{"id":36750,"date":"2021-07-18T15:39:22","date_gmt":"2021-07-18T20:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=36750"},"modified":"2021-07-18T15:39:22","modified_gmt":"2021-07-18T20:39:22","slug":"serving-the-lord-in-your-later-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/serving-the-lord-in-your-later-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Serving the Lord in Your Later Years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Serving-the-Lord-in-Your-Later-Years.mp3\" \/><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-36750-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Serving-the-Lord-in-Your-Later-Years.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Serving-the-Lord-in-Your-Later-Years.mp3\">https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Serving-the-Lord-in-Your-Later-Years.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n\t<p>by Raymond Warfel<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Raymond Warfel<\/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,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[119],"tags":[775,574],"class_list":["post-36750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","tag-elderly","tag-service"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14785,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/making-my-life-matter\/","url_meta":{"origin":36750,"position":0},"title":"Making My Life Matter","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 14, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The Amazing Results of Serving Others by Oscar Miles The Pursuit of Happiness","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Audio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":24041,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/i-appreciate-your-stand-for-serving-the-lord-in-the-right-way\/","url_meta":{"origin":36750,"position":1},"title":"I appreciate your stand for serving the Lord in the right way","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 18, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Brother Hamilton, I live in a small Texas town.\u00a0 May you continue to serve the Lord in Nebraska.\u00a0 I appreciate your stand for serving the Lord in the right way. 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