{"id":29684,"date":"2025-04-03T03:50:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T09:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=29684"},"modified":"2025-04-04T08:36:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T14:36:07","slug":"gods-good-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2025\/04\/gods-good-will\/","title":{"rendered":"The Father’s good will"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Luke 22:41-42<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

What was God’s will in Christ’s agony?<\/p>\n\n\n

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Doctrine and Covenants 29:5<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

I have learned that Heavenly Father wants to give us experiences with his kingdom in our lives right now, not just in the afterlife. The following parables in Matthew 13 teach us how.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Life in the kingdom begins with small acts of faith and becomes a beautiful home, providing shelter and protection from the world. Others will be drawn to it, so all kinds of personalities will be in this “tree.”<\/em> There is room to sit together and figure out life.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Small acts of faith bring great blessings because God is generous.<\/em> The benefits of the kingdom impact all areas of life, and can bless the people within the believer’s influence. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The kingdom is the source of joy<\/em> and will require the sacrifice of all worldly things to attain it<\/em>. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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It’s something we must seek, and nothing compares in value<\/em>. It will be the pinnacle of life’s labors.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Great pains will be given to gather all, but eventually, only those who choose to obey may stay.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

So, in whatever way you are experiencing the kingdom of heaven in your life: seeking answers, finding shelter, rejoicing, sacrificing, repenting, feeling pulled away from your old life…this is all part of the plan to gather you home to the Father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know His will for us is so, so good<\/em>, so let’s hold on together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What was God’s will in Christ’s agony? I have learned that Heavenly Father wants to give us experiences with his kingdom in our lives right now, not just in the afterlife. The following parables in Matthew 13 teach us how. Life in the kingdom begins with small acts of faith and becomes a beautiful home, … Continue reading The Father’s good will<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,42,36,20,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church","category-doctrine-and-covenants","category-jesus-christ","category-life-according-to-angela","category-new-testament"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29684"}],"version-history":[{"count":69,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29822,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29684\/revisions\/29822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}