{"id":4831,"date":"2024-10-02T23:59:43","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T23:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/?p=4831"},"modified":"2024-10-02T23:59:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T23:59:47","slug":"dealing-with-bad-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wow\/word_of_the_week_post\/dealing-with-bad-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Dealing With Bad News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>\u201cAnother parable He put forth to them, saying:\u00a0\u201cThe kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field;\u00a0but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way.\u201d Mt. 13:24-25<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>This was a man who planted good, healthy and productive seed. The work was done and he simply rested in the natural processes that would produce a field of good wheat that would yield a marketable, fruitful wheat harvest. One day his workers came to him and told him about the tares that were showing up throughout his entire crop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>His first words were a good start! He said, \u201cAn enemy has done this!\u201d Many Christians believe that when unexpected adversity happens that somehow, it\u2019s God punishing them. Others let their emotions dictate, blame God, and they accept defeat, throw in the towel and quit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>By recognizing the enemy as his problem, he immediately knew how to circumvent the enemy\u2019s plan, preserve his harvest, and deal with the enemy\u2019s sabotage at the proper time \u2013 harvest time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>This month our Series Title is: While Men Slept\u2026 and we will take a look at the strategies the enemy is using in real time, which will equip us to obtain the harvest we sowed for, and how to stay in the game and whip the enemy every time! \u201c\u2026This is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith!\u201d I John 5:4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>With Love,<br>Pastor Tom<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-d5be9673282bf9e4dd164ebf13403840\">Kingdom Business is Eternal, as are the rewards that come from God. If this ministry has been a blessing to you, please consider partnering with us in prayer, as the Lord leads you, or in financial support. Please visit our website at <a href=\"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\">www.testamentoflove.org<\/a> to learn more about this ministry! Luke 6:38<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAnother parable He put forth to them, saying:\u00a0\u201cThe kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field;\u00a0but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way.\u201d Mt. 13:24-25 This was a man who planted good, healthy and productive seed. The work was done [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4832,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-word_of_the_week_post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4831"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4833,"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4831\/revisions\/4833"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}