{"items":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<article id=\"post-9036\" class=\"blog-design-masonry blog-post-loop blog-style-shadow  col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-12 post-9036 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-our-best-thought-2\">\n\t<div class=\"article-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-date wd-post-date wd-style-with-bg\" onclick=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-day\">\n\t\t\t\t\t29\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-month\">\n\t\t\t\t\tJan\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meta-categories-wrapp\"><div class=\"meta-post-categories wd-post-cat wd-style-with-bg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/category\/our-best-thought-2\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Best Thought<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wd-entities-title title post-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/everything-for-the-kingdom-matt-1344-46\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Everything for the Kingdom (Matt. 13:44-46)<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta wd-entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"entry-meta-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"modified-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2022-06-15T16:51:21+08:00\">\n\t\t\tJune 15, 2022\t\t<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='author-avatar' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e9f6927cadd68cea716e52f40296b5be?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e9f6927cadd68cea716e52f40296b5be?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'\/>\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/author\/michelle\/\" rel=\"author\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"vcard author author_name\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fn\">michelle<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-reply\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/everything-for-the-kingdom-matt-1344-46\/#respond\"><span class=\"replies-count\">0<\/span> <span class=\"replies-count-label\">comments<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hovered-social-icons wd-tltp wd-tltp-top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-tooltip-label\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"wd-social-icons-css\" href=\"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/wp-content\/themes\/woodmart\/css\/parts\/el-social-icons.min.css?ver=6.1.5\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\" \/> \t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-social-icons text-center icons-design-default icons-size-small color-scheme-light social-share 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wd-social-icon social-pinterest\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wd-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/category\/our-best-thought-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" wd-social-icon social-linkedin\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wd-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/share\/url?url=https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/category\/our-best-thought-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" wd-social-icon social-tg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wd-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content wd-entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>From the parable of the hidden treasure and the parable of the pearl of great value, Jesus teaches that the kingdom of heaven is of such great value, worth far more than all that the men had, that when they found it, they would be willing to sell everything for it, and the man in the first instance even did so with joy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-section\"><a class=\"btn-read-more more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/everything-for-the-kingdom-matt-1344-46\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<article id=\"post-9035\" class=\"blog-design-masonry blog-post-loop blog-style-shadow  col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-12 first  post-9035 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-our-best-thought-2\">\n\t<div class=\"article-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-date wd-post-date wd-style-with-bg\" onclick=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-day\">\n\t\t\t\t\t15\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-month\">\n\t\t\t\t\tJan\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meta-categories-wrapp\"><div class=\"meta-post-categories wd-post-cat wd-style-with-bg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/category\/our-best-thought-2\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Best Thought<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wd-entities-title title post-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/letting-god-be-god-matthew-51-4\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Letting God be God (Matthew 5:1-4)<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta wd-entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"entry-meta-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"modified-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2022-06-15T16:55:44+08:00\">\n\t\t\tJune 15, 2022\t\t<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='author-avatar' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e9f6927cadd68cea716e52f40296b5be?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e9f6927cadd68cea716e52f40296b5be?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'\/>\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/author\/michelle\/\" rel=\"author\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"vcard author author_name\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fn\">michelle<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-reply\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/letting-god-be-god-matthew-51-4\/#respond\"><span class=\"replies-count\">0<\/span> <span class=\"replies-count-label\">comments<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hovered-social-icons wd-tltp wd-tltp-top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-tooltip-label\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-social-icons text-center icons-design-default icons-size-small color-scheme-light social-share social-form-circle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/category\/our-best-thought-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" wd-social-icon social-facebook\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wd-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/category\/our-best-thought-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" wd-social-icon social-twitter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wd-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/category\/our-best-thought-2\/&media=https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png&description=Letting+God+be+God+%28Matthew+5%3A1-4%29\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" wd-social-icon social-pinterest\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wd-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/category\/our-best-thought-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" wd-social-icon social-linkedin\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wd-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/share\/url?url=https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/category\/our-best-thought-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" wd-social-icon social-tg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wd-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content wd-entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>To be blessed is more than happiness, it means fundamentally, to be approved, to find approval. If this is God\u2019s universe, can there be a higher \u2018blessing\u2019 than to be approved by God?<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-section\"><a class=\"btn-read-more more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/letting-god-be-god-matthew-51-4\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<article id=\"post-9034\" class=\"blog-design-masonry blog-post-loop blog-style-shadow  col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-12 post-9034 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-our-best-thought-2\">\n\t<div class=\"article-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-date wd-post-date wd-style-with-bg\" onclick=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-day\">\n\t\t\t\t\t01\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-month\">\n\t\t\t\t\tJan\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/header><!