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The Peaceful Shore of the Kingdom of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more, read <a href=\"http:\/\/Weighdown.com\">The Legend to the Treasure<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For most, obedience conjures up the concept of \u201cobligation.\u201d But for me, obedience conjures up the concept of \u201copportunity.\u201d This opportunity of conformity to God\u2019s Divine Will purifies us&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[176,336,428,444],"class_list":["post-547224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to-have-a-relationship-with-god","tag-gwen-shamblin","tag-peace","tag-true-religion","tag-weigh-down"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Opportunity of God&#039;s Will - 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