{"id":34895,"date":"2023-01-19T03:30:53","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T11:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/?p=34895"},"modified":"2023-01-15T09:53:18","modified_gmt":"2023-01-15T17:53:18","slug":"january-19-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/2023\/01\/19\/january-19-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"January 19, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dear Walk His Way Readers,<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n
Do you have a question about the Christian life? Today we begin a new series of common questions about the Christian life, accompanied by biblical answers. These will be posted occasionally when anyone sends a question to Walk His Way<\/em>. Your questions are welcomed, and will be posted without any identifying names! These will be answered by one of the Walk His Way<\/em> staff or by the Little Country Church staff, depending on the question. Please send your questions to walkhisway@lccredding.org<\/a><\/strong>. Let\u2019s have some (mostly serious) fun with this!<\/h6>\n
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These will appear in the form of the \u201cDear Abby\u201d column in the newspaper, except we will call it \u201cDear Abigail,\u201d named after King David\u2019s wife, Abigail, a woman of wisdom, discernment, and self-restraint.<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n
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Distraught Daughter<\/h2>\n
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Dear Abigail,
\n<\/i>I have tried talking to my father about Jesus, but he thinks that Jesus is a crutch and only weak people need him. I love my dad and want him to be saved, but what can I tell him that will make him see that he needs Jesus, too<\/i>?
\n<\/span><\/i>Yours Truly,
\n<\/i>Distraught Daughter<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Dear Distraught Daughter,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ask your dad who is the strongest person he knows. Then ask him if that person ever needs help.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The truth of the matter is, we are all broken and no one can get to heaven by his own merit (Romans 3<\/span>:23). Perhaps remind your dad of a time you weren\u2019<\/span>t big enough to do something. Get him to reminisce about how it made him feel to be able to be there for you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It\u2019<\/span>s the same with our heavenly Father. He doesn\u2019<\/span>t expect us to be tall enough to reach His righteousness. Instead, He has already made a way to bring His righteousness down to us\u2014He is just waiting for us to realize we can\u2019<\/span>t do it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Your dad may play the tough guy, but I know he has weaknesses, doubts, and fears like any human. And don\u2019<\/span>t be afraid to share about the times Jesus has been there for you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Don\u2019<\/span>t forget to pray about it!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00a0\u201c\u2026for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God\u2026\u201d<\/i> Romans 3:23<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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