{"id":8707,"date":"2020-04-09T20:11:48","date_gmt":"2020-04-10T03:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=8707"},"modified":"2020-04-09T20:11:54","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T03:11:54","slug":"god-is-good","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/gospel-express\/god-is-good\/","title":{"rendered":"But God Is Good"},"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;\">By Max Lucado<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8708 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/windshield.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/windshield.jpg 576w, https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/windshield-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/windshield-450x195.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a reason the windshield is bigger than the rear view mirror.\u00a0 Your future matters more than your past! \u00a0God\u2019s grace is greater than your sin. \u00a0You thought the problem was your calendar, your marriage, your job.\u00a0 In reality, it\u2019s this unresolved guilt! \u00a0Don\u2019t indulge it.\u00a0 Don\u2019t drown in the bilge of your own condemnation. \u00a0What you did was not good.\u00a0 But your God is good. \u00a0And He will forgive you.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8709 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Unknown-640x427-e1586488161633.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He is ready to write a new chapter in your life. \u00a0Say with Paul, \u201c<strong>Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which God is calling us\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0(Philippians 3:13-14).\u00a0Your salvation has nothing to do with your work and everything to do with the finished work of Christ on the \u00a0cross. \u00a0Rejoice in the Lord\u2019s mercy!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8710 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/All-Things-New-Background-Open-Tomb-e1423664844960-759x500-e1586488257426.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/All-Things-New-Background-Open-Tomb-e1423664844960-759x500-e1586488257426.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/All-Things-New-Background-Open-Tomb-e1423664844960-759x500-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/All-Things-New-Background-Open-Tomb-e1423664844960-759x500-705x464.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/All-Things-New-Background-Open-Tomb-e1423664844960-759x500-450x296.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":8708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"portfolio_entries":[35],"class_list":["post-8707","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_entries-english-writer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/8707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8707"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/8707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8711,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/8707\/revisions\/8711"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8707"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_entries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_entries?post=8707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}