{"id":350744,"date":"2026-03-01T07:18:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T12:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/?p=350744"},"modified":"2026-03-11T11:31:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T15:31:47","slug":"renewal-of-the-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/post\/renewal-of-the-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"Renewal of the Spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color: #f2f8fc; padding: 2em; border-left: 5px solid #ccc; margin: 1em 0;\"><p>Create in me a clean heart, O God,<br \/>\nAnd renew a steadfast spirit within me.<br \/>\nDo not cast me away from Your presence,<br \/>\nAnd do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. (Psalm 51:10-11)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nWhen one seeks the Holy Spirit, not clinging to anyone or the things of the world, and turns to God, repenting of their sins and beginning to live a righteous life, He is faithful and just to forgive.<\/p>\n<p>Like King David, seek and implore again for His Spirit to return to dwell in your being, and the Holy Spirit will come to make His home in your new heart.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. (Psalm 51:10-11) &nbsp; When one seeks the Holy Spirit, not clinging to anyone or the things of the world, and turns to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":350745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6248,377],"tags":[6126,6223,6224],"site":[],"class_list":["post-350744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ester-bezerra","category-women","tag-bible","tag-meditation","tag-the-word-of-god"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350744","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=350744"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":350746,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350744\/revisions\/350746"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350744"},{"taxonomy":"site","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/site?post=350744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}