{"id":5800,"date":"2025-04-05T04:48:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T09:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/?p=5800"},"modified":"2025-04-05T04:48:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T09:48:47","slug":"perseverance-in-faith-ashwin-philip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/2025\/04\/05\/perseverance-in-faith-ashwin-philip\/","title":{"rendered":"Perseverance in Faith (Ashwin Philip)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>James 1:12<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the Lent season and life in general, many of us\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">face trials and temptations, but how do we respond to\u00a0 these trials? In James 1:12, it states: \u201cBlessed is the\u00a0 one who perseveres under trial because, having stood\u00a0 the test, that person will receive the crown of life that\u00a0 the Lord has promised to those who love Him.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When storms come and obstacles distract us, only one\u00a0 true way can give us life and salvation, and that\u2019s\u00a0 through the Lord to stand firm and believe in God\u2019s\u00a0 way over ours. To stay consistent in faith through the\u00a0 word, prayer, and love which allows us to persevere\u00a0 through all obstacles and obtain the crown of life by\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">loving and serving the Lord.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>CLOSING PRAYER\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Father God, I pray that you give us the perseverance\u00a0 this Lenten season and beyond, to consistently honor\u00a0 and praise your holy name. Even when the darkest\u00a0 nights come, help us trust that your way will lead us to\u00a0 the true light. Help us to stand firm in our faith through\u00a0 all obstacles that come our way and not waver in this\u00a0 world and ultimately relieve the crown of life through\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">you. In Jesus\u2019 precious name, I pray, Amen<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James 1:12 During the Lent season and life in general, many of us\u00a0 face trials and temptations, but how do we respond to\u00a0 these trials? In James 1:12, it states:&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lent-reflections"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Perseverance.png?fit=700%2C366&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5800"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5802,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5800\/revisions\/5802"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}