{"id":37234,"date":"2021-08-08T14:44:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-08T19:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=37234"},"modified":"2021-08-15T14:46:30","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T19:46:30","slug":"the-blessings-of-following-christ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-blessings-of-following-christ\/","title":{"rendered":"The Blessings of Following Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/The-Blessings-of-Following-Christ.mp3\" \/><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-37234-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/The-Blessings-of-Following-Christ.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/The-Blessings-of-Following-Christ.mp3\">https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/The-Blessings-of-Following-Christ.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":[1095,54],"class_list":["post-37234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","tag-blessings","tag-obedience"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":68949,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/count-your-blessings\/","url_meta":{"origin":37234,"position":0},"title":"Count Your Blessings","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 21, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Download Audio by Raymond Warfel","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":53678,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-blessings-and-privileges-of-kingdom-citizenship\/","url_meta":{"origin":37234,"position":1},"title":"The Blessings and Privileges of Kingdom Citizenship","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 15, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"by Raymond Warfel","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":56762,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/use-your-blessings\/","url_meta":{"origin":37234,"position":2},"title":"Use Your Blessings","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 11, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Luke 12:16-21 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Our lives are filled with blessings that we too often take for granted. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0We assume that they will always be there. 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