{"id":338333,"date":"2023-06-23T11:14:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T15:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/?p=338333"},"modified":"2023-11-16T11:43:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T16:43:28","slug":"get-back-on-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/post\/get-back-on-track\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Back on Track"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When a person is driving down the street and realizes they\u2019re going the wrong way, what do they do? Make a U-turn so they can get back on track.<\/p>\n<p>It sounds much simpler on the road than in real life. Often, we don\u2019t even recognize that we\u2019re going down the wrong road. Life\u2019s distractions, problems, actions, reactions, and choices. It can turn into a tangled web.<\/p>\n<p>The Bible has a few tips on how to turn around if the road has been rocky.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201c\u2018Be angry, and do not sin\u2019: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need. Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.\u201d (Ephesians 4: 26-29)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2043 Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth.<br \/>\n\u2043 Put away lying.<br \/>\n\u2043 Do not steal.<br \/>\n\u2043 Be angry but do not sin.<\/p>\n<p>These are some of life\u2019s common wrong turns. Much more can be added to the list, but we must individually look at ourselves to see where we have made wrong turns and start looking for signs to get on the right track. The best \u201cmap\u201d to guide you is the word of God. It will always show you if you are going off course. And it will also help you get back on track.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t ignore the signs. Make a U-turn and start heading in that direction.<\/p>\n<p>May the God of the Bible bless you,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/birafonseca.com\">Bishop Bira Joshua<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a person is driving down the street and realizes they\u2019re going the wrong way, what do they do? Make a U-turn so they can get back on track. It sounds much simpler on the road than in real life. Often, we don\u2019t even recognize that we\u2019re going down the wrong road. Life\u2019s distractions, problems, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":339833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[323],"tags":[],"site":[],"class_list":["post-338333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a-school-of-faith"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/248"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338333"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":338335,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338333\/revisions\/338335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338333"},{"taxonomy":"site","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/site?post=338333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}