{"id":70176,"date":"2025-03-23T09:40:25","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T14:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kinshipradio.org\/home\/?p=70176"},"modified":"2025-03-26T21:34:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T02:34:15","slug":"2-part-series-on-obeying-god-and-denying-self","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kinshipradio.org\/home\/2-part-series-on-obeying-god-and-denying-self\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Part Series on Obeying God and Denying Self"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\">Kinship Radio is taking a discipleship journey this year, and we\u2019ve invited you to come along with us! Being a Christian disciple isn\u2019t easy, and this month we focus on one of the more challenging aspects, that of obeying God and denying self.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\">Jennifer Stokes talks with Lifeway Research Executive Director Scott McConnell about how transformation happens as a result of denying self and how we can know if God is asking us to obey Him in fasting for a season.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-70176-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/kinshipradio.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Scott-McConnell-March-Part-1-FINAL.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/kinshipradio.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Scott-McConnell-March-Part-1-FINAL.mp3\">https:\/\/kinshipradio.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Scott-McConnell-March-Part-1-FINAL.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201c<i>Draw near to God and he will draw near to you<\/i>,\u201d says James 4:8. 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