{"id":351404,"date":"2026-05-07T07:58:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T11:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/?p=351404"},"modified":"2026-05-07T12:09:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T16:09:06","slug":"as-a-little-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/post\/as-a-little-child\/","title":{"rendered":"As a Little Child"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color: #f2f8fc; padding: 2em; border-left: 5px solid #ccc; margin: 1em 0;\"><p>Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it.\u2019 (Mark 10:15)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nInto the Kingdom of God enter those who are sincere, humble, and believe in His words, just like a child who receives and believes what is said to them; there is no malice, nor distrust, nor doubt.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe same is true of those who surrender themselves to God without reservation: they truly and genuinely believe. With a humble and pure heart like that of a child, they seek to know Him deeply, and they do His will, walking in His discipline with body, soul, and spirit.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it.\u2019 (Mark 10:15) &nbsp; Into the Kingdom of God enter those who are sincere, humble, and believe in His words, just like a child who receives and believes what is said to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":351405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[323,6248,377],"tags":[],"site":[],"class_list":["post-351404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a-school-of-faith","category-ester-bezerra","category-women"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351404","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=351404"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":351406,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351404\/revisions\/351406"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351404"},{"taxonomy":"site","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/site?post=351404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}