{"id":6738,"date":"2009-12-04T17:01:26","date_gmt":"2009-12-04T17:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adrianwarnock.com\/?p=6738"},"modified":"2018-01-15T14:24:47","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T14:24:47","slug":"matt-chandler-before-surgery-my-heart-is-fulli-am-thankful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2009\/12\/matt-chandler-before-surgery-my-heart-is-fulli-am-thankful\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Chandler Before Surgery: My Heart Is Full\u2026I Am Thankful"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I am thankful that I have deep, real friendships at The Village with Michael Bleecker, Josh Patterson, Brian Miller, Chris Chavez and Beau Hughes. They have been such a comfort to me and my family this past week. Pastors should have good friends on their staff. It\u2019s risky but worth the risk.<\/p>\n

I am grateful for the men of God in my life, namely John Piper who taught me to hold my life cheap and to join with Paul in saying \u201cI don\u2019t count my life of any value or as precious to myself if only I might finish my course and complete the work that He gave me to do to testify to the Gospel of the grace of God. I\u2019m nothing, I just have a job. God keep me faithful on the job and then let me drop and go to the reward.\u201d Without this strong view of God\u2019s sovereign will, I\u2019m not sure how you don\u2019t despair in circumstances like mine. . .<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I am thankful that I have deep, real friendships at The Village with Michael Bleecker, Josh Patterson, Brian Miller, Chris Chavez and Beau Hughes. They have been such a comfort to me and my family this past week. Pastors should have good friends on their staff. It\u2019s risky but worth the risk. I am grateful […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1268,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[561],"class_list":["post-6738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-matt-chandler","tag-john-piper"],"yoast_head":"\nMatt Chandler Before Surgery: My Heart Is Full\u2026I Am Thankful<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I am thankful that I have deep, real friendships at The Village with Michael Bleecker, Josh Patterson, Brian Miller, Chris Chavez and Beau Hughes. 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