{"id":16477,"date":"2017-01-17T07:41:44","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T13:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/?p=16477"},"modified":"2017-01-17T07:41:44","modified_gmt":"2017-01-17T13:41:44","slug":"soap-how-to-get-things-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/soap-how-to-get-things-done\/","title":{"rendered":"SOAP: How to get things done"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16479\" src=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/all-things-through-Christ.jpg\" alt=\"all things through Christ\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/all-things-through-Christ.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/all-things-through-Christ-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/all-things-through-Christ-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2>Scripture:<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>I can do all things through Christ<\/p>\n<p>who gives me strength.<\/p>\n<p>Philippians 4:13<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Observation:<\/h2>\n<p>He will give you the strength you need to get done what you need to do.<\/p>\n<h2>Application:<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Go to Him.<\/li>\n<li>Ask for guidance.<\/li>\n<li>Follow it.<\/li>\n<li>ROCK your (sometimes revised) goals.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>This, of course, is my interpretation and my experience. I find that when I go to Him and talk about what I think I need to do or want to do, He guides me and I end up doing much, much better than when I go all rogue.<\/p>\n<p>Does that mean I&#8217;m making millions, that my family acts and looks like the most beautiful Christmas card and I am achieving every initial goal on my timeline?<\/p>\n<p>No.<\/p>\n<p>What it does mean is that when I truly go to Him and listen, awesome stuff happens. My path is often altered, but I have no doubt it is turning out much better in the long run than it ever would have without Him.<\/p>\n<p>He IS my strength.<\/p>\n<h2>Prayer:<\/h2>\n<p>Father God,<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for listening to me and for guiding me. Thank you for being my strength. Please, Father, continue close to me. I need you. I really can do all things through your son, Jesus Christ, who gives me strength. You set me on my path. You give me what I need to go. Thank you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scripture: I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength. Philippians 4:13 Observation: He will give you the strength you need to get done what you need to do. Application: Go to Him. Ask for guidance. Follow it. ROCK your (sometimes revised) goals. This, of course, is my interpretation and my experience. I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16477"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16480,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16477\/revisions\/16480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}