{"id":1401,"date":"2016-10-03T22:32:17","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T22:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/?p=1401"},"modified":"2016-10-03T22:32:17","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T22:32:17","slug":"an-instrument-for-noble-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/2016\/10\/03\/an-instrument-for-noble-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"An Instrument for Noble Purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scripture: 2 Timothy 2: [21] If a man cleanses himself from the latter, he will be an instrument for noble purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work.<\/p>\n<p>Observation: Before I can be used as an instrument for God there are things I need to cleanse myself of.  I need to cleanse myself from greed, anger, laziness, pride, lying, lustful thoughts and so much more.  I can\u2019t present myself before God covered in sin.  I need to choose to separate myself from sin and glorify God.<\/p>\n<p>Application: I need to be constantly aware of what I\u2019m thinking and doing.  I need to make right decisions and focus on how to honor God.  My goal is to be that vessel that God can use for good works.<\/p>\n<p>Prayer: Dear Lord help me be this vessel you desire me to be.  Prepare me to do good works in glory and honor to you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scripture: 2 Timothy 2: [21] If a man cleanses himself from the latter, he will be an instrument for noble purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work. Observation: Before I can be used as an instrument for God there are things I need to cleanse myself of. I &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1402,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-devotional"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1401"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1403,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401\/revisions\/1403"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}