{"id":6702,"date":"2021-09-23T12:53:25","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T17:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/?p=6702"},"modified":"2021-09-23T12:53:25","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T17:53:25","slug":"you-are-blessed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/you-are-blessed\/","title":{"rendered":"You Are Blessed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Taken from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/hopeandencouragementbible\/\"><em>DaySpring Hope and Encouragement Bible<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6710 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/09\/Untitled-design-2021-09-23T122524.178.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"red\">\u201cI am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me,<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"red\">just as my Father knows me and I know the Father. So I sacrifice my life for the sheep.<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"red\">I have other sheep, too, that are not in this sheepfold. I must bring them also. They will listen to my voice, and there will be one flock with one shepherd.&#8221; John 10:14-16, NLT.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6707 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/09\/ghoiyov2tsq-sam-carter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"165\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Being called sheep doesn\u2019t carry much prestige. Sheep can be pretty clueless and helpless. We\u2019d probably much rather choose to be known as something noble\u2014like a lion, a cheetah, or an eagle.<\/p>\n<p>But we\u2019re called sheep because we tend to wander, we get lost, and we need constant protection and provision. The real blessing in all this is that we get to have a Great Shepherd.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s not just an okay shepherd; he\u2019s not doing it for a hidden reason. He loves to look after his silly sheep, and we definitely benefit from his care.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/hopeandencouragementbible\/\">Learn more about the <em>DaySpring Hope and Encouragement Bible<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6587 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/IMG_8378.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"142\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taken from the\u00a0DaySpring Hope and Encouragement Bible \u201cI am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me,\u00a0just as my Father knows me and I know the Father. So I sacrifice my life for the sheep.\u00a0I have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":6710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[32,338,30,190],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6702"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6702"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6712,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6702\/revisions\/6712"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}