{"id":1924,"date":"2022-12-30T12:45:17","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T12:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empoweringaction.org\/?p=1924"},"modified":"2022-12-30T12:45:17","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T12:45:17","slug":"newyear2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empoweringaction.org\/es\/newyear2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Word on 2022 and the Year-End Matching Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1924\" class=\"elementor elementor-1924\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2cdd4e87 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2cdd4e87\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c8672f7\" data-id=\"6c8672f7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46c2b7dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46c2b7dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>One final word of encouragement as 2022 comes to a close and we approach the end of our <a href=\"https:\/\/give.empoweringaction.org\/ten\">10th Anniversary Matching Campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Raydel passed along this update last week:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>To continue sharing what is happening here, I am attaching a photo from today in the community of Alta Gracia. God continues to work, and although we are on &#8220;vacation,&#8221; it is difficult to say no to a group of young people who want to use their own vacation to learn from the Word.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I told him this could be the caption to the photos:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Psalm 119:20 \u2013 &#8220;My soul is consumed with longing for your laws at all times.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The theologian Albert Barnes provided the following powerful description of the psalmist:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The desire to know more of the commands of God acted continually on him, exhausting his strength, and overcoming him. He so longed for God that, in our language, &#8220;it wore upon him&#8221; &#8211; as any ungratified desire does. It was not the possession of the knowledge of God that exhausted him; it was the intenseness of his desire that he might know more of God.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The world desperately needs evangelical leaders who are hungry to personally comprehend and effectively communicate the life-changing truths of Scripture.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your partnership in this endeavor.<\/p>\n<p>Happy New Year!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One final word of encouragement as 2022 comes to a close and we approach the end of our 10th Anniversary Matching Campaign. Raydel passed along this update last week: To continue sharing what is happening here, I am attaching a photo from today in the community of Alta Gracia. 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