{"id":148,"date":"2016-10-02T11:59:28","date_gmt":"2016-10-02T15:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/?p=148"},"modified":"2016-10-02T11:59:28","modified_gmt":"2016-10-02T15:59:28","slug":"how-to-stay-connected-to-god-part-v","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/2016\/10\/02\/how-to-stay-connected-to-god-part-v\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Stay Connected to God &#8211; Part V"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Key Points:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In a way, the Kingdom of God should be like an infection in our lives\n<ul>\n<li>It should permeate every aspect of our lives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>We are the branches attached to the vine.\n<ul>\n<li>Christ is the vine.<\/li>\n<li>The Father is the vine dresser.\n<ul>\n<li>He will take care of us &#8211; that will involve correction!<\/li>\n<li>He has to remove the branches that don&#8217;t bear fruit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>How do we get to the point of seeing fruit?\n<ul>\n<li>The purpose of the fruit of our lives is so that others can eat from it and be blessed.\n<ul>\n<li>By extension, we will be able to eat of the fruit as well and be blessed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Willing obedience is how we see the fruit come to pass.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Key Verses:<\/strong> John 15, Matthew 7:21, Isaiah 1:19-20, Psalm 1<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-148-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/10-2-16.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/10-2-16.mp3\">http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/10-2-16.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Points: In a way, the Kingdom of God should be like an infection in our lives It should permeate every aspect of our lives. We are the branches attached to the vine. Christ is the vine. The Father is&#8230;<br \/><a class=\"read-more-button\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/2016\/10\/02\/how-to-stay-connected-to-god-part-v\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":152,"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions\/152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}