{"id":3319,"date":"2021-06-02T15:27:29","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T15:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/?p=3319"},"modified":"2021-06-02T15:27:29","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T15:27:29","slug":"who-am-i-trying-to-please","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/2021\/06\/02\/who-am-i-trying-to-please\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Am I Trying to Please"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 2 [4] On the contrary, we speak as men approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please men but God, who tests our hearts.<\/p>\n<p>Observation: Most of my life I needed approval from others whether it was my parents, family or other people around me.  I would do whatever it took to get praise from people or even make up stories to impress others.  Since I received Jesus as my Lord and Savior I\u2019m doing better but far from where I should be.  <\/p>\n<p>Application: Before I do or say anything I just see how it affects my relationship with God.  I should be a joy to God I want Him to look forward to being with me as I am with Him.  I should be doing things that bring a smile to His face and live a life that pleases him.<\/p>\n<p>Prayer: Dear Lord I strive for the day I meet you face to face and may I live my life in such a way that when I do see you I will hear the words I so desperately what to hear, \u201c Well done good and faithful servant.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 2 [4] On the contrary, we speak as men approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please men but God, who tests our hearts. Observation: Most of my life I needed approval from others whether it was my parents, family or other people around me. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3320,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3319","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\/3319","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=3319"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3321,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3319\/revisions\/3321"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}