{"id":322,"date":"2012-10-29T13:36:57","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T05:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/?p=322"},"modified":"2012-10-29T13:36:57","modified_gmt":"2012-10-29T05:36:57","slug":"open-minded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/open-minded\/","title":{"rendered":"Open-minded"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning, on my way to office, I read from 2 Timothy what Paul advice the young man&#8230;to focus on his duty like a soldier that focus to please his commander and not involved with civilian affairs. That verse makes me to ask&#8230;..if the current pro-family life style is a world&#8217;s value instead of biblical value?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not talking about abandoning family. But imagine at war-time, where men are going to war, leaving their family behind. Is it what Paul meant there? The focus and priority of one&#8217;s life.<\/p>\n<p>So this morning i pray that if what i thought all this time were wrong, may the Lord help me to live by faith &amp; obedience. I&#8217;m open if i were wrong&#8230;following the pattern of the world and not of God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning, on my way to office, I read from 2 Timothy what Paul advice the young man&#8230;to focus on his duty like a soldier that focus to please his commander and not involved with civilian affairs. 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