{"id":6220,"date":"2012-08-29T13:57:01","date_gmt":"2012-08-29T13:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=6220"},"modified":"2012-08-30T22:28:37","modified_gmt":"2012-08-30T22:28:37","slug":"how-much-are-you-willing-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=6220","title":{"rendered":"How much are you willing to pay?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How much would you be willing to pay for complete peace and joy? \u00a0 Before you answer, think about the question for a few moments. \u00a0Let’s examine those two words carefully.<\/p>\n

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peace\u00a0<\/strong>|p\u0113s|noun1\u00a0freedom\u00a0from\u00a0disturbance; quiet\u00a0and\u00a0tranquility.<\/span> \u00a0Life can be disturbing, people die unexpectedly, we loose loved ones, we loose employment, we run out of money, we get life threatening diseases. \u00a0How on earth could you be at peace when all these and many more come your way? \u00a0It seems silly to even make such a statement! \u00a0I would never tell someone what I’m about to say if I didn’t know from my own experience, my own life, that it was true, please believe me on this! \u00a0Peace that transcends circumstances is not only possible, it can be yours. \u00a0When you trust, fully, in God, He will give you the strength and courage to face any thing that comes your way, period, end of sentence! \u00a0I beg you to believe me, it is true. \u00a0I’ve face everything on the list above, and God got me through everyone of them and supplied the peace!!!<\/p>\n

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joy<\/strong>\u00a0|joi|nouna\u00a0feeling\u00a0of\u00a0great\u00a0pleasure and\u00a0happiness.<\/span> \u00a0I’m going to add to that defintition and say “no matter what is going on around you.” \u00a0What is going on around you is what we call circumstances. \u00a0We have no way to prevent circumstances, big or small, they will come and they can ruin your day, week, month, or life. With such a threat as this how on earth could you experience Joy?! \u00a0 Our joy is centered in our relationship with God, that’s “The God”. \u00a0Creator of all you can survey and all you cannot. \u00a0Nothing is out of His control, especially your life! \u00a0If the God that made the Universe and placed the stars in the sky is on your side, who can stand against you?!<\/p>\n

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So if I’ve done a good job of selling, \u00a0you are ready to buy, \u00a0Peace and Joy! \u00a0So what is the price? \u00a0Can you afford \u00a0it? \u00a0The great news is that the price has already been paid for you! \u00a0Christ paid for your salvation and acceptance into God’s family with His own life. \u00a0You are not only forgiven, but he has, through Grace, given you all you need to have perfect peace and perfect joy!!! \u00a0All you have to do is say yes. \u00a0He is waiting to hear from you.<\/p>\n

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Filled with joy and peace, I am,<\/p>\n

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the pilgrim<\/p>\n

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  How much would you be willing to pay for complete peace and joy? \u00a0 Before you answer, think about the question for a few moments. \u00a0Let’s examine those two words carefully.   peace\u00a0|p\u0113s|noun1\u00a0freedom\u00a0from\u00a0disturbance; quiet\u00a0and\u00a0tranquility. \u00a0Life can be disturbing, people die unexpectedly, we loose loved ones, we loose employment, we run out of money, we […]<\/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-6220","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\/6220","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=6220"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6244,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6220\/revisions\/6244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}