{"id":9299,"date":"2026-07-14T13:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T13:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/?p=9299"},"modified":"2026-07-14T13:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T13:22:10","slug":"they-gave-to-the-needy-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/2026\/07\/14\/they-gave-to-the-needy-2\/","title":{"rendered":"They Gave to the Needy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scripture: Acts 2: [45] Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need.<\/p>\n<p>Observation: I give my tithe each week but not much more.  I become selfish with the other ninety percent God has given me.  It\u2019s rare to give to someone begging at a corner or give to a charity or mission.  Even my time I\u2019m hoarding from God.  God has blessed and loved me so much, yet I keep what He gives me and build my treasures in this place instead of heaven.<\/p>\n<p>Application: Everything I have, God gave me to see what I do with it.  I believe I\u2019m disappointing Him.  I need to freely give my money and time to anyone who needs it, it\u2019s not mine anyway.  When I give, I give to God for His glory.<\/p>\n<p>Prayer: Lord fill me with the Holy Spirit and take charge over this selfish man.  Show me how to give in a way that will honor you.  All I have is yours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scripture: Acts 2: [45] Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. Observation: I give my tithe each week but not much more. I become selfish with the other ninety percent God has given me. It\u2019s rare to give to someone begging at a corner or give to a charity &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9300,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9299","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\/9299","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=9299"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9301,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9299\/revisions\/9301"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}