{"id":1348,"date":"2014-08-11T23:34:30","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T03:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/?p=1348"},"modified":"2014-08-12T09:01:58","modified_gmt":"2014-08-12T13:01:58","slug":"firm-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/2014\/08\/11\/firm-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"Firm Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Transferring<\/a>
Transferring the tank to the new stand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We are so excited that the water tank tower project has come to a successful completion.\u00a0 After 10 weeks of planning and working, the water tank was moved to its new cement stand and the old rotten wood tower was pulled down.\u00a0 After seeing the condition of the old wood, Stephen was absolutely amazed that the tower didn\u2019t fall down months ago.\u00a0 He even said, \u201cOnly God was holding up that old rotten tower\u201d.\u00a0 Several people have asked Stephen the size of each foundation under each cement post.\u00a0 After consulting with several people around the world, Stephen made each foundation 2\u2019 square.\u00a0 In other words, the foundation is firm.\u00a0 No one will ever see these foundations, but nothing can stand on these posts without a firm foundation.<\/p>\n

\"Manong<\/a>
Manong teaching a Home Bible Study<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Just like this new cement tower, when we share the Gospel message among the Agutaynens, we don\u2019t skip the foundation and just build a post.\u00a0 We first need a firm foundation.\u00a0 This too, takes planning and time.\u00a0 The worldview of the Agutaynens is very complex.\u00a0 Therefore, we need to prepare the ground for a good foundation through language and culture study.\u00a0 As the Chronological teaching begins, the Agutaynens quickly see that their worldview and the Bible do not match.\u00a0 Therefore, they must make a decision right away to trust in God\u2019s Word above their worldview.\u00a0 At this point, the foundation is starting to be poured.\u00a0 As the teaching proceeds, the Agutaynens are constantly being faced with challenges.\u00a0 Do they continue to trust in the Bible or do they forsake it?\u00a0 Each time they choose to accept and believe in the Bible, the foundation gets deeper.\u00a0 And then, when we get to the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus, the foundation has been laid.\u00a0 At this point, the Agutaynens have a firm foundation to choose whether or not to believe in Jesus Christ as their Savior.\u00a0 Of course, after all this work, we pray that they will cling to Jesus.<\/p>\n

At this time, there are six Home Bible Studies taking place in our village.\u00a0 Please pray with us that these Agutaynens will accept God\u2019s Word and believe in Him alone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are so excited that the water tank tower project has come to a successful completion.\u00a0 After 10 weeks of planning and working, the water tank was moved to its new cement stand and the old rotten wood tower was pulled down.\u00a0 After seeing the condition of the old wood, Stephen was absolutely amazed that […]<\/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":{"0":"post-1348","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1348","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=1348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1348\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}