{"id":3214,"date":"2024-01-14T09:08:09","date_gmt":"2024-01-14T14:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kenverheecke.com\/site\/?p=3214"},"modified":"2025-04-09T07:47:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T11:47:20","slug":"salvation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kenverheecke.com\/site\/2024\/01\/14\/salvation\/","title":{"rendered":"Salvation"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>\u201cBehold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.\u201d Isaiah 12:2<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>God is our salvation! It is defined as&#8230; preservation or deliverance from destruction, difficulty, or evil. For those who are christians, believers in Jesus&#8230; we can be confident that God is our defender from destruction and evil. There is no reason to fear!<\/p>\n<p>I also love that the passage in Isaiah also notes that God is our strength and song!<\/p>\n<p>As this new day begins&#8230; with a song in our hearts, we can go forth knowing that God is with us. That&#8217;s a good word!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3215\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.kenverheecke.com\/site\/2024\/01\/14\/salvation\/salvation\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kenverheecke.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/salvation.jpeg?fit=1280%2C1280&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"salvation\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kenverheecke.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/salvation.jpeg?fit=990%2C990&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-3215\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kenverheecke.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/salvation.jpeg?resize=990%2C990&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kenverheecke.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/salvation.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kenverheecke.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/salvation.jpeg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kenverheecke.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/salvation.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kenverheecke.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/salvation.jpeg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kenverheecke.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/salvation.jpeg?resize=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kenverheecke.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/salvation.jpeg?resize=180%2C180&amp;ssl=1 180w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kenverheecke.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/salvation.jpeg?resize=50%2C50&amp;ssl=1 50w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kenverheecke.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/salvation.jpeg?resize=370%2C370&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kenverheecke.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/salvation.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 990px) 100vw, 990px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cBehold, God is my salvation; 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