{"id":623,"date":"2008-09-28T20:44:35","date_gmt":"2008-09-29T01:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.185.166.32\/~davidfoster\/?p=623"},"modified":"2009-10-15T20:46:11","modified_gmt":"2009-10-16T01:46:11","slug":"today-the-gathering-september-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/today-the-gathering-september-28\/","title":{"rendered":"Today @ The Gathering &#8211; September 28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today @ <a href=\"http:\/\/g3church.com\/\">The Gathering<\/a> we completed our series, <span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">\u201cChasing Balance\u201d<\/span> with the seventh principle, the principle of renewal.<\/p>\n<p>We discovered the <span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">four enemies of balance<\/span> in our lives.\u00a0 They are:<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The enemy of <span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">greed.<\/span><br \/>\n2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The enemy of <span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">jealousy.<\/span><br \/>\n3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The enemy of <span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">entitlement.<\/span><br \/>\n4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The enemy of <span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">apathy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We took an assessment to see if one of these enemies is throwing our life out of balance.\u00a0 Greed makes us hurry and go constantly with no rhythm, release, joy, or sense of accomplishment in our lives.\u00a0 Jealousy is the pain we feel over the achievements of others that we think we should have.\u00a0 It\u2019s not against the person, but against God who has been unfair.\u00a0 The enemy of entitlement is the idea that I deserve something for which I haven\u2019t worked or put for the effort.\u00a0 Apathy ultimately is the end game of all three.<\/p>\n<p>So on the basis of those four enemies, which are you?<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Do you live <span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">\u201chave to\u201d or \u201cget to\u201d?<\/span><br \/>\n2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Do you live <span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">\u201ccould do\u201d or \u201cmust do\u201d?<\/span> How many of us know people who, when they see great achievements say, \u201cI could do that.\u201d?\u00a0 Maybe even, \u201cI ought to do that.\u201d But it\u2019s the people who say, \u201cI must do it\u201d and get up and do it who make the difference.<br \/>\n3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Do you live as a<span style=\"color: #00ff00;\"> \u201cvictim\u201d or a \u201cvictor\u201d?<\/span> The difference here is one is a reactor and another one is a responder.\u00a0 One is apathetic, and the other one gets up and does something.<\/p>\n<p>In order to bring constant renewal into our lives we were reminded of the <span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">four dimensions of renewal<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The renewal of the <span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">mind<\/span>.<br \/>\n2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The renewal of <span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">commitments<\/span>.<br \/>\n3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The renewal of <span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">affection<\/span>.<br \/>\n4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The renewal of <span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">energy<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Next week we\u2019ll begin a brand new series entitled, <span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">\u201cMastering My Emotional Monsters.\u201d<\/span> During this series we will learn what to do when your emotions get the best of you: <\/p>\n<div>The Top Six Emotional \u201cMusts\u201d<\/div>\n<div>What to do when you feel Lonely<\/div>\n<div>What to do when you feel Betrayed<\/div>\n<div>What to do when you feel Frustrated<\/div>\n<div>What to do when you feel Depressed<\/div>\n<div>What to do when you feel Dumb<\/div>\n<div>What to do when you feel Desperate<\/div>\n<div>I will be happy; so help me God<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today @ The Gathering we completed our series, \u201cChasing Balance\u201d with the seventh principle, the principle of renewal. We discovered the four enemies of balance in our lives.\u00a0 They are: 1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The enemy of greed. 2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The enemy of jealousy. 3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The enemy of entitlement. 4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The enemy of apathy. We took an assessment to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/today-the-gathering-september-28\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Today @ The Gathering &#8211; September 28&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"series":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}