{"id":1005,"date":"2004-07-16T16:09:35","date_gmt":"2004-07-16T08:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/?p=1005"},"modified":"2004-07-16T16:09:35","modified_gmt":"2004-07-16T08:09:35","slug":"the-sovereign-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/the-sovereign-god\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sovereign God (That I May Know how to serve God)"},"content":{"rendered":"

If i gave up,
\ni won’t grow
\ni won’t learn<\/p>\n

good cook is born
\nthrough the kitchen’s heat
\nsome people just born great
\nothers are through reborn<\/p>\n

i want to learn to serve man
\nthat i may know how to serve God
\nit’s a process
\nit’s a learning
\nmy desire is to be bound to Him
\nnot for some years
\nbut for my whole life
\ni’ve sold my soul unto Him
\nand Him only<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If i gave up, i won’t grow i won’t learn good cook is born through the kitchen’s heat some people just born great others are through reborn i want to learn to serve man that i may know how to … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[146,260],"class_list":["post-1005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","tag-dedication","tag-poem"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":231,"url":"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/servant-of-god\/","url_meta":{"origin":1005,"position":0},"title":"Servant of God","author":"clay","date":"April 26, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. 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