{"id":3185,"date":"2026-08-11T19:57:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T00:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/?p=3185"},"modified":"2026-08-11T19:57:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T00:57:11","slug":"how-close-is-the-lord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/?p=3185","title":{"rendered":"How Close Is the Lord?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>HOW CLOSE IS THE LORD?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1 THESSALONIANS 5:17&nbsp;&nbsp; Pray without ceasing.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PHILIPPIANS 4:6&nbsp;&nbsp; Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PSALM 27:14&nbsp;&nbsp; Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PSALM 4:3&nbsp;&nbsp; But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PSALM 55:17&nbsp;&nbsp; Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JOHN 14:14&nbsp;&nbsp; If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MATTHEW 7:7-8&nbsp;&nbsp; 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ROMANS 8:26&nbsp;&nbsp; Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1 PETER 4:7&nbsp;&nbsp; But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JOHN 14:1-6&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 2 In my Father&#8217;s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. 4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. 5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HOW CLOSE IS THE LORD? 1 THESSALONIANS 5:17&nbsp;&nbsp; Pray without ceasing. PHILIPPIANS 4:6&nbsp;&nbsp; Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. PSALM 27:14&nbsp;&nbsp; Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/?p=3185\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How Close Is the Lord?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-todaysbibleverse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3185"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3186,"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3185\/revisions\/3186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}