{"id":8645,"date":"2015-05-24T09:55:19","date_gmt":"2015-05-24T15:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/?p=8645"},"modified":"2015-05-24T09:55:19","modified_gmt":"2015-05-24T15:55:19","slug":"weekly-gathering-52415","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/weekly-gathering-52415\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Gathering, 5\/24\/15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Importance of the Desire for Truth<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Regina Dawn Akers, minister, shared the importance of increasing our desire to awaken. The desire to awaken is a powerful force that can draw supportive circumstances into one\u2019s life, provide the ability to see what one could not see before and supply the drive to be earnest in spiritual practice. Therefore, increasing the desire to awaken is itself a very important form of worship.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Cindy Rust read excerpts from <a href=\"http:\/\/albigen.com\/uarelove\/most_rapid\/chapter04.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Chapter 4 of &#8220;The Most Rapid and Direct Means to Eternal Bliss.<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Barbara Deurwaarder served as Sanctuary Administrator.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drivehq.com\/file\/df.aspx\/publish\/RAkers\/RDAPublicFolder\/AwakeningTogether\/Weekly%20Gatherings\/WeeklyGathering5-24-15.mp3\">Click here to listen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Importance of the Desire for Truth Regina Dawn Akers, minister, shared the importance of increasing our desire to awaken. The desire to awaken is a powerful force that can draw supportive circumstances into one\u2019s life, provide the ability to see what one could not see before and supply the drive to be earnest in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8415,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8645","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-at-gathering-audios","8":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Weekly Gathering, 5\/24\/15 - Awakening Together<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/weekly-gathering-52415\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Weekly Gathering, 5\/24\/15 - Awakening Together\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Importance of the Desire for Truth Regina Dawn Akers, minister, shared the importance of increasing our desire to awaken. The desire to awaken is a powerful force that can draw supportive circumstances into one\u2019s life, provide the ability to see what one could not see before and supply the drive to be earnest in [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/weekly-gathering-52415\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Awakening Together\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-05-24T15:55:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/WithPeace-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Regina Dawn Akers\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Regina Dawn Akers\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/weekly-gathering-52415\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/weekly-gathering-52415\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Regina Dawn Akers\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/22a152cf9b50b13a60939f05de0db1f6\"},\"headline\":\"Weekly Gathering, 5\\\/24\\\/15\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-05-24T15:55:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/weekly-gathering-52415\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":100,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/weekly-gathering-52415\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/04\\\/WithPeace-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"AT Gathering Audios\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/weekly-gathering-52415\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/weekly-gathering-52415\\\/\",\"name\":\"Weekly Gathering, 5\\\/24\\\/15 - Awakening Together\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/weekly-gathering-52415\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/weekly-gathering-52415\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/04\\\/WithPeace-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-05-24T15:55:19+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/weekly-gathering-52415\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/weekly-gathering-52415\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/weekly-gathering-52415\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/04\\\/WithPeace-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/04\\\/WithPeace-1.jpg\",\"width\":960,\"height\":720},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/weekly-gathering-52415\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Weekly Gathering, 5\\\/24\\\/15\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/\",\"name\":\"Awakening Together\",\"description\":\"A universal assembly for true discernment\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Awakening Together\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/AT-Home-Section-SanctuarySchedule.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/AT-Home-Section-SanctuarySchedule.jpg\",\"width\":640,\"height\":640,\"caption\":\"Awakening Together\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/22a152cf9b50b13a60939f05de0db1f6\",\"name\":\"Regina Dawn Akers\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f1d412264c95dce24496b01f80b64316252257f4e303d4f552a46df66afe51de?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f1d412264c95dce24496b01f80b64316252257f4e303d4f552a46df66afe51de?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f1d412264c95dce24496b01f80b64316252257f4e303d4f552a46df66afe51de?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Regina Dawn Akers\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/reginadawnakers.com\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/author\\\/red3awngak7ersina\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Weekly Gathering, 5\/24\/15 - Awakening Together","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/weekly-gathering-52415\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Weekly Gathering, 5\/24\/15 - Awakening Together","og_description":"The Importance of the Desire for Truth Regina Dawn Akers, minister, shared the importance of increasing our desire to awaken. The desire to awaken is a powerful force that can draw supportive circumstances into one\u2019s life, provide the ability to see what one could not see before and supply the drive to be earnest in [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/weekly-gathering-52415\/","og_site_name":"Awakening Together","article_published_time":"2015-05-24T15:55:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":960,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/WithPeace-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Regina Dawn Akers","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Regina Dawn Akers"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/weekly-gathering-52415\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/weekly-gathering-52415\/"},"author":{"name":"Regina Dawn Akers","@id":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/#\/schema\/person\/22a152cf9b50b13a60939f05de0db1f6"},"headline":"Weekly Gathering, 5\/24\/15","datePublished":"2015-05-24T15:55:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/weekly-gathering-52415\/"},"wordCount":100,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/weekly-gathering-52415\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/WithPeace-1.jpg","articleSection":["AT Gathering Audios"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/weekly-gathering-52415\/","url":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/weekly-gathering-52415\/","name":"Weekly Gathering, 5\/24\/15 - Awakening Together","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/weekly-gathering-52415\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/weekly-gathering-52415\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/WithPeace-1.jpg","datePublished":"2015-05-24T15:55:19+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/weekly-gathering-52415\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/weekly-gathering-52415\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/weekly-gathering-52415\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/WithPeace-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/WithPeace-1.jpg","width":960,"height":720},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/weekly-gathering-52415\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Weekly Gathering, 5\/24\/15"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/#website","url":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/","name":"Awakening Together","description":"A universal assembly for true discernment","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/#organization","name":"Awakening Together","url":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/AT-Home-Section-SanctuarySchedule.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/AT-Home-Section-SanctuarySchedule.jpg","width":640,"height":640,"caption":"Awakening Together"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/#\/schema\/person\/22a152cf9b50b13a60939f05de0db1f6","name":"Regina Dawn Akers","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f1d412264c95dce24496b01f80b64316252257f4e303d4f552a46df66afe51de?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f1d412264c95dce24496b01f80b64316252257f4e303d4f552a46df66afe51de?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f1d412264c95dce24496b01f80b64316252257f4e303d4f552a46df66afe51de?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Regina Dawn Akers"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/reginadawnakers.com\/"],"url":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/author\/red3awngak7ersina\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}