{"id":40531,"date":"2016-02-28T09:14:38","date_gmt":"2016-02-28T17:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/?p=40531"},"modified":"2017-10-22T13:12:23","modified_gmt":"2017-10-22T20:12:23","slug":"the-kingdom-of-god-according-to-gandalf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/the-kingdom-of-god-according-to-gandalf\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kingdom of God According to Gandalf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I love this quote from Gandalf:<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Hobbit: &quot;Mithrandir, why the halfling?&quot;\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MU5_-lLjhQw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-40532\" src=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/gandalf-quote-570x321.jpg\" alt=\"Gandalf Quote\" width=\"570\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/gandalf-quote-570x321.jpg 570w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/gandalf-quote-1080x608.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/gandalf-quote-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/gandalf-quote.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Never feel like you have to do great and mighty things for God. You don&#8217;t.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Kingdom of God is found in hugging your children, picking up your socks from the floor, smiling at the gas attendant, and basically just doing whatever Jesus asks you to do each and every day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Never feel like you have to do great and mighty things for God. 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