{"id":52,"date":"2025-10-26T21:24:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T04:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingcontrast.com\/bible-rooted-alternatives-to-yoga\/?page_id=52"},"modified":"2025-10-29T19:03:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T02:03:26","slug":"strengthen-love","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/livingcontrast.com\/bible-rooted-alternatives-to-yoga\/strengthen-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Strengthen Love"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#ebe8d3\">\u201cMight someone <strong>young in the faith<\/strong> be watching you and saying to herself, \u2018You know, she\u2019s a strong Christian and loves Jesus. She does yoga&#8230; I think I\u2019ll take that yoga class being <strong>offered down the street<\/strong>&#8230; Are we responsible for living our lives in such a way as to be a help or a hindrance to the cause of Christ?\u201d<br><br>&#8211; <em>Laurette Willis, <a href=\"http:\/\/praisemoves.com\">PraiseMoves<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background has-small-font-size\" style=\"background-color:#cdc590\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Grow in your love for God<\/strong><br><br>Strengthen in His Word while moving to the flow of scripture; let Him teach you about what things are important to Him and how you are important to Him.<br><br>\u201cDo not love the world or the things of the world.\u201d Meaning of love here includes \u201cto welcome,\u201d \u201centertain,\u201d \u201cpleased or content with.\u201d (<strong>1 John 2:15<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Grow in love with other believers by growing together<\/strong><br><br>&#8220;&#8230;not seeking my own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.\u201d (1<strong> Cor 10:23-33<\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Keep God\u2019s flavor distinct and savor His seasoning! Let the full brightness of His light shine as it is meant to\u2014unhindered. (<strong>Matt 5:13-16<\/strong>) <em>PraiseMoves<\/em> and <em>WholyFit<\/em> are two ministries that seek to keep the family of God from the struggle of compromise.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rest knowing that your choices support growth in others, and are not a possible \u201cstumbling block.\u201d (<strong>1 Cor 8, Rom 14<\/strong>)<br><br>\u201cSome asanas are called after gods&#8230;\u201d (B.K.S Iyengar quote\u2014Light on Yoga, pg. 24). In your liberty \u201c&#8230;if anyone sees you who have knowledge <br>eating in an idol\u2019s temple&#8230; when you thus sin against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.\u201d (<strong>1 Cor 8<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cMight someone young in the faith be watching you and saying to herself, \u2018You know, she\u2019s a strong Christian and loves Jesus. She does yoga&#8230; I think I\u2019ll take that yoga class being offered down the street&#8230; Are we responsible for living our lives in such a way as to be a help or a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/livingcontrast.com\/bible-rooted-alternatives-to-yoga\/strengthen-love\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Strengthen Love&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":114,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-52","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingcontrast.com\/bible-rooted-alternatives-to-yoga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingcontrast.com\/bible-rooted-alternatives-to-yoga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingcontrast.com\/bible-rooted-alternatives-to-yoga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingcontrast.com\/bible-rooted-alternatives-to-yoga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingcontrast.com\/bible-rooted-alternatives-to-yoga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/livingcontrast.com\/bible-rooted-alternatives-to-yoga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":186,"href":"https:\/\/livingcontrast.com\/bible-rooted-alternatives-to-yoga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52\/revisions\/186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingcontrast.com\/bible-rooted-alternatives-to-yoga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingcontrast.com\/bible-rooted-alternatives-to-yoga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}