{"id":32060,"date":"2024-07-17T19:42:34","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T02:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/gospel-express\/2024-threelights-copy\/"},"modified":"2024-07-17T20:49:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T03:49:18","slug":"2024-creations","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/gospel-express\/2024-creations\/","title":{"rendered":"God &#038; its creations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: right;\">Shared by Jawahar Lalla<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">When GOD wanted to create fish, he spoke to the sea.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-32061\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/creation-1-300x141.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/creation-1-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/creation-1.jpg 563w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">When GOD wanted to create trees, he spoke to the earth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-32062\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/creation-2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/creation-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/creation-2-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/creation-2-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/creation-2-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/creation-2.jpg 564w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But when God wanted to create man, he turned to himself.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Then God said: \u201cLet us make man in our image and our likeness\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-32063\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/creation-3-300x136.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/creation-3-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/creation-3.jpg 564w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">If we take a fish out of the water it will die;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-32064\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/creation-4-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/creation-4-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/creation-4.jpg 554w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">and when we remove a tree from the soil, it will similarly die.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-32065\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/creation-5-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/creation-5-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/creation-5-80x80.jpg 80w, 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