{"id":30213,"date":"2026-02-26T00:00:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T23:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/?p=30213"},"modified":"2026-02-24T09:36:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T08:36:21","slug":"now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/2026\/02\/26\/now\/","title":{"rendered":"Now!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-30213-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Feb-26.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Feb-26.mp3\">http:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Feb-26.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Hebrews%203%3A15&amp;version=TLB\">Hebrews 3:<sup>15<\/sup> <\/a>\u201cBut now is the time. Never forget the warning, \u201cToday if you hear God\u2019s voice speaking to you, do not harden your hearts against him\u2026\u201d (LB)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The third thing that causes and strengthens familiarity is <em>Declaring Without Doing<\/em>. The problem is we tend to blame the things we are familiar with as the hinderance to our personal growth.<!--more--> Not realizing that it is our familiarity that is the hindrance, the trap. We blame the things we are familiar with, for instance, the child blames the parent. People blame their Pastor or blame the church. You blame your spouse. Some blame the school they attended or blame the book they are reading. We tend to focus on and blame the things we are familiar with, refusing to see that the problem is our familiarity.<\/p>\n<p>Jesus said to Martha, \u201cIf you believe you will see the glory of God\u201d. Martha said, \u201cI believe\u201d. Jesus said, \u201cWhere have you laid him\u201d Martha said, \u201cLord, I told you that by now he is stinking\u201d. Jesus said, \u201cDid I not say that I am the Resurrection and the Life?\u201d \u201cYeah, I believe you said something like that, and I believe You\u201d, Martha said. Jesus said, \u201cAre you sure you believe?\u201d Martha said, \u201cBut I said I believe that in the last day there will be Resurrection\u201d. Jesus said, \u201cThat was not what I said to you, Martha. You are not listening, Martha. What I said is that I am the Resurrection and the Life. Didn\u2019t I tell you that you will see God\u2019s glory if you believe?\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/bible\/116\/JHN.11.NLT\">John 11<\/a> paraphrased, please read).<\/p>\n<p>Martha had become familiar. And because she had become familiar, she had become hardened. The Word was not entering. When they got to the tomb, Jesus said, \u201cRoll away the stone.\u201d Martha protested, she said, \u201cIs it that you did not hear what I said? He is stinking by now\u201d. Jesus said, \u201cNo, it is you who is not listening to what I am saying. I am the Resurrection and the Life. Lazarus come forth!\u201d And he that was dead, the Bible says, came back to life. In the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, every dead thing that ought to be alive in your life will come back to life. So, if you change your heart, then suddenly, what has become familiar becomes new and fresh. As you read this Word, if you allow God to change your heart, the things that were familiar before now will become fresh and new.<\/p>\n<p>You will begin to appreciate your work, your boss, your business, your spouse, your children, and your church.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Hebrews%203%3A15&amp;version=TLB\"> Hebrews 3:<sup>15<\/sup> <\/a>\u201c<em>Remember what it says: \u201c<\/em><strong><em><u>Today<\/u><\/em><\/strong><em> when you hear his voice, don\u2019t harden your hearts\u2026<\/em>\u201d (emphasis added). The key word there is <strong><u>today<\/u><\/strong>! God is saying as you encounter this Word today, it is time to have a change of heart! And the time is now!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Prayer<\/strong>: Father, open my heart and life to Your Word, In the Name of Jesus. Amen!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hebrews 3:15 \u201cBut now is the time. Never forget the warning, \u201cToday if you hear God\u2019s voice speaking to you, do not harden your hearts against him\u2026\u201d (LB) &nbsp; The third thing that causes and strengthens familiarity is Declaring Without Doing. The problem is we tend to blame the things we are familiar with as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[324,18,8,160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-god","category-holy-spirit","category-jesus","category-resurrection"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30213"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30348,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30213\/revisions\/30348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}