-- 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class=\"wd-tooltip-label\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-social-icons text-center icons-design-default icons-size-small color-scheme-light social-share social-form-circle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/category\/our-best-thought-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" wd-social-icon social-facebook\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wd-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/category\/our-best-thought-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" wd-social-icon social-twitter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wd-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" 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href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/share\/url?url=https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/category\/our-best-thought-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" wd-social-icon social-tg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wd-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content wd-entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Isaiah had prophesied of peace and prosperity to come during a tumultuous time of rebellion of God&#8217;s people. The nation had turned a deaf ear to God, offering meaningless sacrifices and committing injustices throughout the nation. God was not going to let them go on that. He would ultimately exile them.<\/p>\n<p>All discipline of God are for our good and they will produce &#8220;a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it&#8221; (Hebrews 12:11).<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-section\"><a class=\"btn-read-more more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/our-good-god-isaiah-601-3\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<article id=\"post-9033\" class=\"blog-design-masonry blog-post-loop blog-style-shadow  col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-12 last  post-9033 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-our-best-thought-2\">\n\t<div class=\"article-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-date wd-post-date wd-style-with-bg\" onclick=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-day\">\n\t\t\t\t\t11\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-month\">\n\t\t\t\t\tDec\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meta-categories-wrapp\"><div class=\"meta-post-categories wd-post-cat wd-style-with-bg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/category\/our-best-thought-2\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Best Thought<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wd-entities-title title post-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/a-bruised-reed-he-will-not-break-isaiah-421-4\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Bruised Reed, He Will Not Break (Isaiah 42:1-4)<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta wd-entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"entry-meta-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"modified-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2022-06-15T16:57:47+08:00\">\n\t\t\tJune 15, 2022\t\t<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='author-avatar' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e9f6927cadd68cea716e52f40296b5be?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e9f6927cadd68cea716e52f40296b5be?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'\/>\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/author\/michelle\/\" rel=\"author\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"vcard author author_name\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fn\">michelle<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-reply\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/a-bruised-reed-he-will-not-break-isaiah-421-4\/#respond\"><span class=\"replies-count\">0<\/span> <span 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class=\"wd-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/category\/our-best-thought-2\/&media=https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png&description=A+Bruised+Reed%2C+He+Will+Not+Break+%28Isaiah+42%3A1-4%29\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" wd-social-icon social-pinterest\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wd-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/category\/our-best-thought-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" wd-social-icon social-linkedin\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wd-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/share\/url?url=https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/category\/our-best-thought-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" wd-social-icon social-tg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wd-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content wd-entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>I grew up in a family where my grandma did ancestral worship, but the rest of the family were quite irreverent in matters of the divine. Money was the most important thing in my family, in place of God. But God turned this tragic family into a family with hope.<\/p>\n<p>One day a relative was diagnosed by his doctor of having only 2 years to live. A family friend brought a pastor to pray for him, and he miraculously lived on for another ten years. His doctor said it was a miracle because there is no medical explanation. <\/p>\n<p>As a result, my grandma in her late eighties was baptised, and my parents accepted the Lord. I begin to seek God, and at 20 years old, I accepted the Lord.<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-section\"><a class=\"btn-read-more more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/a-bruised-reed-he-will-not-break-isaiah-421-4\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<article id=\"post-9032\" class=\"blog-design-masonry blog-post-loop blog-style-shadow  col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-12 first  post-9032 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-our-best-thought-2\">\n\t<div class=\"article-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-date wd-post-date wd-style-with-bg\" onclick=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-day\">\n\t\t\t\t\t27\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-month\">\n\t\t\t\t\tNov\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meta-categories-wrapp\"><div class=\"meta-post-categories wd-post-cat wd-style-with-bg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/category\/our-best-thought-2\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Best Thought<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wd-entities-title title post-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/swimming-against-the-tide-1-peter-41-2\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Swimming Against the Tide (1 Peter 4:1-2)<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta wd-entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"entry-meta-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"modified-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2022-06-15T16:59:36+08:00\">\n\t\t\tJune 15, 2022\t\t<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='author-avatar' 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href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/category\/our-best-thought-2\/&media=https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png&description=Swimming+Against+the+Tide+%281+Peter+4%3A1-2%29\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" wd-social-icon social-pinterest\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wd-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/category\/our-best-thought-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" wd-social-icon social-linkedin\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wd-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/share\/url?url=https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/category\/our-best-thought-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" wd-social-icon social-tg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wd-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content wd-entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>This passage reminded me of the ways of the salmon, swimming against the tide from the sea to rivers in order to spawn. They go through this hardship to ensure that their offspring will have the best chance to live. <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-section\"><a class=\"btn-read-more more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/swimming-against-the-tide-1-peter-41-2\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<article id=\"post-9031\" class=\"blog-design-masonry blog-post-loop blog-style-shadow  col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-12 post-9031 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-our-best-thought-2\">\n\t<div class=\"article-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-date wd-post-date wd-style-with-bg\" onclick=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-day\">\n\t\t\t\t\t30\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-month\">\n\t\t\t\t\tOct\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meta-categories-wrapp\"><div class=\"meta-post-categories wd-post-cat wd-style-with-bg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/category\/our-best-thought-2\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Best Thought<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wd-entities-title title post-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/good-leaders-delegate-wisely\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Good Leaders Delegate Wisely<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta wd-entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"entry-meta-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"modified-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2022-06-15T17:01:17+08:00\">\n\t\t\tJune 15, 2022\t\t<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='author-avatar' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e9f6927cadd68cea716e52f40296b5be?