{"id":2243,"date":"2026-10-25T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livinglightmc.com\/?p=2243"},"modified":"2026-10-26T20:22:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T20:22:13","slug":"you-dont-have-to-search-for-jesus-john-nissley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livinglightmc.com\/?p=2243","title":{"rendered":"You Don&#8217;t Have to Search for Jesus &#8211; John Nissley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John Nissley returns to Living Light 42 years after pastoring here, preaching from Luke 2:39-52 on the twelve-year-old Jesus found in the temple. Prompted by his grandson Jesse&#8217;s words, &#8220;You don&#8217;t have to search for Jesus, just wait for him, he will find you,&#8221; he walks through three questions every person carries: Who am I? Where can I be loved? How can I make a difference? He challenges listeners to root their identity in Christ rather than in work or achievement, and to share their own faith story, trusting God to use it in ways they may never see.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1640\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2243-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/forcedn\/livinglightmc\/20261025_You_Dont_Have_to_Search_for_Jesus.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/forcedn\/livinglightmc\/20261025_You_Dont_Have_to_Search_for_Jesus.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/forcedn\/livinglightmc\/20261025_You_Dont_Have_to_Search_for_Jesus.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/forcedn\/livinglightmc\/20261025_You_Dont_Have_to_Search_for_Jesus.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/livinglightmc.com\/?powerpress_pinw=2243-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/forcedn\/livinglightmc\/20261025_You_Dont_Have_to_Search_for_Jesus.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20261025_You_Dont_Have_to_Search_for_Jesus.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Nissley returns to Living Light 42 years after pastoring here, preaching from Luke 2:39-52 on the twelve-year-old Jesus found [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"enclosure":"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/forcedn\/livinglightmc\/20261025_You_Dont_Have_to_Search_for_Jesus.mp3\n19068525\naudio\/mpeg","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sermons","post-thumbnail-displayed"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/livinglightmc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/featured_20261025.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livinglightmc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livinglightmc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livinglightmc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livinglightmc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livinglightmc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2243"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/livinglightmc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2244,"href":"https:\/\/livinglightmc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243\/revisions\/2244"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livinglightmc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livinglightmc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livinglightmc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livinglightmc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}