{"id":14391,"date":"2025-12-08T10:57:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T15:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=14391"},"modified":"2025-12-08T10:57:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T15:57:19","slug":"ready-aim-hit-the-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2025\/12\/ready-aim-hit-the-target\/","title":{"rendered":"Ready! Aim! Hit the Target!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>2025 THEME: Burning Hearts<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Title: Ready! Aim! Hit the Target!<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Scripture: I Thess. 1-Philemon<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>I. SPECIFIC TARGETS<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">Target #1: Faithful (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>work<\/strong><\/span>), loving (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>deeds<\/strong><\/span>), and enduring (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>hope<\/strong><\/span>).<br \/>\nTarget #2: to be trusted and approved (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>servants<\/strong><\/span>).<br \/>\nTarget #3: to be on the alert for the (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>coming of Christ<\/strong><\/span>).<br \/>\nTarget #4: to be aware of (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>where we came from<\/strong><\/span>) and (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>who we are<\/strong><\/span>).<br \/>\nTarget #5: to (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>stand firm<\/strong><\/span>) in the faith.<br \/>\nTarget #6: (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>respect all people<\/strong><\/span>)-widows, elders, and slaves.<br \/>\nTarget #7: live life (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>above reproach<\/strong><\/span>).<br \/>\nTarget #8: be an (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>advocate<\/strong><\/span>) for others.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>II. ARROWS TO GUIDE<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">Arrow #1: (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Growing and overflowing<\/strong><\/span>) love (I Thess. 3:11-13)<br \/>\nArrow #2: Be expectant of the (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>coming of Christ<\/strong><\/span>) (I Thess. 5:1-8)<br \/>\nArrow #3: Allow (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>persecution<\/strong><\/span>) to form your testimony. (2 Th. 1:3-6)<br \/>\nArrow #4: Stand strong on the (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>truth of the Word<\/strong><\/span>). (2 Tim. 3:16-17)<br \/>\nArrow #5: Rely on (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>God\u2019s grace<\/strong><\/span>) not your (own efforts). (Titus 2:11-14)<br \/>\nArrow #6: (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Forgive<\/strong><\/span>) so you and others can move on. (Philemon)<\/p>\n<p>Next week: In His Presence<br \/>\nScripture: Hebrews 1 &#8211; 1 Peter 5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025 THEME: Burning Hearts Title: Ready! Aim! Hit the Target! Scripture: I Thess. 1-Philemon I. SPECIFIC TARGETS Target #1: Faithful (work), loving (deeds), and enduring (hope). Target #2: to be trusted and approved (servants). Target #3: to be on the alert for the (coming of Christ). Target #4: to be aware of (where we came &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2025\/12\/ready-aim-hit-the-target\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermon-notes","nodate","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14391"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14395,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14391\/revisions\/14395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}