{"id":20662,"date":"2017-10-12T00:10:50","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T07:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lccredding.com\/lcc\/?p=11767"},"modified":"2017-10-17T17:13:08","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T00:13:08","slug":"october-12-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/2017\/10\/12\/october-12-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"October 12, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><div style=\"background: transparent url('http:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sept-Jesus-2017.jpg'); background-size: 1200px 600px; left top repeat 0 100% width: 600px; margin: 10px auto; padding: 50px 200px 50px 200px;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">HIS ACTIONS<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>\u201cThen people brought little children to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples rebuked them. Jesus said, \u2018Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.\u2019\u201d<\/em> Matthew 19:13-14<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tender Touch<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">HIS EXAMPLE TO US<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jesus touched people, even those who were thought to be unworthy<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">MY STORY<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cHow sweet to hold a newborn baby and feel the pride and joy he gives,\u201d rings the hymn of old. Oh, the sweet, tender touch of a new baby\u2019s skin. My mother-in-law calls it \u201cdewy\u201d and I think she\u2019s right. That touch is long gone now, but how I remember it. Sweet smelling, warm, and all mine\u2014okay, half mine. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We crave touch, don\u2019t we? The hug of a friend, the embrace of a spouse, and the kiss of a child can make us feel alive. Jesus was always touching people. He touched the blind (Matthew 20:34), the deaf (Mark 7:33), and the leper (Luke 5:13). Children wanted to be touched by Jesus and though the disciples thought the children should be ignored, Jesus touched them and prayed for them (Matthew 19:13-14). Healing followed the touch of Jesus. Can this be true of our touch as well?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">MY RESPONSE<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">How can I follow the example of Jesus in this area? I can touch people with a smile, a telephone call, a little note on pretty stationery, or a simple hug. Even a prayer in secret can touch a person\u2019s life and call forth healing in the name of Jesus. Who can I touch today?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">MY PRAYER<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cFather, I thank You for Your touch in my life. Please show me someone who needs a touch from You through me today, and help me to follow through with a hug, a telephone call, a written note, or maybe a smile. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-women"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p92wjD-5ng","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20662"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20676,"href":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20662\/revisions\/20676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}