{"id":11938,"date":"2020-02-23T05:34:02","date_gmt":"2020-02-23T11:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=11938"},"modified":"2020-02-23T05:34:19","modified_gmt":"2020-02-23T11:34:19","slug":"you-just-cant-live-without-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=11938","title":{"rendered":"You Just Can’t Live Without It"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We\u2019re driving home from Bryson\u2019s wall climbing sport. It\u2019s his absolute love. He is making climbs that the adults have trouble with. I witnessed them trying, but, then again, this Nana is super-partial. I\u2019m amazed by how skilled he is compared to the last time I was here. He\u2019s telling me jokes. \u201cDid you hear about the new Apple car? It\u2019s great but they\u2019re having trouble with its \u201cWindows\u201d.\u201d And, I remind him of the riddle he told me a couple of years ago. We were sitting on their patio and the rain was pouring down. He started talking about a tsunami. Then he asks me \u201c What is it that we can\u2019t live without, but it can still kill you?\u201d I didn’t know. The answer? Water. So, Bryson says, \u201cWonder what it feels like to be drowning?\u201d I respond: \u201cWell, have you ever been in water and you couldn\u2019t get your breath?\u201d Bryson says. “Oh, yes. Brothers. It\u2019s called brothers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This kid cracks me up! But, his analogy and riddle gave me “food” for thought! Oh, FOOD \u2013 something else we can\u2019t live without for more than 4-6 weeks \u2013 depending on the weight and health of the person! We can\u2019t live without air for more than 3 minutes. Some people can\u2019t live long without certain medicines or medical care. Some can\u2019t live long without financial support of others because they are either physically or mentally disabled. The point being, there are more than a few things in life we can\u2019t live without, but there is one thing that supersedes them all, and that is God and His Word. (2 Timothy 3:16,17)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jesus said, \u201cMan shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word that proceeds from the mouth of God.\u201d (Matthew 4:4). Yes, we can\u2019t live physically without the necessities of life here on planet earth: air, water and food. However, even with those necessities, we will still eventually die and face God and if we face Him, unprepared, then we might say \u201cWe\u2019re up a creek without a paddle!\u201d I know the life I have here is just temporary and if I don\u2019t have air, water and food \u2013 I\u2019ll be a goner on this side of heaven. But, not when it comes to the promises God made in John 3:16 \u201cFor God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son. That WHOEVER believes in Him, shall NOT perish, but have EVERLASTING LIFE!\u201d Woohoo! That\u2019s what I\u2019m talking about! Real life begins when we leave this life to eternal life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If we desire to live eternally with God in heaven, we might start asking the riddle: \u201c\u201cWhat is it that you can\u2019t live without in eternity, but must die to get it?\u201d And, the answer is: \u201cWe must come to know the Maker of Heaven and Earth \u2013 the ONE Who created life, in the first place. Get to know the Son of God, the Lord Jesus Christ \u2013 Who came to give us eternal life. \u201cTo live with Christ, we must be buried with Him by baptism and raised to walk in the newness of life.\u201d (Romans 6:3,4) Yes, we must first die with Christ, in order to live forever with Him. (2 Timothy 2:11,12) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, if we want that \u201clive forever and ever\u201d guarantee \u2013 then we \u201cBelieve on the Lord, Jesus, Christ \u2013 AND we shall be saved!\u201d (Acts 16:31) \u201cAnd, Peter said to them, \u201cRepent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.\u201d That, my friends is the Christian\u2019s Bill of Health guarantee. Believe me when I say, you can\u2019t truly live without it! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We\u2019re driving home from Bryson\u2019s wall climbing sport. It\u2019s his absolute love. He is making climbs that the adults have trouble with. I witnessed them trying, but, then again, this Nana is super-partial. I\u2019m amazed by how skilled he is compared to the last time I was here. He\u2019s telling me jokes. \u201cDid you hear…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11939,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16608,16609],"tags":[16603,16598,16614,1210,1769,16596,16612,16595,4210,593,16611,16613,16600,16610],"class_list":["post-11938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climbing","category-everlasting-life","tag-air","tag-apple-car","tag-be-baptized","tag-blog","tag-christian","tag-climbing-sport","tag-everlasting-life","tag-food","tag-heaven","tag-john-316","tag-necessities","tag-not-perish","tag-repent","tag-windows"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11938"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11943,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11938\/revisions\/11943"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}