{"id":38919,"date":"2026-01-14T22:00:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T05:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?p=38919"},"modified":"2026-01-13T00:46:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T07:46:15","slug":"260115-never","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/260115-never\/","title":{"rendered":"God Will Never Let You Go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\">by Max Lucado<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-38921 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0114-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0114-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0114-1-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Satan tried to write his own story in which he was the hero and God is an afterthought. He admitted as much: \u201cI will ascend to the heavens\u2026I will make myself like the Most High\u201d as quoted in Isaiah 14:13-14. Satan wanted to take God\u2019s place, but God wasn\u2019t\u2014and isn\u2019t\u2014moving. Satan wants to win you to his side, but God will never let you go. You have his word!<\/p>\n<p>Even more, you have his help.\u00a0Scripture says, \u201cFor our high priest (Jesus) is able to understand our weaknesses\u2026he was tempted in every way that we are, but he did not sin. Let us then\u2026come before God\u2019s throne where there is grace\u2026to help us when we need it\u201d (Hebrews 4:15-16). You don\u2019t have to face Satan alone. We shout, and God runs\u2014at the right moment.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38912\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1-unnamed-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" \/>Read more\u00a0<a title=\"God's Story, Your Story\" href=\"https:\/\/maxlucado.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bed511e434184985961d50fcb&amp;id=9fc4c2fead&amp;e=0716428f80\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/maxlucado.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Dbed511e434184985961d50fcb%26id%3D9fc4c2fead%26e%3D0716428f80&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1768375846987000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2J7g_U7zGrHIwJU_xpx7Tx\"><em>God&#8217;s Story, Your Story<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Satan tried to write his own story in which he was the hero and God is an afterthought. He admitted as much: \u201cI will ascend to the heavens\u2026I will make myself like the Most High\u201d as quoted in Isaiah 14:13-14. Satan wanted to take God\u2019s place, but God wasn\u2019t\u2014and isn\u2019t\u2014moving. Satan wants to win you to his side, but God will never let you go. You have his word!<\/p>\n<p>Even more, you have his help. Scripture says, \u201cFor our high priest (Jesus) is able to understand our weaknesses\u2026he was tempted in every way that we are, but he did not sin. Let us then\u2026come before God\u2019s throne where there is grace\u2026to help us when we need it\u201d (Hebrews 4:15-16). You don\u2019t have to face Satan alone. We shout, and God runs\u2014at the right moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38921,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upwords"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38919"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38922,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38919\/revisions\/38922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}