{"id":35122,"date":"2023-03-09T03:30:55","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T11:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/?p=35122"},"modified":"2023-03-02T17:11:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T01:11:22","slug":"march-9-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/2023\/03\/09\/march-9-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"March 9, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 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-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;\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34929\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2-Dear-Abigail-Template-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2-Dear-Abigail-Template-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2-Dear-Abigail-Template-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2-Dear-Abigail-Template-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2-Dear-Abigail-Template-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2-Dear-Abigail-Template-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2-Dear-Abigail-Template-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2-Dear-Abigail-Template-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2-Dear-Abigail-Template-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Scared Silly<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Dear Abigail,<br \/>\nI am the only believer at my workplace and I could lose my job if I speak of my faith. How can I witness to my co-workers without getting into trouble?<br \/>\n<em>-Scared Silly<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Dear Scared,<\/p>\n<p>I have struggled with this same issue, and it helped me to remember these two things about witnesses:<\/p>\n<p>First, it\u2019s not the witness\u2019s job to convince everyone of the truth, only to tell clearly what she\u2019s seen. (Acts 22:15)<\/p>\n<p>Second, it\u2019s not the witness\u2019s job to make everyone in the building listen, just to answer the questions asked. (1 Peter 3:15)<\/p>\n<p>Now that you shared the burden of guilt you have been carrying, what should you do? You should abound in the life that you have been given, and let God fill you with all joy and peace. The good news is, the more trouble there is during these times, the more that your hope, joy, and peace will appear as a haven of rest and beauty, inviting people to ask about the hope that you have.<\/p>\n<p>As you are watchful for these opportunities, take time to invest in relationships with your coworkers. Listen, ask questions, be considerate and kind. Building trust and caring for people are worthy pursuits in themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Ask God to bring you opportunities. As you are faithful to witness in small ways, it will build courage for bigger ones. Perhaps God has you in that job for such a time as this. So don\u2019t forget to pray!<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cFor you will be His witness to all men of what you have seen and heard.\u201d<\/em> Acts 22:15<\/p>\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-35122","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-98u","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35122","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=35122"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35124,"href":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35122\/revisions\/35124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}