{"id":9256,"date":"2018-07-18T00:01:45","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T23:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/?p=9256"},"modified":"2018-07-18T10:23:29","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T09:23:29","slug":"the-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/2018\/07\/18\/the-question\/","title":{"rendered":"The Question"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9256-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/July-18.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/July-18.mp3\">https:\/\/www.gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/July-18.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/bible\/70\/JHN.21.17.gw\">John 21:<sup>17<\/sup><\/a> (GW)<\/em> \u201c<em>Jesus asked him a third time, \u201cSimon, son of John, do you love me?\u201d Peter felt sad because Jesus had asked him a third time, \u201cDo you love me?\u201d So, Peter said to him, \u201cLord, you know everything. You know that I love you.\u201d Jesus told him, \u201cFeed my sheep<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not about the love for the cause or the movement. Jesus did not ask Peter, \u201cDo you love the cause or the movement?\u201d Nor is it about the love for the church- Jesus did not say, \u201cPeter, do you love the church, the lambs, the sheep\u201d?<!--more--> It is not even about Jesus\u2019 love for Peter or God\u2019s love for you. Jesus did not say, \u201cPeter do you know I love you?\u201d It is all about your love for Him. Jesus said \u201cPeter do you love Me?\u201d If you get this, you will be fine. A time will come in your walk with God, when what takes you to the next level, what moves you forward, is your love for Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>A time will come in your walk with God when it won\u2019t be your devotion that will take you forward. If you are a child, it would be because that is your representation of your love for Jesus. But if you are a teenager, your devotion will not move you to the next level. If God is trying to move you into adulthood, a time will come when it is not your contribution that will take you forward and will demonstrate your love for Jesus; it will be your multiplication. When you are a child spiritually, it is \u201cme or me? \u201cWhen you are growing or maturing it is \u201cme or Jesus?\u201d But when you are mature it is \u201cJesus or Jesus?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/bible\/116\/JHN.21.18.nlt\">John 21:<\/a><strong><sup>18\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>\u201c<em>I tell you the truth, when you were young, you were able to do as you liked; you dressed yourself and went wherever you wanted to go. But when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and others\u00a0will dress you and take you where you don\u2019t want to go<\/em>.\u201d In other words, as you mature in Christ, it would not be about your choice. It would not be about where you want to stay, it would be about where Jesus wants you to stay. The choices you make are not about what you want but rather about what Jesus wants you to do.<\/p>\n<p>If it was up to me, I would have completed my Ph.D by now and I would have added Dr. to my list of accomplishments. But as an adult spiritually, you remove your choice from the equation and it is \u201cJesus or Jesus?\u201d However, you cannot even get to the \u201cJesus or Jesus?\u201d question if you do not even know how to handle the \u201cMe or Jesus?\u201d question. When the joy of beginning quickly gives way to the difficulty of continuing, it leaves you with that question \u201cMe or Jesus?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Prayer<\/strong>: Holy Spirit, help me become\u00a0mature\u00a0in Christ, measuring up to\u00a0His full and complete standard, in Jesus Name. Amen! [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/bible\/116\/EPH.4.13.nlt\">Eph.4:13<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John 21:17 (GW) \u201cJesus asked him a third time, \u201cSimon, son of John, do you love me?\u201d Peter felt sad because Jesus had asked him a third time, \u201cDo you love me?\u201d So, Peter said to him, \u201cLord, you know everything. You know that I love you.\u201d Jesus told him, \u201cFeed my sheep.\u201d &nbsp; It\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,279,140,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commitment","category-contribution","category-maturity","category-spiritual-growth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9256","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=9256"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9610,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9256\/revisions\/9610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}