{"id":247,"date":"2021-03-19T21:10:22","date_gmt":"2021-03-20T02:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/?p=247"},"modified":"2021-03-19T21:10:22","modified_gmt":"2021-03-20T02:10:22","slug":"on-the-road-with-jesus-facing-our-demons-delusions-dangers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/2021\/03\/19\/on-the-road-with-jesus-facing-our-demons-delusions-dangers\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Road with Jesus: Facing Our Demons, Delusions &#038; Dangers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"140\" height=\"204\" class=\"wp-image-41\" style=\"width: 140px;float:left;margin-right:10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/JackiBelile-cropped.jpg\" alt=\"Rev. Jacki Belile\">That&#8217;s the sermon series we&#8217;re in, and hopefully Sunday&#8217;s reflections on the healing story from John 9 will invite us to face some truths in the service of our spiritual growth.<br><br>But in the meantime, I confess I am just touched this week to think of all that you and I and we are &#8220;facing on the road with Jesus.&#8221;&nbsp; Know that I hold you in prayer daily and my door is always open. Know that I believe God&#8217;s will is for your encouragement and support and strengthening to engage whatever struggles are yours to face.&nbsp; Know that God sees your heart through the eyes of Jesus Christ the Healer and Liberator.&nbsp; Whatever you must face this Lent, Christ has proclaimed&nbsp; and secured your favor in God&#8217;s sight.&nbsp; With the gift of the Spirit, you will be freed from all you need to be freed from in order to hear it and see it and trust it.<br><br>I&#8217;m so glad we&#8217;re on the journey together.<br><br>Blessings and Peace,<br>Pastor Jacki.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That&#8217;s the sermon series we&#8217;re in, and hopefully Sunday&#8217;s reflections on the healing story from John 9 will invite us to face some truths in the service of our spiritual growth. But in the meantime, I confess I am just touched this week to think of all that you and I and we are &#8220;facing<span class=\"post-excerpt-end\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/2021\/03\/19\/on-the-road-with-jesus-facing-our-demons-delusions-dangers\/\" class=\"themebutton\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":248,"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247\/revisions\/248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}