{"id":3995,"date":"2022-09-14T10:40:04","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T10:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/?p=3995"},"modified":"2022-09-14T10:40:04","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T10:40:04","slug":"silence-as-an-arsenal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/2022\/09\/14\/silence-as-an-arsenal\/","title":{"rendered":"SILENCE AS AN ARSENAL."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Job 13:5 If only you would be silent, For you that  would be  wisdom.<\/p>\n<p>Timing is important. From Ecc 3:1&#8230; following, there are various experiences listed there which are appropriate at certain times. One of the key experience is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet. ( Ecc 3:7b &#8221; A time to keep silence and a time to speak ).   Silence is a powerful arsenal. When your challengers are expecting you to defend yourself or proof a point, silence at the right time can be a very effective weapon.<\/p>\n<p>The tongue is a deadly organ. It&#8217;s quick and sharper like a double edged sword. It&#8217;s lethal and full of poison. Death and life are in the power of the tongue . This means that, even though the tongue can do alot of damage, it can also give life. One of the way it gives life is by keeping quiet.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s remember that being quiet can be a struggle but it&#8217;s a good virtue . Everyone of us should be quick to listen and slow to speak and slow to become angry.( James 1:19 ). Silence is a weapon we can use appropriately in order to avoid many troubles.<\/p>\n<p>Further readings:<br \/>\nJos 6:10<br \/>\nIsa 30:15<br \/>\nAmos 5:13<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude4f Blessed Day \ud83d\ude4f<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Job 13:5 If only you would be silent, For you that would be wisdom. Timing is important. From Ecc 3:1&#8230; following, there are various experiences listed there which are appropriate at certain times. One of the key experience is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet. ( Ecc 3:7b &#8221; A time&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3995"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3995"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3997,"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3995\/revisions\/3997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}