{"id":28452,"date":"2022-04-29T09:51:24","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T15:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/?p=28452"},"modified":"2023-08-29T11:33:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T17:33:21","slug":"like-a-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/like-a-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Like A Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Like a Tree<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThey will be like a tree planted by the water . . . its leaves are always green\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(Jeremiah 17:8, NIV)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Like a tree by a stream, let me be,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">my roots deep in moist soil,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">so when drought comes,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">heavens don\u2019t give rain,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I stand green and flourishing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">May I be a sturdy oak,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">my roots deep in God,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">so when winds blow,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">storms unleash,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I stand erect in any gale,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">firm upon the Rock.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">May my faith go deep into His Word,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">until I stand strong, rooted,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">steadfast in His promises,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">able to weather any storm \u2014\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">like a tree by a stream.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; Jewell Johnson<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like a Tree &nbsp; \u201cThey will be like a tree planted by the water . . . its leaves are always green\u201d (Jeremiah 17:8, NIV) &nbsp; Like a tree by a stream, let me be, my roots deep in moist soil, so when drought comes, heavens don\u2019t give rain, I stand green and flourishing. &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":315,"featured_media":28453,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","castos_file_data":"","podmotor_file_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2077,759],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - 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