{"id":5613,"date":"2022-05-25T22:26:19","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T12:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nlec.org.au\/english\/?p=5613"},"modified":"2022-06-01T21:53:26","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T11:53:26","slug":"week-7-john-107-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nlec.org.au\/english\/week-7-john-107-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 7 &#8211; John 10:7-10"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>Receive (20 mins):<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Open your time in prayer. Ask the Holy Spirit to speak to you.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this devotion on Psalm 7 (The reading is included. Follow along in your Bible.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Psalm 7 - In You Do I Take Refuge\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/3OrXrnL8nPwP8rtmHJAvRq?si=c3e11d0c46c24333&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Spend some time in personal reflection and prayer. (5 mins)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Share with the group what God has been speaking to you. Is there a challenge for you? Have you been impressed with a particular characteristic of God? (10 mins).<\/li>\n<li>Pray together, responding to what God has been showing you in this Psalm. (5 mins)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Read (20 mins):<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>What makes you happy? What do you try to get more of in life?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Read John 10:7-10<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jesus says that he has come so that his sheep may have full life (John 10:10). Fullness of life is related to the concept of <em>shalom<\/em>, a life that is at peace and blessed, where there is abundance. What Christian stereotypes do you often hear\/see? How are these aligned (or not) to \u201cfull life\u201d?<\/li>\n<li>Consider your life. Is it more aligned to \u201cfull life\u201d or \u201csteal, kill and destroy\u201d? What elements do you see of each \u2018type\u2019 in your life?<\/li>\n<li>What areas\/issues do you need to submit to God to live toward the fullness He promises?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Respond (20 mins):<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Spend a few minutes in personal reflection. What is the Holy Spirit impressing on your heart? (3 mins)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Take time to share how the Holy Spirit is challenging you. How can you be accountable to each other? Consider keeping a record for the purposes of prayer and accountability. (12 mins)<\/li>\n<li>Pray for each other. (5 mins)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discipleship"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nlec.org.au\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nlec.org.au\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nlec.org.au\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nlec.org.au\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nlec.org.au\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5613"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nlec.org.au\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5643,"href":"https:\/\/nlec.org.au\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5613\/revisions\/5643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nlec.org.au\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nlec.org.au\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nlec.org.au\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}