{"id":5602,"date":"2018-08-15T07:23:29","date_gmt":"2018-08-15T12:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/?p=5602"},"modified":"2018-08-15T07:23:29","modified_gmt":"2018-08-15T12:23:29","slug":"september-devotional-from-d-s-foster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/2018\/08\/september-devotional-from-d-s-foster\/","title":{"rendered":"September Devotional from D.S. Foster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>September 2018 \u2013 Bite Your Tongue<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">Read Together:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cHe who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy conceals a matter.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Proverbs 11:13<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">The United States government has a branch called the Central Intelligence Agency, better known as the CIA.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>This agency is responsible for conducting top secret missions of the United States. In order for anyone to become a CIA operative, they must undergo severe testing and training \u2013 everything from physical fitness and reaction time to IQ tests.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>After four weeks of very intensive training, the applicants are unexpectedly tested.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">These men and women are captured by those who they believe are the enemy.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>They are interrogated intensely for days to see if they will reveal the secret of who they are. If they withstand this final test, they officially become a CIA operative.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>If they reveal their secret, they will never have the opportunity to become an operative.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>They have proven themselves to be untrustworthy \u2013 unable to keep a secret!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s2\">Proverbs tells us that a talebearer reveals secrets, but a trustworthy man conceals them.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>A recruit\u2019s grueling weeks of giving it everything he or she had to become a CIA operative are all in vain if that recruit is unable to keep a secret.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Just as a tiny spark can set an entire forest aflame, the book of James reminds, an untrustworthy tongue can spoil an entire friendship or bring intense hurt to a person we love.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>Discussion Starters:<\/b><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>How do you feel when someone shares a secret with you?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Why is it difficult to trust someone who gossips?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Who are people you know you can trust?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Why?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>Lifeline:<\/b><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Ask God to help you think before you speak, to put a guard on your mouth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>Reflections<\/b>:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p7\"><span class=\"s2\">Blessings Always, (Numbers 6:24-26)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p7\"><span class=\"s2\">Rev. Dr. Andrew L. Foster, III.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 2018 \u2013 Bite Your Tongue Read Together:\u00a0 \u201cHe who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy conceals a matter.\u201d\u00a0 Proverbs 11:13 The United States government has a branch called the Central Intelligence Agency, better known as the CIA.\u00a0 This agency is responsible for conducting top secret missions of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-study"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5602"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5603,"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5602\/revisions\/5603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}