{"id":2340,"date":"2026-08-06T12:36:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T16:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?p=2340"},"modified":"2026-08-06T12:36:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T16:36:22","slug":"finding-joy-this-journey-we-call-our-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?p=2340","title":{"rendered":"Finding Joy  ::  THIS JOURNEY WE CALL OUR FAITH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Presented at Curwensville Alliance on 8\/2\/26 by Pastor Steve Shields.  <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Listen as Pastor Steve goes through Matthew 11:5-6 to speak on Finding Joy. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SermonOnlySlide-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SermonOnlySlide-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SermonOnlySlide-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SermonOnlySlide-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SermonOnlySlide-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SermonOnlySlide.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jesus isn&#8217;t about getting stuff from you.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jesus talks about giving something to us.<\/strong>  Something we&#8217;ll call transformation.   Jesus doesn&#8217;t demand such things.  Transformed people naturally do them.  We do things that we didn&#8217;t do before we were transformed.   <strong>Jesus is about touching our hearts so that He can bless our lives. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jesus wants to meet your deep needs.  Jesus wants you to experience joy.  Joy is what really matters. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There&#8217;s pain involved in receiving joy, but it is worth it.  The Gospel, even in the worst of times, meets our deepest needs. <strong> The Gospel, particularly in the worst of times, meets our deepest needs.  <\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6212\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2340-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2026\/20260802FindingJoyTHISJOURNEYWECALLOURFAITH.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2026\/20260802FindingJoyTHISJOURNEYWECALLOURFAITH.mp3\">https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2026\/20260802FindingJoyTHISJOURNEYWECALLOURFAITH.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2026\/20260802FindingJoyTHISJOURNEYWECALLOURFAITH.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?powerpress_pinw=2340-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2026\/20260802FindingJoyTHISJOURNEYWECALLOURFAITH.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20260802FindingJoyTHISJOURNEYWECALLOURFAITH.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presented at Curwensville Alliance on 8\/2\/26 by Pastor Steve Shields. Listen as Pastor Steve goes through Matthew 11:5-6 to speak on Finding Joy. Jesus isn&#8217;t about getting stuff from you. Jesus talks about giving something to us. Something we&#8217;ll call transformation. Jesus doesn&#8217;t demand such things. Transformed people naturally do them. We do things that &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?p=2340\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Finding Joy  ::  THIS JOURNEY WE CALL OUR FAITH&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[466],"class_list":["post-2340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcasts","tag-findingjoy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9XvIY-BK","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2340"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2343,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2340\/revisions\/2343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}