{"id":726,"date":"2026-03-11T01:16:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T01:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/?p=726"},"modified":"2026-03-11T01:16:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T01:16:18","slug":"march11-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/11\/march11-26\/","title":{"rendered":"March11-26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Galatians 2:20b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cand the&nbsp;<em>life<\/em> which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.\u201d Here is a powerful verse to help you live a godly life while in this world of darkness. It\u2019s the only reason you need to keep moving forward and upward with integrity in the faith you profess as a Christian. Why? Because the Son of God loved you and gave Himself for you! That bloodied, torn body, those nail holes and that rough splintered cross He went on, was Him showing you how much He loved you. Yes, you must live in the flesh, but you don\u2019t have to give into the flesh as you once did when you were walking in the darkness that you now see around you. With so much going on around us and fighting for our attention in this electronic age we live in, living out your faith is crucial as co-workers, neighbors and family who are watching will see you are really all in as a Christian. We are told, \u201cBut sanctify&nbsp;(giving HIM the primary place of adoration, exaltation, and worship) the Lord God in your hearts, and always&nbsp;<em>be<\/em> ready to&nbsp;<em>give<\/em> a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you\u201d(1 Peter 3:15), so when someone does ask you, these words should pop right out of your mouth, because \u201cHe loves me and gave Himself for me\u201d! Have you sanctified the Lord God in your heart? Are you all in?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Galatians 2:20b &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cand the&nbsp;life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.\u201d Here is a powerful verse to help you live a godly life while in this world of darkness. It\u2019s the only reason you need to keep [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=726"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":727,"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726\/revisions\/727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}