{"id":243,"date":"2021-10-12T08:54:51","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T08:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2021\/10\/06\/take-a-peek-tiablic-larybras-stunning-new-locker-room-has-it-all\/"},"modified":"2021-10-12T09:28:21","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T09:28:21","slug":"longing-for-the-presence-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2021\/10\/12\/longing-for-the-presence-of-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Longing for the presence of God"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"243\" class=\"elementor elementor-243\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7198a34a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7198a34a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6d971c19\" data-id=\"6d971c19\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fcfe95c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6fcfe95c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3} -->\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;\">&#8220;Growing up I had low-self-esteem. I didn\u2019t get on well with my siblings and I constantly fought with them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;\">&#8220;I was already a member of the Universal Church. I started attending services with my mother when I was a toddler. However, I was not committed to God. I used to lie, gossip and I was also short-tempered.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;\">&#8220;As I continued attending services, I heard testimonies from people whose lives changed after they received the Holy Spirit. 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