{"id":7,"date":"2007-10-25T14:22:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-25T19:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/2007\/10\/25\/where-do-we-go\/"},"modified":"2007-10-25T14:22:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-25T19:22:00","slug":"where-do-we-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/2007\/10\/25\/where-do-we-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Where do we go?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_FfyN1hJQqRU\/RyDvSoxUINI\/AAAAAAAAAAY\/wX3KU00KDOY\/s1600-h\/clouds_jesus.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_FfyN1hJQqRU\/RyDvSoxUINI\/AAAAAAAAAAY\/wX3KU00KDOY\/s320\/clouds_jesus.jpg?w=700\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125359479408566482\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Where do we go?  What do we do?  How can we grow?<\/p>\n<p>Want to grow in faith?  Need to be around people who have faith and are willing to express it.  Look for a Church that has small groups and fellowship events.<\/p>\n<p>What do we do?  Be involved, and open to the Holy Spirit.  The Holy Spirit will take you where you need to go, but you need to be open to where you will be taken.<\/p>\n<p>How can we grow?  The Holy Spirit, and don&#8217;t fight it.  Know that even when we push back, the Holy Spirit will pull us back.  Many times I know I felt as thought I was being pulled kicking and screaming.<\/p>\n<p>I am trying to keep up with the Blog, and will get off topic from time to time, and that just shows you that we all get off track, but will be pulled right back in, if we are open.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where do we go? What do we do? How can we grow? Want to grow in faith? Need to be around people who have faith and are willing to express it. Look for a Church that has small groups and fellowship events. What do we do? Be involved, and open to the Holy Spirit. The &#8230; <span class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/2007\/10\/25\/where-do-we-go\/\">[Read more&#8230;]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-admin","4":"post-7","6":"format-standard","7":"category-uncategorized"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2m6h5-7","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1333,"url":"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/2015\/06\/11\/faith-hope-and-holy-spirit\/","url_meta":{"origin":7,"position":0},"title":"Faith Hope and Holy Spirit","author":"Douglas Dill","date":"June 11, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"http:\/\/youtu.be\/_tuYjxiir28 Audio Version Sunday, May 24th, 2015 Day of Pentecost Romans 8:22\u201327 John 15:26\u201327, 16:4b\u201315[1] \u00a0 Welcome to Pentecost! 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