Scripture 1 Thessalonians 2:4 But as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who tests our hearts. <\/p>\n
Observation: When I received Jesus as my Lord and Savior, He entrusted me to further the kingdom. I was to use the gifts, abilities and opportunities He gives me to do His will. At times my motives were not true and instead of doing things for God\u2019s glory I use them to glorify me. God is always testing my heart and drawing me closer to Him and even though I fail at times He still has me on the path that He created just for me.<\/p>\n
Application: I need to be more aware of why I do things and make sure they are for the glory of God. As I walk along, I need to be in constant contact with the Holy Spirit and make sure I\u2019m doing what honors God. Make sure I pass the test as God sees my heart and motives.<\/p>\n
Prayer Dear God I don\u2019t know why you saved this sinner, but please draw me nearer to You and guide me on my journey. May something happen today that honors You and may I grow a little closer to You.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Scripture 1 Thessalonians 2:4 But as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who tests our hearts. Observation: When I received Jesus as my Lord and Savior, He entrusted me to further the kingdom. I was to use the gifts, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8012,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8011","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\/8011","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=8011"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8013,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8011\/revisions\/8013"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}