{"id":13486,"date":"2021-06-27T14:34:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-27T22:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/?post_type=sermon&#038;p=13486"},"modified":"2021-09-21T14:40:12","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T22:40:12","slug":"guard-the-gift","status":"publish","type":"sermon","link":"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/sermon\/guard-the-gift\/","title":{"rendered":"Guard the Gift"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13486\" class=\"elementor elementor-13486\" data-elementor-post-type=\"sermon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fc4960c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fc4960c\" data-element_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-c98f1da\" data-id=\"c98f1da\" data-element_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-fe6ded9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fe6ded9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Guard the Gift<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-49b2e16 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"49b2e16\" data-element_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-e21d736\" data-id=\"e21d736\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-d9f484e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d9f484e\" data-element_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-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-76e97c9\" data-id=\"76e97c9\" data-element_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-de4f8bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"de4f8bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"widget-content\"><h3><span id=\"en-NIV-29816\" class=\"text 2Tim-1-6\">Appeal for Loyalty to Paul and the Gospel<\/span><\/h3><p><span class=\"text 2Tim-1-6\"><sup class=\"versenum\">6\u00a0<\/sup>For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-29817\" class=\"text 2Tim-1-7\"><sup class=\"versenum\">7\u00a0<\/sup>For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid,\u00a0but gives us power,\u00a0love and self-discipline.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-29818\" class=\"text 2Tim-1-8\"><sup class=\"versenum\">8\u00a0<\/sup>So do not be ashamed\u00a0of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner.\u00a0Rather, join with me in suffering for the gospel,\u00a0by the power of God.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-29819\" class=\"text 2Tim-1-9\"><sup class=\"versenum\">9\u00a0<\/sup>He has saved\u00a0us and called\u00a0us to a holy life\u2014not because of anything we have done\u00a0but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-29820\" class=\"text 2Tim-1-10\"><sup class=\"versenum\">10\u00a0<\/sup>but it has now been revealed\u00a0through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus,\u00a0who has destroyed death\u00a0and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-29821\" class=\"text 2Tim-1-11\"><sup class=\"versenum\">11\u00a0<\/sup>And of this gospel\u00a0I was appointed\u00a0a herald and an apostle and a teacher.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-29822\" class=\"text 2Tim-1-12\"><sup class=\"versenum\">12\u00a0<\/sup>That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet this is no cause for shame,\u00a0because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard\u00a0what I have entrusted to him until that day.<\/span><\/p><p><span id=\"en-NIV-29823\" class=\"text 2Tim-1-13\"><sup class=\"versenum\">13\u00a0<\/sup>What you heard from me,\u00a0keep\u00a0as the pattern\u00a0of sound teaching,\u00a0with faith and love in Christ Jesus.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-29824\" class=\"text 2Tim-1-14\"><sup class=\"versenum\">14\u00a0<\/sup>Guard\u00a0the good deposit that was entrusted to you\u2014guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.<\/span><\/p><p>2 Timothy 1:6-14<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c3e8eed\" data-id=\"c3e8eed\" data-element_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-31715e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"31715e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/9kFZpUeWwYQ&quot;,&quot;show_image_overlay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;image_overlay&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d55baa0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d55baa0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\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\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are we doing to stir each other up in order to nurture future generations of believers?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"elementor_header_footer","categories":[34],"tags":[88,85],"speaker":[],"class_list":["post-13486","sermon","type-sermon","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sermons","tag-brother-ed-lu","tag-other"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Guard the Gift - Connect Ministry<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/sermon\/guard-the-gift\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Guard the Gift - Connect Ministry\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What are we doing to stir each other up in order to nurture future generations of believers?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/sermon\/guard-the-gift\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Connect Ministry\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-09-21T22:40:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/getty_168325476_349217.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/sermon\/guard-the-gift\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/sermon\/guard-the-gift\/\",\"name\":\"Guard the Gift - Connect Ministry\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/sermon\/guard-the-gift\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/sermon\/guard-the-gift\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/getty_168325476_349217.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-27T22:34:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-09-21T22:40:12+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/sermon\/guard-the-gift\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/sermon\/guard-the-gift\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/sermon\/guard-the-gift\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/getty_168325476_349217.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/getty_168325476_349217.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/sermon\/guard-the-gift\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Guard the Gift\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/\",\"name\":\"Connect Ministry\",\"description\":\"Monterey Park Chinese Baptist Church\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/#organization\",\"name\":\"CONNECT Ministry\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Logo_ConnectMinistry_20221102_Horizontal@0.5x-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Logo_ConnectMinistry_20221102_Horizontal@0.5x-1.png\",\"width\":518,\"height\":133,\"caption\":\"CONNECT Ministry\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Guard the Gift - Connect Ministry","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/sermon\/guard-the-gift\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Guard the Gift - Connect Ministry","og_description":"What are we doing to stir each other up in order to nurture future generations of believers?","og_url":"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/sermon\/guard-the-gift\/","og_site_name":"Connect Ministry","article_modified_time":"2021-09-21T22:40:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/getty_168325476_349217.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/sermon\/guard-the-gift\/","url":"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/sermon\/guard-the-gift\/","name":"Guard the Gift - Connect Ministry","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/sermon\/guard-the-gift\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/sermon\/guard-the-gift\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/getty_168325476_349217.jpg","datePublished":"2021-06-27T22:34:00+00:00","dateModified":"2021-09-21T22:40:12+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/sermon\/guard-the-gift\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/sermon\/guard-the-gift\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/sermon\/guard-the-gift\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/getty_168325476_349217.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/getty_168325476_349217.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/sermon\/guard-the-gift\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Guard the Gift"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/","name":"Connect Ministry","description":"Monterey Park Chinese Baptist Church","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/#organization","name":"CONNECT Ministry","url":"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Logo_ConnectMinistry_20221102_Horizontal@0.5x-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Logo_ConnectMinistry_20221102_Horizontal@0.5x-1.png","width":518,"height":133,"caption":"CONNECT Ministry"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sermon\/13486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sermon"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/sermon"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13486"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sermon\/13486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13492,"href":"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sermon\/13486\/revisions\/13492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13486"},{"taxonomy":"speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker?post=13486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}