{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"New Song Students OKC","title":"Exodus - God Will Be Near - Tonderai Bassoppo-Moyo","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3947,"description":"“Then He said to Abram: “Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a land that\nis not theirs, and will serve them, and they will afflict them four hundred years. And also the\nnation whom they serve I will judge; afterward they shall come out with great possessions. Now\nas for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a good old age. But in\nthe fourth generation they shall return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.\n””\nGenesis 15:13-16 NKJV\nIn the crucible of hardship is the beginning of forming the nation\nThe moments of hardship bring with them blessings that are set to grow us to the next level of\nour faith - if we see it.\n“Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because\nyou know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work\nso that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. If any of you lacks wisdom, you\nshould ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. But\nwhen you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of\nthe sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That person should not expect to receive anything from\nthe Lord. Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do. Believers in humble\ncircumstances ought to take pride in their high position. For the sun rises with scorching heat\nand withers the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way, the rich will\nfade away even while they go about their business. Blessed is the one who perseveres under\ntrial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has\npromised to those who love him.\n”\nJames 1:2-9, 11-12 NIV\nPerseverance = To remain under\n“Now all the people witnessed the thunderings, the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet,\nand the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/BjiZxrt0a9mZ2dDE8857wRItwuk9xfgMH36A4JE3q70/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI3OTc4LzE2OTMw/NzI5MzktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}