{"id":66854,"date":"2024-03-02T17:45:11","date_gmt":"2024-03-02T23:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=66854"},"modified":"2024-03-02T17:45:11","modified_gmt":"2024-03-02T23:45:11","slug":"one-article-was-an-answer-to-my-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/one-article-was-an-answer-to-my-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"One article was an answer to my prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>I have turned to your website many times to find specific answers, but today was not for that reason. However, it turned out to be very helpful at this particular time. The article written by Doy Moyer, &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/beyond-our-strength\/\">Beyond Our Strength<\/a>,&#8221; was the answer to a prayer.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>My husband of 55 years passed away recently and left a big void in my life.\u00a0 He was a true Christian, so the tears are of gladness.\u00a0 I miss his presence. After his passing, I was alone physically and had to learn many new things.\u00a0 It seemed. Things were going downhill every way I turned.\u00a0 It seemed beyond my strength.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>After reading the article, I saw clearly that I was not trusting in God fully to do what I couldn&#8217;t do alone.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Thank you so very much for all the good material you offer on your website.\u00a0 I deeply appreciate your dedication and biblical application.<\/p>\n<p>In Him.<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;m sorry to hear about your husband&#8217;s passing. It sounds like you have many treasured memories. I pray you have continued strength and are able to be a blessing to others before you make your journey to join him.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: I have turned to your website many times to find specific answers, but today was not for that reason. However, it turned out to be very helpful at this particular time. The article written by Doy Moyer, &#8216;Beyond Our Strength,&#8221; was the answer to a prayer.My husband of 55 years passed away recently and&hellip;<\/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":[127,109,1161],"class_list":["post-66854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-about-this-site","tag-death","tag-endurance"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":48775,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/beyond-our-strength\/","url_meta":{"origin":66854,"position":0},"title":"Beyond Our Strength (Moyer)","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"June 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"by Doy Moyer There's a principle Paul expresses in II Corinthians 1:8-11 that we need to learn well. We may feel overwhelmed by what is going on. We may feel in despair about many things. We may see that things are happening that are \"beyond our strength.\" What, then, is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Article&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":17550,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/from-bad-to-good\/","url_meta":{"origin":66854,"position":1},"title":"From Bad to Good","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 1, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"by Mike Johnson Text: Philippians 1:12-14 Paul wrote the book of Philippians while in prison. His trial had probably already taken place, and he seemed to be waiting for the verdict. It appears he expected to be released but was uncertain about it. 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