{"id":1617,"date":"2012-11-08T01:23:26","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T07:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pastorfrog.com\/?p=1617"},"modified":"2012-10-05T00:54:14","modified_gmt":"2012-10-05T05:54:14","slug":"is-it-time-to-open-presents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pastorfrog.com\/?p=1617","title":{"rendered":"Is it Time to Open Presents?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>1<sup>st<\/sup> John 5:1-5<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has become a child of God. And everyone who loves the Father loves his children, too. <sup>2<\/sup>We know we love God\u2019s children if we love God and obey his commandments. <sup>3<\/sup>Loving God means keeping his commandments, and his commandments are not burdensome. <sup>4<\/sup>For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith. <sup>5<\/sup>And who can win this battle against the world? 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