{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"New Song Church OKC","title":"Blocks Conference - Night 1 - Sarah Blount","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3455,"description":"Part of what we wanted to capture in the Voyager message was this great longing we feel.\n-Annie Druyan\nThere is a lack of passion in the Bride.\nThe Bridegroom left on a journey just before the wedding, and the Bride cannot act as if things\nare normal. If she loves Him, she will ache for His return. Saving faith says, \"Thy kingdom come!\nCome back, O precious Bridegroom. Come, reign as King. Come, vindicate your people. Come,\nmarry your Bride.” If she loves him she will ache for his return. She will ask for His Kingdom to\ncome. She won’t be lured to sleep by the world. Or caught in the act of adultery with another\nlover. -John Piper\nStorge - Familial Love. Like the love a mother has for her child.\nPhilia- Brotherly Love. Like how you love your brothers and sisters in Christ.\nAgape - Unconditional, Selfless Love. Like how Christ loves us.\nEros - Passionate, Burning Love. Like how a groom loves his bride.\nIn the world, we find EROS without AGAPE.\nIn the church, we find AGAPE without EROS.\nPlan 1: The Squelch Diet\nThe shutting down of any and all indulgence of desire.\nSquelch = forcefully silence or suppress\nTo squelch our desires is to hinder our seeking.\nTo ignore our longings is to ignore the one who can fulfill our longings.\nJohn 1:35-39 The following day John was again standing with two of his disciples. As Jesus\nwalked by, John looked at him and declared, “Look! There is the Lamb of God!” When John’s\ntwo disciples heard this, they followed Jesus. Jesus looked around and saw them following.\n“What do you want?” he asked them. They replied, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where\nare you staying?” “Come and see,” he said.\nBehind all of our misdirected desires, there is a legitimate desire God put there and wants to\nsatisfy.\nWhat’s needed to progress on the journey of the Christian life is DEPTH of desire, not DEATH\nof desire. -Christopher West\nWhat if instead of training yourself to ignore longings, you let your longings train you?\nPlan 2: Fast Food Diet\nThe...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/bnHuiqv1vzbVKS3-CGSScUOuOFSAm4CGeToUp1bnpos/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zOTVl/MTRhMTgxNzM4MDZl/YmFlNGVmYzkzMGRm/MjkyZi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}