{"id":700,"date":"2010-10-26T22:26:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-26T22:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2010\/10\/spiritual-takers\/"},"modified":"2017-01-25T19:00:30","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T00:00:30","slug":"spiritual-takers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2010\/10\/spiritual-takers.html","title":{"rendered":"spiritual takers&#8230;"},"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>\u2026 You know those friends that only call you when they need help moving? Every one has a friend like that. Or maybe you are one. Now apply this to our spiritual lives. Do we only call on God when there is a great need or crisis? 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