{"id":140,"date":"2009-03-18T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-18T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2009\/03\/hope-is-grace.html"},"modified":"2009-03-18T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-18T01:00:00","slug":"hope-is-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2009\/03\/hope-is-grace.html","title":{"rendered":"Hope is Grace"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just a short thought for your day:  When you put your faith in God, you let go of your problems.  They’re not all up to you anymore.  The act of faith of putting your problems into God’s hands is itself, a blessing.<\/p>\n

It is by God’s grace that we can go to Him.  It is by God’s grace that we are healed.  God created us, and created a way for us to be fully alive, through Him.<\/p>\n

So when we activate our beliefs and make an act of faith, we are immediately enjoying God’s grace.  It is by faith that God’s grace thrives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just a short thought for your day:  When you put your faith in God, you let go of your problems.  They’re not all up to you anymore.  The act of faith of putting your problems into God’s hands is itself, a blessing. It is by God’s grace that we can go to Him.  It is…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":171,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,4,5,17,12,8,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-happiness","category-joy","category-prayers","category-religion","category-spirituality","category-weight-loss","category-wellness"],"yoast_head":"\nHope is Grace - Dr. Norris J. 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