{"id":210,"date":"2011-12-16T07:58:19","date_gmt":"2011-12-16T13:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gpc.168prayer.org\/?p=210"},"modified":"2012-06-07T19:49:07","modified_gmt":"2012-06-08T00:49:07","slug":"the-joy-set-before-christ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpc.168prayer.org\/?p=210","title":{"rendered":"The Joy Set Before Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/villarkstrategygroup.com\/pub\/ttfh\/prayerconnect\/111208%20Prayer%20Connect%20-%20MTC%20Thanksgiving.mp3\">This Week\u2019s Audio Message<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cLet us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.\u201d \u2013 Hebrews 12:2<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our focus on the river of the water of life during the past year has led us to understand that God not only wants to eternally \u201cquench\u201d our thirst.\u00a0 But He also wants us to become the wellsprings and streams that flow the living water, which is the power of the Holy Spirit working and witnessing through us.<\/p>\n<p>As \u201cchannels\u201d of God\u2019s living water, our most important objective is to fulfill \u201cthe joy set before Christ\u201d.\u00a0 This joy is not for us, but is for Christ.\u00a0 This joy is not about meeting our needs, but it is about living our destinies to fulfill Christ\u2019s desire.\u00a0 This joy motivated Him to endure the cross so that His Kingdom, through us, can once again be restored.\u00a0 As people redeemed by His blood and being restored in our destinies, we have the privilege and responsibility to fulfill that joy set before Christ.\u00a0 The water of life ultimately is to fulfill Christ\u2019s joy.<\/p>\n<p>This privilege and responsibility to fulfill Christ\u2019s joy set the foundation for our 2012 theme: \u201cThe Joy Set Before Christ\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Please join us this week through skype as we begin to seek the Spirit\u2019s wisdom in fulfilling Christ\u2019s joy.<\/p>\n<p>Please click <a href=\"http:\/\/villarkstrategygroup.com\/pub\/ttfh\/prayerconnect\/111208%20Prayer%20Connect%20-%20MTC%20Thanksgiving.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> for a recap of last week\u2019s GPC where we shared testimonies and gave thanks for a most Spirit-filled MTC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Week\u2019s Audio Message \u201cLet us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gpc.168prayer.org\/?p=210\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpc.168prayer.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpc.168prayer.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpc.168prayer.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpc.168prayer.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpc.168prayer.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=210"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/gpc.168prayer.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":213,"href":"https:\/\/gpc.168prayer.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210\/revisions\/213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpc.168prayer.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpc.168prayer.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpc.168prayer.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}