{"id":5290,"date":"2025-03-22T13:01:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T13:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=5290"},"modified":"2025-03-24T12:00:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T12:00:54","slug":"what-about-the-what-ifs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=5290","title":{"rendered":"What About the What If\u2019s?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>The \u201cWhat if\u2019s\u201d aren\u2019t real.  <\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Our ability to live and walk by faith is directly related to what is real to us.  What is the most real  to you and I?  God\u2019s presence or our own<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>W.E. Vine\u2019s Expository Dictionary defines faith as a firm persuasion or conviction brought about by hearing the Word<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Are you and I living by faith?  <em>The just shall live by faith.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>\u2026faith is the substance of things hoped* for, the evidence of things not seen\u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding; in all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.<\/strong><\/em> <strong>Proverbs 3:5&amp;6<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>\u2026let the word of Christ dwell in you richly\u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>*hoped &#8211; confidently assured of<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Do you have any firm persuasions or convictions based on Scripture?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u201cWhat if\u2019s\u201d aren\u2019t real. Our ability to live and walk by faith is directly related to what is real to us. What is the most real to you and I? God\u2019s presence or our own? W.E. Vine\u2019s Expository Dictionary defines faith as a firm persuasion or conviction brought about by hearing the Word. Are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=5290\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What About the What If\u2019s?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5290"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5290"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5299,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5290\/revisions\/5299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}