{"id":61123,"date":"2023-05-14T15:16:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-14T20:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=61123"},"modified":"2023-06-03T15:17:51","modified_gmt":"2023-06-03T20:17:51","slug":"gods-will-for-motivation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/gods-will-for-motivation\/","title":{"rendered":"God&#8217;s Will for Motivation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-playlist wp-audio-playlist wp-playlist-light\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-current-item\"><\/div>\n\t\t<audio controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\" width=\"640\"\n\t\t\t><\/audio>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-next\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-prev\"><\/div>\n\t<noscript>\n\t<ol>\n\t\t<li><a href='https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Gods-Will-for-Motivation-1.mp3'>God's Will for Motivation (Part 1)<\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Gods-Will-for-Motivation-2.mp3'>God's Will for Motivation (Part 2)<\/a><\/li>\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"wp-playlist-script\">{\"type\":\"audio\",\"tracklist\":true,\"tracknumbers\":true,\"images\":true,\"artists\":true,\"tracks\":[{\"src\":\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Gods-Will-for-Motivation-1.mp3\",\"type\":\"audio\/mpeg\",\"title\":\"God's Will for Motivation (Part 1)\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"\\\"God's Will for Motivation (Part 1)\\\" from La Vista Church of Christ by Garry Floyd. 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