{"id":1,"date":"2024-12-03T00:00:15","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T00:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ivanbasson.co.za\/?p=1"},"modified":"2024-12-03T02:54:28","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T02:54:28","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ivanbasson.co.za\/?p=1","title":{"rendered":"Ivan Basson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"743\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ivanbasson.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/imageedit_1_4647714778-743x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ivanbasson.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/imageedit_1_4647714778-743x1024.png 743w, https:\/\/ivanbasson.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/imageedit_1_4647714778-218x300.png 218w, https:\/\/ivanbasson.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/imageedit_1_4647714778-768x1058.png 768w, https:\/\/ivanbasson.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/imageedit_1_4647714778.png 848w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 743px) 100vw, 743px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Who is Ivan Basson?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although I faced rejection early on, which turned me into a \u201cloose cannon\u201d and led to my expulsion from school, no one saw the \u201cGod Factor\u201d coming.<br>I had my own Damascus experience\u2014God\u2019s truth set me free, and I found new life in Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>I&#8217;ve encountered many of life\u2019s challenges<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022&nbsp;After 27 years of marriage, I went through a divorce (with no infidelity on either side), and when I sought help from the church, I found that there is a lack of resources in pastoral care and mentorship.<br>\u2022&nbsp;I\u2019ve endured betrayal, survived economic downturns, overcome setbacks, and I\u2019m living proof that whatever is meant to harm us, God can turn for our good.<br>\u2022&nbsp;As a public speaker, motivator, radio presenter, and published author, I share my journey of overcoming life\u2019s obstacles by following the blueprint laid out in the Holy Bible. Through this practical approach, I help others who feel stuck in the mud of life, showing them how to overcome through real-life experiences and the power of God\u2019s living Word.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who is Ivan Basson? Although I faced rejection early on, which turned me into a \u201cloose cannon\u201d and led to my expulsion from school, no one saw the \u201cGod Factor\u201d coming.I had my own Damascus experience\u2014God\u2019s truth set me free, and I found new life in Christ. I&#8217;ve encountered many of life\u2019s challenges: \u2022&nbsp;After 27 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":121,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-frontpage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivanbasson.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivanbasson.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivanbasson.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivanbasson.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivanbasson.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ivanbasson.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123,"href":"https:\/\/ivanbasson.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/123"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivanbasson.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivanbasson.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivanbasson.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivanbasson.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}