{"id":401,"date":"2019-07-01T14:08:04","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T14:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?p=401"},"modified":"2019-07-01T14:16:30","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T14:16:30","slug":"from-pushing-to-praying-transitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?p=401","title":{"rendered":"From Pushing to Praying :: Transitions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Presented at Curwensville Alliance on 6\/30\/2019 by Pastor Steve Shields<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><em>You can subscribe to sermon podcasts with your <\/em><br><em><strong>Apple <\/strong>device <\/em><strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/curwensville-alliance-podcasts\/id1348419611\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/em><\/strong><em> and <\/em><br><em>on <\/em><strong><em>Google Play<\/em><\/strong><em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/playmusic.app.goo.gl\/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&amp;isi=691797987&amp;ius=googleplaymusic&amp;apn=com.google.android.music&amp;link=https:\/\/play.google.com\/music\/m\/Ism3rwnk57ztyhy5bcfvtcu7axi?t%3DCurwensville_Alliance_Podcasts%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16\" target=\"_blank\"><em>here<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/strong><em> <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Are you someone who tends to PUSH your way through life? The answer might surprise you.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-402\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Frank Sinatra sang a song about high hopes. I learned it as a kid.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Just what makes that little old ant <br>Think he&#8217;ll move that rubber tree plant <br>Anyone knows an ant, can&#8217;t <br>Move a rubber tree plant <\/p><p>But he&#8217;s got high hopes, <br>he&#8217;s got high hopes <br>He&#8217;s got high apple pie, in the sky hopes <\/p><p>So any time your gettin&#8217; low <br>&#8216;stead of lettin&#8217; go <br>Just remember that ant <\/p><p>Oops there goes another rubber tree plant<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"> Songwriters: JIMMY VAN HEUSEN, SAMMY CAHN<br>\u00a9 BARTON MUSIC CORPORATION<br>For non-commercial use only.<br>Data From:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lyricfind.com\/\">LyricFind<\/a> <\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>My mom sang me that song when I was a child. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I tried to use it with my wife as an excuse why I am so persistent in my desire for that extra slice of pie &#8212; or whatever. My wife said, &#8220;Look &#8212; when you&#8217;re talking about moving a rubber-tree plant, that kind of persistence is a good thing. But when you push people &#8212; that&#8217;s something different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She&#8217;s right &#8212; as usual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pushing is a problem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This podcast looks at the life of Jacob and shows us how to transition from pushing to praying.<\/strong><br>-Pastor Steve<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8626\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-401-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2019\/20190630Transitions05FromPushingToPraying.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2019\/20190630Transitions05FromPushingToPraying.mp3\">http:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2019\/20190630Transitions05FromPushingToPraying.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2019\/20190630Transitions05FromPushingToPraying.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?powerpress_pinw=401-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2019\/20190630Transitions05FromPushingToPraying.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20190630Transitions05FromPushingToPraying.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 6\/30\/2019 by Pastor Steve Shields You can subscribe to sermon podcasts with your Apple device here and on Google Play\u00a0here. Are you someone who tends to PUSH your way through life? The answer might surprise you. Frank Sinatra sang a song about high hopes. I learned it as a kid. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?p=401\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;From Pushing to Praying :: Transitions&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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":[128,122],"class_list":["post-401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcasts","tag-prayer","tag-transitions"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9XvIY-6t","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=401"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":413,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401\/revisions\/413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}