{"id":9286,"date":"2024-02-11T07:25:36","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T01:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/11\/god-is-always-near-by-alec-niemi\/"},"modified":"2024-02-11T07:25:36","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T01:55:36","slug":"god-is-always-near-by-alec-niemi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/11\/god-is-always-near-by-alec-niemi\/","title":{"rendered":"God is Always Near &#8211; by Alec Niemi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<hr\/>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #808080;\">I just can\u2019t get enough of the view of the mountain.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Every morning when I get up it is the first thing I look for. Some days it is hidden in the clouds but this morning it was there. The fog spread across the valley floor but rising above it are the snow-capped peaks of Mount Baker. A reminder that even though I don\u2019t see it all the time it is still there in all its\u2019 splendour.<\/p>\n<p><strong>My prayer for you<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u201c<em><strong>I pray that you are trusting in the Lord, making you like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever because as the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds you now and forevermore. I ask the Lord to be good to you, for you are good and upright in heart.\u201d<\/strong><\/em> Amen.\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>P<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>salm 125:1-4<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By<span style=\"color: #000080;\"> <a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/thoughts-about-god.com\/authors_\/about-alec-niemi\">Alec Niemi<\/a><br \/><\/span>Used by Permission<\/p>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"formidable-css\" href=\"https:\/\/thoughts-about-god.com\/blog\/wp-content\/cache\/wpfc-minified\/7ikve452\/7xhw2.css\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\"\/>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #808080;\">FURTHER READING<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>\u2022 <strong><a class=\"gs-title\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/thoughts-about-god.com\/blog\/darren-hewer_stay-near\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?client=internal-element-cse&amp;cx=018000692697650831571:1ldy75sk9ha&amp;q=https:\/\/thoughts-about-god.com\/blog\/darren-hewer_stay-near\/&amp;sa=U&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjCsoqpuZaEAxXtS2wGHZhiBFwQFnoECAAQAg&amp;usg=AOvVaw0iV5ZNIucCE5TX7St_W0YF\" data-ctorig=\"https:\/\/thoughts-about-god.com\/blog\/darren-hewer_stay-near\/\">Stay\u00a0Near\u00a0to\u00a0God<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 by Darren Hewer<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0<strong><a class=\"gs-title\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/thoughts-about-god.com\/blog\/gail-rodgers_near-to-god\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?client=internal-element-cse&amp;cx=018000692697650831571:1ldy75sk9ha&amp;q=https:\/\/thoughts-about-god.com\/blog\/gail-rodgers_near-to-god\/&amp;sa=U&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjCsoqpuZaEAxXtS2wGHZhiBFwQFnoECAgQAg&amp;usg=AOvVaw34t_QE40nVtvNpFuSWI8tC\" data-ctorig=\"https:\/\/thoughts-about-god.com\/blog\/gail-rodgers_near-to-god\/\">Come\u00a0<b>Near<\/b>\u00a0to\u00a0<b>God<\/b><\/a><\/strong> \u2013 by Gail Rodgers<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a class=\"gs-title\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/thoughts-about-god.com\/blog\/kathy-cheek_near\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?client=internal-element-cse&amp;cx=018000692697650831571:1ldy75sk9ha&amp;q=https:\/\/thoughts-about-god.com\/blog\/kathy-cheek_near\/&amp;sa=U&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjCsoqpuZaEAxXtS2wGHZhiBFwQFnoECAQQAg&amp;usg=AOvVaw35juXLmtja5ogqkYcDvxTr\" data-ctorig=\"https:\/\/thoughts-about-god.com\/blog\/kathy-cheek_near\/\"><b>Near<\/b><\/a> \u2013 by Kathy Cheek<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong><a class=\"gs-title\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/thoughts-about-god.com\/blog\/max-lucado_god-is-near\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?client=internal-element-cse&amp;cx=018000692697650831571:1ldy75sk9ha&amp;q=https:\/\/thoughts-about-god.com\/blog\/max-lucado_god-is-near\/&amp;sa=U&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjCsoqpuZaEAxXtS2wGHZhiBFwQFnoECAkQAg&amp;usg=AOvVaw0LRUWjt6SmY9NVNfHrUPbw\" data-ctorig=\"https:\/\/thoughts-about-god.com\/blog\/max-lucado_god-is-near\/\">God\u00a0Is\u00a0Near<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 by Max Lucado<\/p>\n<p><strong>SUBSCRIBE BY EMAIL:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thoughts-about-god.com\/blog\/subscribe-by-email\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FOLLOW THIS LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>Follow Us On:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/devotions\/posts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0 \u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/About_God\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0\u2022\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thoughtsaboutgod.daily\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram\u00a0<\/a> \u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.ca\/thoughtsabout\/daily-devotionals\/\">Pinterest<\/a><\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/thoughts-about-god.com\/blog\/alec-niemi_god-is-always-near\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just can\u2019t get enough of the view of the mountain. 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