&#8230;&#8221; (Phil 3:13-14). 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