{"id":5724,"date":"2015-05-12T13:59:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T17:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/?p=5724"},"modified":"2015-05-12T13:59:00","modified_gmt":"2015-05-12T17:59:00","slug":"denzel-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/spirituality\/denzel-washington\/","title":{"rendered":"Preach it, Denzel Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is so worth 11 minutes of your time. Denzel Washington gives <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrctv.org\/blog\/denzel-washington-tells-college-grads-put-god-first-everything-you-do\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a commencement address<\/a> that doubles as spiritual direction. &#8220;Put God first,&#8221; he told the graduates, and then went on to remind them to &#8220;fail big,&#8221; serve others, and get down on their knees every morning to thank God in advance for what is already theirs. Powerful talk. 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