I’ve been wanting, needing, and meaning to send this email to you for a really long time.<\/p>\n
Thank you for your website and all that you have written in the questions and answers section. I pray that the Lord gives you many more years of wisdom and time to continue this invaluable ministry.<\/p>\n
When I am struggling or studying a topic the La Vista church site is where I head. It always brings me clarity, knowledge, and most importantly hope<\/strong>!<\/p>\n Thank you<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\t It is good to know that the efforts here benefit others. Thank you for letting me know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Question: I’ve been wanting, needing, and meaning to send this email to you for a really long time. Thank you for your website and all that you have written in the questions and answers section. I pray that the Lord gives you many more years of wisdom and time to continue this invaluable ministry. When…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[127],"class_list":["post-11380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-about-this-site"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28230,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/your-answer-regarding-struggling-against-fooling-around-was-just-what-i-needed-to-know\/","url_meta":{"origin":11380,"position":0},"title":"Your answer regarding struggling against “fooling around” was just what I needed to know","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 29, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Hello! 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