{"id":1208,"date":"2013-08-15T21:25:54","date_gmt":"2013-08-16T01:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/?p=1208"},"modified":"2013-08-15T21:25:54","modified_gmt":"2013-08-16T01:25:54","slug":"believe-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/2013\/08\/15\/believe-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Believe It"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Do you believe everything you see or read?\u00a0 For example: when you see a sign that says \u201cDon\u2019t touch!\u00a0 Wet Paint!\u201d \u00a0Do you believe the message of the sign?\u00a0 Or do you think: well it might be dry now<\/em>and just touch it with one tiny little finger (of course, if no one is looking).<\/p>\n

\"Snow!!!\"<\/a>
Snow!!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ginger has a weather app on her computer that tells her the weather forecast for today on the island where we live.\u00a0 However, we rarely check it.\u00a0 We generally know that if it is rainy season it will rain today; and if it is dry season then it will probably be hot and dry.\u00a0 A few days ago, Stephen glanced at the weather app and the forecast was for a high of 87 degrees and snow showers!\u00a0 It would have been fun to have snow in the Philippines, but it didn\u2019t happen.\u00a0 This forecast, this message that we were going to have snow, wasn\u2019t hard for us to disbelieve.\u00a0 It was a message that disagreed with itself.<\/p>\n

\"Ancestors<\/a>
Ancestors say to burn a horn of a water buffalo at dusk to keep away evil spirits who cause sickness<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As the Home Bible Studies continue, we constantly emphasize that the message of the Bible is trustworthy and should be believed by all.\u00a0 However, the Bible demands a decision: do you believe it or not?\u00a0 This creates a struggle in the hearts of the Agutaynens: \u00a0the Bible says . . . but our ancestors said . . . which do I believe?\u00a0 To us Westerners this doesn\u2019t seem like a hard decision.\u00a0 However for the Agutaynens, this is huge.\u00a0 Many of their traditions are for their \u201csafety\u201d, according to the tradition itself.\u00a0 If they go against what the ancestors have said, this means putting away fetishes and practices which are said to protect them for evil spirits.\u00a0 This struggle is often an unseen battle and this is why your prayers are so vital.\u00a0 Please pray for these Agutaynens who are currently in these Home Bible Studies, that they will believe the message of God\u2019s Word, and receive Jesus as their personal Savior.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Do you believe everything you see or read?\u00a0 For example: when you see a sign that says \u201cDon\u2019t touch!\u00a0 Wet Paint!\u201d \u00a0Do you believe the message of the sign?\u00a0 Or do you think: well it might be dry nowand just touch it with one tiny little finger (of course, if no one is looking). Ginger […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1208\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}