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e9f6927cadd68cea716e52f40296b5be?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'\/>\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/author\/michelle\/\" rel=\"author\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"vcard author author_name\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fn\">michelle<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-reply\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/good-leaders-delegate-wisely\/#respond\"><span class=\"replies-count\">0<\/span> <span class=\"replies-count-label\">comments<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/category\/our-best-thought-2\/&media=https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png&description=Good+Leaders+Delegate+Wisely\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" wd-social-icon social-pinterest\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wd-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/category\/our-best-thought-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" wd-social-icon social-linkedin\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wd-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/share\/url?url=https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/category\/our-best-thought-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" wd-social-icon social-tg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wd-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content wd-entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>In Acts 6, we see that the growth of the church was increasing so rapidly that the needs of the Hellenists (Greek-speaking Jews) were not being met, possibly because of the language barrier. The apostles recognised the problem that while there is a need to be met, they themselves could not be the ones to meet them, as they were already responsible to devote themselves to prayer and the preaching of the word.<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-section\"><a class=\"btn-read-more more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/good-leaders-delegate-wisely\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<article id=\"post-9030\" class=\"blog-design-masonry blog-post-loop blog-style-shadow  col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-12 last  post-9030 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-our-best-thought-2\">\n\t<div class=\"article-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-date wd-post-date wd-style-with-bg\" onclick=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-day\">\n\t\t\t\t\t18\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-month\">\n\t\t\t\t\tSep\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meta-categories-wrapp\"><div class=\"meta-post-categories wd-post-cat wd-style-with-bg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/category\/our-best-thought-2\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Best Thought<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wd-entities-title title post-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/living-in-exile\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Living in Exile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta wd-entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"entry-meta-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"modified-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2022-06-15T17:02:15+08:00\">\n\t\t\tJune 15, 2022\t\t<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='author-avatar' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e9f6927cadd68cea716e52f40296b5be?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e9f6927cadd68cea716e52f40296b5be?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'\/>\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/author\/michelle\/\" rel=\"author\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"vcard author author_name\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fn\">michelle<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-reply\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/living-in-exile\/#respond\"><span class=\"replies-count\">0<\/span> <span class=\"replies-count-label\">comments<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hovered-social-icons wd-tltp wd-tltp-top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-tooltip-label\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-social-icons text-center icons-design-default icons-size-small color-scheme-light social-share social-form-circle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/category\/our-best-thought-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" wd-social-icon social-facebook\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wd-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/category\/our-best-thought-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" wd-social-icon social-twitter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wd-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/category\/our-best-thought-2\/&media=https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png&description=Living+in+Exile\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" wd-social-icon social-pinterest\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wd-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/category\/our-best-thought-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" wd-social-icon social-linkedin\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wd-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/share\/url?url=https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/category\/our-best-thought-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" wd-social-icon social-tg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wd-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content wd-entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>While serving in exile, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were again pressured to worship a golden image which represented the pride and arrogance of King Nebuchadnezzar.  When brought before the King, they remained \u2018stubborn\u2019 in their faith and would rather die in the fiery furnace than disobey their God\u2019s commandments.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-section\"><a class=\"btn-read-more more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/living-in-exile\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<article id=\"post-9029\" class=\"blog-design-masonry blog-post-loop blog-style-shadow  col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-12 first  post-9029 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-our-best-thought-2\">\n\t<div class=\"article-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-date wd-post-date wd-style-with-bg\" onclick=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-day\">\n\t\t\t\t\t11\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-month\">\n\t\t\t\t\tSep\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meta-categories-wrapp\"><div class=\"meta-post-categories wd-post-cat wd-style-with-bg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/category\/our-best-thought-2\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Best Thought<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wd-entities-title title post-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/esthers-steadfast-spirit\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Esther&#8217;s Steadfast Spirit<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta wd-entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"entry-meta-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"modified-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2022-06-15T17:03:29+08:00\">\n\t\t\tJune 15, 2022\t\t<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='author-avatar' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e9f6927cadd68cea716e52f40296b5be?