{"id":39463,"date":"2026-03-02T00:32:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T07:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?p=39463"},"modified":"2026-03-02T00:37:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T07:37:13","slug":"260302-afraid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/260302-afraid\/","title":{"rendered":"Afraid of What\u2019s Next?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\">by Max Lucado<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-39464 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260302_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260302_1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260302_1-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Life comes with surprises. \u00a0On our list of fears, the fear of what\u2019s next demands a prominent position.<\/p>\n<p>In John 14:27, on the eve of his death, Jesus promised his followers, \u201cI am leaving you with a gift\u2014peace of mind and heart.\u00a0 And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give.\u00a0 So don\u2019t be troubled or afraid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Heaven\u2019s message is clear. When everything else changes, God\u2019s presence never does.\u00a0 As Jesus sends you into new seasons, you journey in the company of the Holy Spirit. So make friends with whatever\u2019s next.\u00a0 Embrace it.\u00a0Change is not only a part of life; change is a necessary part of God\u2019s strategy. To use us to change the world, God makes reassignments.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39136 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-unnamed-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read more\u00a0<a title=\"Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear\" href=\"https:\/\/maxlucado.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bed511e434184985961d50fcb&amp;id=ed9d33b78d&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%3Ded9d33b78d%26e%3D0716428f80&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1770856680744000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1JJZWU9Zyf54k7XSWVRNHN\"><em>Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life comes with surprises.  On our list of fears, the fear of what\u2019s next demands a prominent position.<\/p>\n<p>In John 14:27, on the eve of his death, Jesus promised his followers, \u201cI am leaving you with a gift\u2014peace of mind and heart.  And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give.  So don\u2019t be troubled or afraid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Heaven\u2019s message is clear. When everything else changes, God\u2019s presence never does.  As Jesus sends you into new seasons, you journey in the company of the Holy Spirit. So make friends with whatever\u2019s next.  Embrace it. Change is not only a part of life; change is a necessary part of God\u2019s strategy. To use us to change the world, God makes reassignments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39464,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39463","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\/39463","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=39463"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39465,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39463\/revisions\/39465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}