{"id":1377,"date":"2016-02-25T17:23:19","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T23:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedisciplemaker.org\/?p=1377"},"modified":"2016-02-25T17:23:19","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T23:23:19","slug":"which-would-you-rather-god-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.navpress.com\/sites\/thedisciplemaker\/2016\/02\/which-would-you-rather-god-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Would You Rather God Do?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p>From Jerry Bridges&#8217; new book <em>The Blessing of Humility<\/em>&#8230;<br \/>\nGod has promised us two things:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>That He will not forsake you in this situation.<\/li>\n<li>That in His infinite wisdom He will use this difficult circumstance to conform you\u00a0more to the image of Christ.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>We will probably never know how he does this, or even what the specific result will be. 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