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e9f6927cadd68cea716e52f40296b5be?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'\/>\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/author\/michelle\/\" rel=\"author\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"vcard author author_name\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fn\">michelle<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-reply\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/esthers-steadfast-spirit\/#respond\"><span class=\"replies-count\">0<\/span> <span class=\"replies-count-label\">comments<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/category\/our-best-thought-2\/&media=https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png&description=Esther%26%238217%3Bs+Steadfast+Spirit\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" wd-social-icon social-pinterest\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wd-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/category\/our-best-thought-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" wd-social-icon social-linkedin\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wd-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/share\/url?url=https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/category\/our-best-thought-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" wd-social-icon social-tg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wd-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content wd-entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Imagine that you are Esther from what we see in Esther 2. <\/p>\n<p>1.Esther was orphaned. She did not have any other family members with her, other than her cousin Mordecai.<br \/>\n2.Esther was like her fellow Jews who lost their home and taken into captivity into a foreign land.<br \/>\n3.Esther was separated and isolated from her people and cousin. While in the King\u2019s Palace, she was surrounded by people, cultures and values that she was not accustomed to.<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-section\"><a class=\"btn-read-more more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/esthers-steadfast-spirit\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<article id=\"post-8907\" class=\"blog-design-masonry blog-post-loop blog-style-shadow  col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-12 post-8907 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-our-best-thought-2 tag-prayer\">\n\t<div class=\"article-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-date wd-post-date wd-style-with-bg\" onclick=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-day\">\n\t\t\t\t\t04\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-month\">\n\t\t\t\t\tSep\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meta-categories-wrapp\"><div class=\"meta-post-categories wd-post-cat wd-style-with-bg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/category\/our-best-thought-2\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Best Thought<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wd-entities-title title post-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/living-under-human-government-2\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Living under Human Government<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta wd-entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"entry-meta-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"modified-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2022-06-15T17:04:34+08:00\">\n\t\t\tJune 15, 2022\t\t<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='author-avatar' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e9f6927cadd68cea716e52f40296b5be?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e9f6927cadd68cea716e52f40296b5be?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'\/>\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/author\/michelle\/\" rel=\"author\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"vcard author author_name\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fn\">michelle<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-reply\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/living-under-human-government-2\/#respond\"><span class=\"replies-count\">0<\/span> <span class=\"replies-count-label\">comments<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/category\/our-best-thought-2\/&media=https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png&description=Living+under+Human+Government\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" wd-social-icon social-pinterest\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wd-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/category\/our-best-thought-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" wd-social-icon social-linkedin\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wd-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/share\/url?url=https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/category\/our-best-thought-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" wd-social-icon social-tg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wd-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content wd-entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>In this pagan society, Daniel fought to balance his loyal service to Babylon with his ultimate obedience to God. Yet in spite of his disagreement with Babylon\u2019s policies, Daniel gave his life to serve the nation. The book of Daniel is thoroughly political, revealing the power of God\u2019s sovereign undertow beneath the tides of world politics, and all for the sake of His chosen people. Even as His people endured exile in Babylon, God sovereignly governed the world\u2019s political leaders \u2014 raising, dropping, and reordering political powers for millennia (Daniel 2:21)<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-section\"><a class=\"btn-read-more more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/living-under-human-government-2\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<article id=\"post-9028\" class=\"blog-design-masonry blog-post-loop blog-style-shadow  col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-12 last  post-9028 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-our-best-thought-2\">\n\t<div class=\"article-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-date wd-post-date wd-style-with-bg\" onclick=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-day\">\n\t\t\t\t\t28\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-month\">\n\t\t\t\t\tAug\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meta-categories-wrapp\"><div class=\"meta-post-categories wd-post-cat wd-style-with-bg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/category\/our-best-thought-2\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Our Best Thought<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wd-entities-title title post-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/faithful-to-his-promises\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Faithful to His Promises<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta wd-entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"entry-meta-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"modified-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2022-06-15T17:08:49+08:00\">\n\t\t\tJune 15, 2022\t\t<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li 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target=\"_blank\" class=\" wd-social-icon social-tg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wd-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content wd-entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Hoshea was the last king of the north as God&#8217;s judgement finally came upon Israel some 200 years after the nation was divided. This was however not caused singularly by Hoshea although he was definitely also a contributor. In fact it was said of him that he did evil in the eyes of the Lord but he was not as bad as his predecessors (v2). That however was immaterial as he became the straw that broke the camel&#8217;s back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-section\"><a class=\"btn-read-more more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/faithful-to-his-promises\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t","status":"have-posts","nextPage":"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/category\/our-best-thought-2\/page\/3\/?woo_ajax=1","currentPage":"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/category\/our-best-thought-2\/page\/2"}