{"id":1642,"date":"2026-03-14T00:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T04:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/?p=1642"},"modified":"2026-01-19T19:08:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T00:08:23","slug":"restoring-passion-and-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/2026\/03\/14\/restoring-passion-and-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"Restoring Passion and Purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Scripture:<\/strong> \u201cAnd I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten&#8230;\u201d \u2014 <em>Joel 2:25<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thought for Today:<\/strong> Sometimes we lose our &#8220;fire&#8221; because life has been hard, or we feel like we&#8217;ve wasted too much time. The &#8220;locusts&#8221; of regret, distraction, or failure have chewed away at our passion. But our God is a <strong>Master Restorer.<\/strong> He doesn&#8217;t just give you back what you lost; He makes the new season so fruitful that it makes up for the lost years! Your purpose hasn&#8217;t expired. God is ready to pour the &#8220;oil of the Spirit&#8221; on your embers until they become a blaze again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Work the Word<\/strong><br><strong>The &#8220;Fan the Flame&#8221; Act:<\/strong> What is one dream or passion you&#8217;ve let slide? Today, take <strong>one small step<\/strong> toward it. Write one page, make one call, or do five minutes of research. As you do, say: <em>&#8220;Lord, I am fanning the flame. Restore my fire!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prayer:<\/strong> Father, I thank You that it\u2019s never too late with You. I repent for letting my heart grow lukewarm. Ignite my passion again! I want to live with a burning purpose for Your kingdom. In Jesus Name Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Truth to Remember:<\/strong> God can do more in one year of restoration than the enemy can steal in ten years of destruction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scripture: \u201cAnd I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten&#8230;\u201d \u2014 Joel 2:25 Thought for Today: Sometimes we lose our &#8220;fire&#8221; because life has been hard, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/2026\/03\/14\/restoring-passion-and-purpose\/\" 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":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-refresh-your-soul","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1642","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=1642"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1643,"href":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1642\/revisions\/1643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}