{"id":19813,"date":"2012-10-28T06:48:53","date_gmt":"2012-10-28T06:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/?p=19813"},"modified":"2017-09-16T17:43:03","modified_gmt":"2017-09-16T16:43:03","slug":"19813","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2012\/10\/19813\/","title":{"rendered":"Awaken the dawn"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/298\/2012\/10\/20121028-064838.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/298\/2012\/10\/20121028-064838.jpg\" alt=\"20121028-064838.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cLet us press on to know the LORD; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.\u201d (Hosea 6:3)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s not enough to know about him. It\u2019s not enough to live an outwardly holy life  that\u2019s good enough to con most people. That hunger in our hearts is a longing for communion with Him. Lets pursue his presence. <\/p>\n<p>Looking for songs to help you? The <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/album\/newday-live-2012\/id567240514\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Newday 2012 album<\/a> is a great place to start!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLet us press on to know the LORD; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.\u201d (Hosea 6:3) It\u2019s not enough to know about him. 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