{"id":340909,"date":"2024-05-15T15:20:36","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T19:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/?p=340909"},"modified":"2024-05-15T15:20:36","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T19:20:36","slug":"the-satisfaction-of-your-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/post\/the-satisfaction-of-your-soul\/","title":{"rendered":"The Satisfaction of Your Soul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">When you\u2019re hungry, you eat, and your physical needs are satisfied. Thirst sends you searching for water to quench it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">But what do you do when you feel empty inside, deep in your soul? How can you fill that emptiness?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Some dive into the whirlwind of parties or are trapped by addiction. Some think that having a lot of money will make them feel better.\u00a0Could\u00a0it be that\u00a0having a loving family and good friends\u00a0satisfies\u00a0our soul?\u00a0And are things like being famous or doing well in school enough to make us truly happy? Maybe going on a fantastic trip is what we need to feel complete? The answer is No!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">The truth is, only one can truly, deeply satisfy your soul\u2014the Holy Spirit. Without it,\u00a0we\u2019re left\u00a0with a gaping void that leads to depression, sadness, and anxiety.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">The Bible tells us,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong><em>\u201cNow may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.\u201d (Romans 15:13)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Quenching physical thirst or satisfying earthly desires may fill a moment, but only the Holy Spirit can truly satisfy the soul\u2019s hunger. Seek the Holy Spirit, and let it fill you with peace and joy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">May the God of the Bible bless you!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Bishop Bira Joshua<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you\u2019re hungry, you eat, and your physical needs are satisfied. Thirst sends you searching for water to quench it.\u00a0 But what do you do when you feel empty inside, deep in your soul? How can you fill that emptiness? Some dive into the whirlwind of parties or are trapped by addiction. Some think that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":340910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[323],"tags":[282,42,6126,71,93,94,6141,1545,6151,133,6121],"site":[],"class_list":["post-340909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a-school-of-faith","tag-addiction","tag-anxiety","tag-bible","tag-challenge-of-faith","tag-deliverance","tag-depression","tag-faith","tag-family-problems","tag-friend","tag-holy-spirit","tag-the-holy-spirit"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340909","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=340909"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":340911,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340909\/revisions\/340911"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340909"},{"taxonomy":"site","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/site?post=340909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}