{"id":2432,"date":"2024-03-23T20:52:20","date_gmt":"2024-03-23T07:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.parklands.org.nz\/?p=2432"},"modified":"2024-04-03T12:02:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T23:02:06","slug":"it-is-finished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.parklands.org.nz\/2024\/03\/23\/it-is-finished\/","title":{"rendered":"It is finished"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>24th march \u201cIt is finished\u201d&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>\u201cKua oti.\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><sup>29&nbsp;<\/sup><\/span>A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus\u2019 lips. <span class=\"s2\"><sup>30&nbsp;<\/sup><\/span>When he had received the drink, Jesus said, \u201cIt is finished.\u201d With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; &nbsp; <\/span>John 19:29\u201330 (NIV)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Pete\u2019s Ponderings<\/b>: The bland back and white checks on one side of the door show that the games are finally coming to an end.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Colin\u2019s chewings : <\/b>So much happens in this moment. In M\u0101ori there are two words for finishing, \u201cMutu\u201d which means finished (this bit) and might ahve to come back to it and \u201cOti\u201d which means it\u2019s done. No more to do, it\u2019s complete. Here lies the centre of grace. It\u2019s been done.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><b>Questions for reflection<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li6\">What is something big that you have completed? How did it feel to have finished it?<\/li>\n<li class=\"li6\">What had Jesus finished on the cross?<\/li>\n<li class=\"li6\">What are the implications for us?<\/li>\n<li class=\"li6\">Where can I be an ambassador for Reconciliation?<\/li>\n<li class=\"li6\">How do I typically deal with the sin that entangles me?<\/li>\n<li class=\"li6\">What is our response to what God has done?<\/li>\n<li class=\"li6\">What will I stop doing?<\/li>\n<li class=\"li7\">What will I start doing?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>24th march \u201cIt is finished\u201d&nbsp; \u201cKua oti.\u201d 29&nbsp;A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus\u2019 lips. 30&nbsp;When he had received the drink, Jesus said, \u201cIt is finished.\u201d With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. &nbsp; &nbsp; John 19:29\u201330 (NIV) Pete\u2019s Ponderings: The bland back and white checks on one side of the door show that the games are finally coming to an end. Colin\u2019s chewings : So much happens in this moment. In M\u0101ori there are two words for finishing, \u201cMutu\u201d which means finished (this bit) and might ahve to come back to it and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.parklands.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2432"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.parklands.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.parklands.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.parklands.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.parklands.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2432"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.parklands.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2433,"href":"https:\/\/www.parklands.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2432\/revisions\/2433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.parklands.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.parklands.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.parklands.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}