{"id":53262,"date":"2019-05-01T21:02:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T02:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=53262"},"modified":"2022-09-10T21:05:14","modified_gmt":"2022-09-11T02:05:14","slug":"thank-you-for-your-compassion-wisdom-and-biblical-guidance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/thank-you-for-your-compassion-wisdom-and-biblical-guidance\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank you for your compassion, wisdom, and biblical guidance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>I thank you for your compassion, wisdom, and biblical guidance in regards to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/i-am-compulsively-making-vows-in-my-mind-do-i-have-to-keep-them\/\">a person suffering from intrusive thoughts they feared were vows<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<p>You&#8217;re welcome.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: I thank you for your compassion, wisdom, and biblical guidance in regards to a person suffering from intrusive thoughts they feared were vows. 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