{"id":118933,"date":"2023-02-23T06:00:07","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T11:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=118933"},"modified":"2023-02-23T06:14:46","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T11:14:46","slug":"from-the-morning-bible-readings-1038","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=118933","title":{"rendered":"From the Morning Bible Readings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. This is why I left you in Crete, that you might amend what was defective, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you, if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of being profligate or insubordinate. For a bishop, as God&#8217;s steward, must be blameless; he must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain, but hospitable, a lover of goodness, master of himself, upright, holy, and self-controlled; he must hold firm to the sure word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to confute those who contradict it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Titus 1:4-9<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The long and winding road &#8211; looking down the &#39;Rest and be thankful&#39; &#8211; happy Thursday friends <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ScotlandisNow?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ScotlandisNow<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StormHour?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StormHour<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/photography?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#photography<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/photooftheday?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#photooftheday<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/landscape?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#landscape<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OutAndAboutScotland?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OutAndAboutScotland<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/landscapephotography?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#landscapephotography<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VisitScotland?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VisitScotland<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScotsMagazine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ScotsMagazine<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/friends?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#friends<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PhotoHour?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PhotoHour<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/stvsnaps?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#stvsnaps<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/beautiful?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#beautiful<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dHZwk4PHZc\">pic.twitter.com\/dHZwk4PHZc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mike Wood (@MikeMikwd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeMikwd\/status\/1628698313502474240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 23, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. 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