{"id":6419,"date":"2025-05-02T03:50:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T03:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/?p=6419"},"modified":"2025-05-02T03:50:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T03:50:00","slug":"the-power-of-consistency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/2025\/05\/02\/the-power-of-consistency\/","title":{"rendered":"THE POWER OF CONSISTENCY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Luke 18:4 And he would not for a while; but afterward he said within himself, \u2018Though I do not fear God nor regard man,<br \/>\nLuke 18:5 yet because this widow troubles me I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Consistency means persistence, not compromising, free from distractions, resolute.Spiritual consistency develops routine and builds momentum \u2013 it forms habits. It becomes a source of encouragement to us and even to people around us. This principle is applicable in anything and everything we lay our hands on<\/p>\n<p>Jesus told a parable of unrighteous judge, who did not fear God nor have any regard for man. Yet there was a widow who went to him and requested to be vindicated against her enemies. For awhile, the judge refused to avenge her. But because of her consistency , the unrighteous judge finally gave in and avenged her lest by her continued coming , she would wear him out!<\/p>\n<p>Consistent practices like prayer , fasting , attending fellowships, Bible study etc creates a foundation for our spiritual lives and helps us to navigate challenges with wisdom and discernment .  It makes us to become more attuned to His voice and direction, allowing us to walk in His plans and purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Further readings:<br \/>\nDan 6:10<br \/>\nLuk 22:39<br \/>\n1Th 5:17<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude4f Blessed Weekend \ud83d\ude4f<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luke 18:4 And he would not for a while; but afterward he said within himself, \u2018Though I do not fear God nor regard man, Luke 18:5 yet because this widow troubles me I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.\u2019\u201d Consistency means persistence, not compromising, free from distractions, resolute.Spiritual consistency develops&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6420,"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\/6419"}],"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=6419"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6421,"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6419\/revisions\/6421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}