{"id":5185,"date":"2022-10-22T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=5185"},"modified":"2022-10-12T10:44:24","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T16:44:24","slug":"a-case-for-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=5185","title":{"rendered":"A Case for 7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Yesterday<\/a>, I reported research that found that people who engage with the scripture 4 or more days\/week experience way more benefits than those who don’t. That said, I still think we should aim for 7 for 7, not just 4 for 7. Here’s why:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Years ago, I was talking with Willie Peterson of Dallas Seminary about the importance of consistency, and he made this observation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today’s discipline preserves the effects of yesterday’s <\/strong>discipline.<\/em> – Dr. Willie Peterson<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later, after I shared this concept in a presentation, author Kennon Callahan, who was in the audience, told me:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today’s discipline sets up the effectiveness of tomorrow’s <\/strong>discipline.<\/em> – Dr. Kennon Callahan<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So we’re linking our disciplines together, forming, as Dr. Peterson told me, a lifelong chain. When I miss one day, I lose more than one day’s benefits: I cancel some of yesterday’s gains and lose some of tomorrow’s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My voice You shall hear in the morning, O LORD; In the morning I will direct it to You, And I will look up. (Psalm 5.3, NKJV)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, I reported research that found that people who engage with the scripture 4 or more days\/week experience way more benefits than those who don’t. That said, I still think we should aim for 7 for 7, not just 4 for 7. Here’s why: Years ago, I was talking with Willie Peterson of Dallas Seminary … Continue reading A Case for 7<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8X9bo-1lD","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5185"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5186,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5185\/revisions\/5186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}