{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The Pleasant Study","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.redbeardedgeorge.com\/blog","author_name":"redbeard","author_url":"https:\/\/www.redbeardedgeorge.com\/blog\/author\/georgemarshall2\/","title":"On Pastoring - Guard The Bank - The Pleasant Study","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"BreZRfIy2k\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redbeardedgeorge.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/14\/glorify-the-lord-by-guarding-the-bank\/\">On Pastoring &#8211; Guard The Bank<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redbeardedgeorge.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/14\/glorify-the-lord-by-guarding-the-bank\/embed\/#?secret=BreZRfIy2k\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;On Pastoring &#8211; Guard The Bank&#8221; &#8212; The Pleasant Study\" data-secret=\"BreZRfIy2k\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.redbeardedgeorge.com\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.redbeardedgeorge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/28190163.jpg","thumbnail_width":312,"thumbnail_height":475,"description":"It is just so easy to get caught up in \"good\" things, and allow the main things - the bank - to get robbed. The attempt to please everybody, especially, tends towards distraction, and ultimately, failure to accomplish the task actually before us. Pleasing our Lord Jesus comes first in the task of pastoring, as it does in any other endeavor. It is no wonder our church articulates \"Treasuring Jesus Christ\" as our first mission!"}