{"id":4754,"date":"2023-07-13T06:05:42","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T06:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/?p=4754"},"modified":"2023-07-14T06:06:16","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T06:06:16","slug":"when-our-backs-were-against-a-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/2023\/07\/13\/when-our-backs-were-against-a-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"WHEN OUR BACKS WERE AGAINST A WALL."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Exo 14:9 So the Egyptians pursued them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen and his army, and overtook them camping by the sea beside Pi Hahiroth, before Baal Zephon.<br \/>\nExo 14:10 And when Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians marched after them. So they were very afraid, and the children of Israel cried out to the LORD.<\/p>\n<p>Travis Greene, song; You made a way summarizes today&#8217;s scriptures:<br \/>\n&#8221; You made away, when our backs were against the wall<br \/>\nAnd it looked as if it was over, and we are standing here<br \/>\nOnly because you made a way<\/p>\n<p>The Israelites were at the banks of the Red Sea; they had come to a dead end.  The Lord hardened Pharaoh&#8217;s heart and he decided to pursue them. And behold the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen and his armies overtook them and camped by the sea. Faced with a disastrous end, they were so much afraid and they cried out to the Lord. The Lord made a way for them.( Exo 14:21,22)<\/p>\n<p>And probably you may be facing the same predicament today. You have no other course than either to give up or move forward and face what has backed you against the wall. Fear not child of the most high, he will make away for you.<br \/>\nIsa 43:2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, nor shall the flame scorch you.<\/p>\n<p>Further readings:<br \/>\nJos 24:6,7<br \/>\nIsa 43:16-19<br \/>\n1Joh 4:4<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude4f Blessed Day \ud83d\ude4f<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exo 14:9 So the Egyptians pursued them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen and his army, and overtook them camping by the sea beside Pi Hahiroth, before Baal Zephon. Exo 14:10 And when Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians marched after them. So they&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4755,"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\/4754"}],"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=4754"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4756,"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4754\/revisions\/4756"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}