{"id":34480,"date":"2022-10-30T03:30:06","date_gmt":"2022-10-30T10:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/?p=34480"},"modified":"2022-10-28T11:36:27","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T18:36:27","slug":"october-30-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/2022\/10\/30\/october-30-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"October 30, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-parallax-none nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-background-position:center top;--awb-background-repeat:repeat-y;--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-background-image:url(&quot;https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/B-October-2022.jpg&quot;);--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_6 1_6 fusion-one-sixth fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:16.666666666667%;width:calc(16.666666666667% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.16666666666667 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_3_4 3_4 fusion-three-fourth fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:40px;--awb-padding-right:10px;--awb-padding-bottom:40px;--awb-padding-left:10px;--awb-bg-size:cover;width:75%;width:calc(75% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.75 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><h2><strong>Asleep<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em>A Mini Devotional<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u201cAt Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, \u2018Ask! What shall I give you?\u2019\u201d<\/em> 1 Kings 3:5<\/p>\n<p>In Scripture, we find God or His messengers appearing to people in dreams. We hear stories of it happening today, as well; in particular, we often hear from converted Muslims or other peoples who don\u2019t have God\u2019s Word telling us how God appeared to them in dreams while they were sleeping.<\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t say that God has ever appeared to me in a dream, but many of you can tell stories about Him coming to you in this way.<\/p>\n<p>Why did He appear while they were sleeping? We don\u2019t know\u2014His ways are higher than ours. It doesn\u2019t matter to Him if we are awake or asleep. It doesn\u2019t matter to Him if we are walking down the street, or laying in a hospital bed in a coma. He has no trouble communicating either way.<\/p>\n<p>Will we receive His Word to us while we are sleeping? May we say with Solomon, <em>\u201cI sleep, but my heart is awake\u201d\u00a0<\/em>(Song of Solomon 5:2).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Father, may we be awake to You, no matter when You speak. 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