{"id":8927,"date":"2026-03-20T13:29:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T13:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/?p=8927"},"modified":"2026-03-20T13:29:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T13:29:29","slug":"i-want-to-be-effective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/20\/i-want-to-be-effective\/","title":{"rendered":"I Want to be Effective"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scripture: 2 Peter 1: [8] For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<p>Observation: So many times I feel ineffective and unproductive.  The word tells me if I take on the qualities of Jesus it will keep me from being ineffective.  So instead of trying to be productive I need to focus more on having the qualities of Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>Application: I need to make a commitment to obtain more faith, goodness, knowledge, self-control and brotherly love.  My goal needs to be more like Jesus.  As I get closer, I will become more effective.<\/p>\n<p>Prayer: My Father, my desire is to become more like your Son Jesus, as I know that is your desire for me also.  Make me effective and productive in this life that your name may be glorified through me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scripture: 2 Peter 1: [8] For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. Observation: So many times I feel ineffective and unproductive. The word tells me if I take on the qualities of Jesus it will keep &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8928,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8927","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\/8927","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=8927"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8929,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8927\/revisions\/8929"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}