{"id":167,"date":"2011-07-08T09:41:53","date_gmt":"2011-07-08T14:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/?p=167"},"modified":"2014-12-16T11:22:03","modified_gmt":"2014-12-16T17:22:03","slug":"stretch-forth-the-curtains-of-your-habitations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/?p=167","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Stretch Forth the Curtains Of Your Habitations&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Isaiah 54: Israel was being urged to make room for the blessings God had for them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I: The Challenge To Grow In Service:<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Christians grow under the pressure of responsibility (Take up thy cross).<br \/>\n2. Our own spiritual life is enlarged when we serve others (deny thyself).<br \/>\n3. &#8220;Enlarge the place of thy tent&#8221; make room for others.<br \/>\n4. &#8220;Spare not.&#8221; He that soweth sparingly shall also reap sparingly.<br \/>\n5. &#8220;Lengthen thy cords.&#8221; Short ropes of selfishness will never rescue the perishing. Our Christian lives must reach beyond our own little group.<br \/>\n6. &#8220;Strengthen the stakes.&#8221; Prayer and spiritual preparation will fasten the stakes firmly to the rock.<\/p>\n<p><strong>II: If We Fail To Make Room<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Business is making room.<br \/>\n2. Places of pleasure are enlarged.<br \/>\n3. Night clubs and booze joints have enlarged.<br \/>\n4. The social clubs are more diligent about enlarging their organization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Isaiah 54: Israel was being urged to make room for the blessings God had for them. I: The Challenge To Grow In Service: 1. Christians grow under the pressure of responsibility (Take up thy cross). 2. Our own spiritual life is enlarged when we serve others (deny thyself). 3. &#8220;Enlarge the place of thy tent&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=167"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1686,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167\/revisions\/1686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}