{"id":351889,"date":"2026-07-08T07:31:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T11:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/?p=351889"},"modified":"2026-07-09T15:40:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T19:40:37","slug":"evil-in-the-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/post\/evil-in-the-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Evil in the Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color: #f2f8fc; padding: 2em; border-left: 5px solid #ccc; margin: 1em 0;\"><p>Do not\u00a0take me away with the wicked<br \/>\nAnd with the workers of iniquity,<br \/>\nWho speak peace to their neighbors,<br \/>\nBut evil\u00a0is\u00a0in their hearts.<br \/>\nGive them according to their deeds,<br \/>\nAnd according to the wickedness of their endeavors;<br \/>\nGive them according to the work of their hands;<br \/>\nRender to them what they deserve. (Psalm 28:3-4)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nEvery day, we must remain on the watchtower so that our hearts are not deceived by evil; many things appear good, but are not. We live among malicious people who plot evil. We cannot see what is in their hearts; we must surrender ourselves into the hands of the Lord so that He may protect us from those who rise against us, His children. He promptly avenges us and fights for us at all times.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Do not\u00a0take me away with the wicked And with the workers of iniquity, Who speak peace to their neighbors, But evil\u00a0is\u00a0in their hearts. Give them according to their deeds, And according to the wickedness of their endeavors; Give them according to the work of their hands; Render to them what they deserve. (Psalm 28:3-4) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":351890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6248,377],"tags":[],"site":[],"class_list":["post-351889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ester-bezerra","category-women"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351889","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=351889"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":351891,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351889\/revisions\/351891"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351889"},{"taxonomy":"site","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/site?post=351889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}