{"id":1565,"date":"2026-02-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/?p=1565"},"modified":"2026-01-21T14:06:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T19:06:27","slug":"the-hammer-and-the-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/2026\/02\/13\/the-hammer-and-the-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hammer and the Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Scripture:<\/strong> &#8220;Is not my word like fire, declares the Lord, and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?&#8221; \u2014 <em>Jeremiah 23:29<\/em>Some obstacles in life feel like solid granite\u2014addictions, generational mindsets, or hardened hearts. Our own willpower often fails against these &#8220;rocks.&#8221; But God\u2019s Word is a hammer that can shatter the most stubborn pride and a fire that consumes everything not of Him. It purifies our desires and breaks down the walls that keep us from His presence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prayer:<\/strong> Lord, let Your Word be a fire that purifies my heart and a hammer that breaks every stubborn habit in my life. Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Truth to Remember:<\/strong> No heart is too hard for the hammer of God\u2019s Word to break.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scripture: &#8220;Is not my word like fire, declares the Lord, and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?&#8221; \u2014 Jeremiah 23:29Some obstacles in life feel like solid granite\u2014addictions, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/2026\/02\/13\/the-hammer-and-the-fire\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[59,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotion","category-the-word-of-god","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1565"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1566,"href":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1565\/revisions\/1566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}