{"id":825,"date":"2024-06-27T15:50:32","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T03:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.tandem.org.nz\/onthejourney\/?page_id=825"},"modified":"2024-09-23T10:24:47","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T22:24:47","slug":"gods-standards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/onthejourney.nz\/explore\/explore-2\/gods-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"God\u2019s Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"825\" class=\"elementor elementor-825\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a08229d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a08229d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17c0940 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"17c0940\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1704d59 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1704d59\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ff7811 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4ff7811\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2c6414 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a2c6414\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1><b>God&#8217;s Standards<\/b><\/h1><p><span style=\"font-weight: 300\">If God really did design the world we live in, he would probably know the best way to live in it! His standards are not about removing the fun from our lives, but rather helping us live as well as possible.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 300\">Jesus\u2019 most famous talk is recorded in Matthew 5-7. Click on the button below to see some of the unexpected ways Jesus spoke to subjects like anger, lust and how to respond to people who hurt you.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ac4891 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"0ac4891\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aopen%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjkxNiIsInRvZ2dsZSI6ZmFsc2V9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">What he said<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0cc262b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0cc262b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 300\">It\u2019s important to know that Jesus is not saying that all anger is wrong, or all sexual desire is bad. 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