{"id":431,"date":"2007-05-23T22:56:09","date_gmt":"2007-05-23T14:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/?p=431"},"modified":"2007-05-23T22:56:09","modified_gmt":"2007-05-23T14:56:09","slug":"present-evil-and-children-of-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/present-evil-and-children-of-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Present evil and children of future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday during lunch with few colleagues, we talked about the present day evil. Surely quoting from Bible that evil man will grow more evil. And in the last days, there will be more evil. It&#8217;s quite a grey lunch to me. For what hope do we have? If evil becoming stronger? And good becoming less?<br \/>\nTaking the examples from cases happening around us, starting from office and to the world. Was a grey lunch to me&#8230;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s.tabulas.com\/ik\/smilies\/yellow\/smile.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tonite as i was walking home. My thot went to the children in my class. I saw the seed i plant in them. And indeed i know what i&#8217;m doing. And i&#8217;ve been praying for great trees. How long does it take to plant a tree? 10 years? How much long does it take to plant man and woman of God? I believe as I plant in them God&#8217;s Word every week, God will raise them as fruitful trees of the future. The men and women of God in future.<\/p>\n<p>As much as i believe in evil times and growing opposition. I do believe in God and His saints that He preserves in all ages. The future surely belongs to God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday during lunch with few colleagues, we talked about the present day evil. Surely quoting from Bible that evil man will grow more evil. And in the last days, there will be more evil. It&#8217;s quite a grey lunch to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/present-evil-and-children-of-future\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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":[1],"tags":[132],"class_list":["post-431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-children"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1745,"url":"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/what-makes-god-happy\/","url_meta":{"origin":431,"position":0},"title":"What makes God happy?","author":"clay","date":"June 9, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"One day my wife asked me a question, whether God who knows everything (could see even our future disobedience and failures) is happy when we act in present obedience to Him? 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