{"id":342,"date":"2010-02-27T01:56:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-27T01:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chadstutzman.net\/?p=342"},"modified":"2010-02-27T01:56:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-27T01:56:00","slug":"walls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/?p=342","title":{"rendered":"Walls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What do you do when you hit a wall emotionally or spiritually?<span style=\"\">  <\/span>Most of us try to find another way around that wall.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>In other words we choose another path with less resistance instead of trying to break through that wall.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>The funny thing is God usually brings us back to same place again and again until we break through.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>Many times we can get lost trying to find another way instead of working on a way to break through that wall.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>On the other side of that wall is new freedom and emotional health.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>This process builds our character and increases our faith if we are persistent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">To break through those tough walls in our lives, Paul tells us in 2 Corinthians 10:5 to recognize lies that are holding us back and replace those lies with God\u2019s truth.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>The way in which we think directs our behavior and that thinking often times keeps us behind walls and stagnate in our spiritual growth.<span style=\"\">  <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">When our thinking changes and lines up with the way God thinks, we can break through those obstacles.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>Our thoughts have power.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>To win over them, we must submit to Christ and control what we allow our mind to dwell on.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>The more we dwell on God\u2019s truth the more we can recognize the lies that are holding us back from the freedom God wants us to have.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Whatever walls we face, to keep growing spiritually and emotionally we must face those walls head on and keep pushing to get to the other side and freedom.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>God has promised to always be with us, and if we lean on Him for strength we can break through any obstacles on our spiritual journey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What do you do when you hit a wall emotionally or spiritually? Most of us try to find another way around that wall. In other words we choose another path with less resistance instead of trying to break through that wall. The funny thing is God usually brings us back to same place again and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/?p=342\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Walls&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emotional-health","category-personal-growth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}