{"id":2814,"date":"2024-09-24T23:31:31","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T04:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mydestinychurch.com\/sermons\/?p=2814"},"modified":"2024-10-03T23:01:14","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T04:01:14","slug":"jesus-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mydestinychurch.com\/sermons\/2024\/09\/24\/jesus-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesus Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7823\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2814-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/mydestinychurch.com\/sermons\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-09-22.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/mydestinychurch.com\/sermons\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-09-22.mp3\">http:\/\/mydestinychurch.com\/sermons\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-09-22.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/mydestinychurch.com\/sermons\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-09-22.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"2024-09-22.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 37:27 &#8212; 34.3MB)<\/p>\n<p>September 22, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Matthew 13:8-9<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Matthew 13:19<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Matthew 13:20-21<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Matthew 13:23<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='640' height='360' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TivHQKwa4Ms?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' allowfullscreen='true' style='border:0;'><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Pastor Gene addresses the challenges of living in a world of information overload and emphasizes the need for wisdom and discernment. He introduces a new series called &#8220;Jesus Stories,&#8221; focusing on the parables of Christ, starting with the parable of the sower from Matthew 13. Using this parable, Pastor Gene highlights the different conditions of our hearts\u2014hardened, distracted, or fertile\u2014and explains how only a heart open and surrendered to God can yield the blessings and spiritual growth He desires for us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7825\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2814-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/mydestinychurch.com\/sermons\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-09-22.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/mydestinychurch.com\/sermons\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-09-22.mp3\">http:\/\/mydestinychurch.com\/sermons\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-09-22.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/mydestinychurch.com\/sermons\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-09-22.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"2024-09-22.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 37:27 &#8212; 34.3MB)<\/p><p>http:\/\/mydestinychurch.com\/sermons\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-09-22.mp3 Podcast: Download (Duration: 37:27 &#8212; 34.3MB) September 22, 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[858,1],"tags":[156,40,54],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5z53F-Jo","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mydestinychurch.com\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2814"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mydestinychurch.com\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mydestinychurch.com\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mydestinychurch.com\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mydestinychurch.com\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2814"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/mydestinychurch.com\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2825,"href":"http:\/\/mydestinychurch.com\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2814\/revisions\/2825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mydestinychurch.com\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mydestinychurch.com\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mydestinychurch.com\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}