{"id":6073,"date":"2020-07-29T17:26:06","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T17:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faithfamilyfellowship.church\/?p=6073"},"modified":"2020-07-29T17:26:06","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T17:26:06","slug":"sermon-synopsis-for-sunday-august-2nd-as-a-man-is-so-thinks-he","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithfamilyfellowship.church\/?p=6073","title":{"rendered":"Sermon Synopsis for Sunday, August 2nd: &#8220;As a Man Is, So Thinks He&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faithfamilyfellowship.church\/?attachment_id=6075\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6075\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6075\" src=\"https:\/\/faithfamilyfellowship.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/bible-2883404_1280-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faithfamilyfellowship.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/bible-2883404_1280-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faithfamilyfellowship.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/bible-2883404_1280-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/faithfamilyfellowship.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/bible-2883404_1280-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faithfamilyfellowship.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/bible-2883404_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>There\u2019s this one Proverb that gives perfect clarity to why we do what we do: Proverbs 23:7 reads, <em>\u201cAs a man thinks in his heart, so is he.\u201d<\/em> We act upon what we think about. Most of our actions, except those totally driven by impulse, are born in our minds. We mentally dwell on something, and in time, we do it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faithfamilyfellowship.church\/?attachment_id=6068\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6068\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6068\" src=\"https:\/\/faithfamilyfellowship.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/the-apostle-paul-865248_1280-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faithfamilyfellowship.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/the-apostle-paul-865248_1280-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/faithfamilyfellowship.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/the-apostle-paul-865248_1280-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faithfamilyfellowship.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/the-apostle-paul-865248_1280.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The portion of Scripture into which we\u2019ll be <em>\u201cdigging deeper\u201d<\/em> this coming Sunday morning repeats this, but in reverse, that <em>\u201cas a man is, so thinks he.\u201d<\/em> The Apostle Paul is essentially reiterating King Solomon\u2019s pithy saying, but with a different emphasis. In Proverbs, the focus is on the origin of our actions, where they all start: in our minds. In Romans, however, the focus is on the outcome, where our minds inevitably take us: our actions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why not join us this Sunday to learn more about how our conduct betrays our contemplation&#8217;s in the sermon I\u2019ve entitled, <em>\u201cAs a Man Is, So Thinks He\u201d?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s this one Proverb that gives perfect clarity to why we do what we do: Proverbs 23:7 reads, \u201cAs a man thinks in his heart, so is he.\u201d We act upon what we think about. Most of our actions, except those totally driven by impulse, are born in our minds. We mentally dwell on something, &#8230; <span class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/faithfamilyfellowship.church\/?p=6073\">[Read more&#8230;]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6074,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-christy_alohayahoo-com","4":"post-6073","6":"format-standard","7":"has-post-thumbnail","8":"category-sermon-preview"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/faithfamilyfellowship.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/desperate-5011953_1280.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfamilyfellowship.church\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfamilyfellowship.church\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfamilyfellowship.church\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfamilyfellowship.church\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfamilyfellowship.church\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6073"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/faithfamilyfellowship.church\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6076,"href":"https:\/\/faithfamilyfellowship.church\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6073\/revisions\/6076"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfamilyfellowship.church\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfamilyfellowship.church\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfamilyfellowship.church\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfamilyfellowship.church\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}