{"id":4809,"date":"2012-02-29T01:50:17","date_gmt":"2012-02-29T01:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=4809"},"modified":"2012-02-29T03:00:55","modified_gmt":"2012-02-29T03:00:55","slug":"im-so-thankful-for-the-people-god-has-placed-in-my-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=4809","title":{"rendered":"I’m so thankful for the people God has placed in my life…….."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Before I start, the images in this post have nothing whatsoever to do with the subject, usually that’s not the case, but I’m here and all of you are there, so just \u00a0enjoy the Caribbean scenes, and believe my words.<\/p>\n

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After my relationship with my God, and the wonderful family He has given me, the next most treasured thing in my life is the wonderful friends He has allowed me to enjoy! \u00a0There are people that have inspired me, we touched on that yesterday, those that have been great companions, those that have taught me spiritually, prayed for me, stood by my side. \u00a0Those that have lead me into truth. \u00a0Those that have provided great times and fellowship. \u00a0They have been co-workers, fellow photographers, and co conspirators! \u00a0The key is they have been right by my side.<\/p>\n

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I can’t tell you how excited I am about being with the friends that will gather in early March for the next His Light Workshop in White, Georgia!<\/p>\n

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When Jesus sent out the disciples, He sent them in pairs. \u00a0He knew they would need each other, and we need each other too. \u00a0We need others to stand up for us, and stand behind us, to have our backs, and pray for what is best for us. \u00a0We need people to defend us, and cheer us on, and we need to be that person for someone else doing all the same for them! \u00a0It is a great gift when God allows you to be someone’s friend, it’s also a big responsibility. \u00a0 Such a big responsibility that Jesus said, “No man hath greater love than to lay down his life for his brother.” \u00a0Real friendship means you will be there, no matter what, for your friend.<\/p>\n

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1 Corinthians 13<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n
Love Is the Greatest<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

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\u00a01<\/sup> If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn\u2019t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2<\/sup> If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God\u2019s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn\u2019t love others, I would be nothing. 3<\/sup>If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it;but if I didn\u2019t love others, I would have gained nothing.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a04<\/sup> Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5<\/sup> or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. 6<\/sup> It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. 7<\/sup> Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a08<\/sup> Prophecy and speaking in unknown languages and special knowledge will become useless. But love will last forever! 9<\/sup> Now our knowledge is partial and incomplete, and even the gift of prophecy reveals only part of the whole picture! 10<\/sup> But when the time of perfection comes, these partial things will become useless.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a011<\/sup> When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things. 12<\/sup> Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a013<\/sup> Three things will last forever\u2014faith, hope, and love\u2014and the greatest of these is love.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Having a friend to love is an honor, and I’m so honored to have you………..<\/p>\n

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the pilgrim<\/p>\n

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Oh yes, and I’m thankful for getting to rest in such a beautiful place too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Before I start, the images in this post have nothing whatsoever to do with the subject, usually that’s not the case, but I’m here and all of you are there, so just \u00a0enjoy the Caribbean scenes, and believe my words.   After my relationship with my God, and the wonderful family He has given […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chronicles"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4809"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4816,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4809\/revisions\/4816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}