{"id":1577,"date":"2010-12-01T06:00:06","date_gmt":"2010-12-01T13:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devonline.us\/dailyevotional\/?p=1577"},"modified":"2020-02-05T12:10:36","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T20:10:36","slug":"beep-beep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/beep-beep\/","title":{"rendered":"BEEP-BEEP!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Philippians 4:12-13<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Have you noticed how often people (even pastors . . . some of us can be considered people) are always looking for more prestigious positions?\u00a0 I have to confess a cynical mind when I hear a pastor claim that God has called him to another church when I know that the new church is twice as large with a salary commensurate to its size. I love to hear of a call to a much smaller congregation with a meager stipend.<\/p>\n

I thought of this yesterday when one of our members was asked about her new job. This woman had formerly been employed in a prestigious position at a well-known company. When the company closed its local operation, she was out of a job. But after caring for family members for over a year, it was time to look for work.<\/p>\n

Executive positions were not available, but a night job at the local Walmart store was. Now the former \u201cexecutive\u201d runs the floor cleaner that warns customers with a little beep-beep<\/em>! When asked how she liked her new job, this lady just beamed\u2014she loves it and her face showed it!<\/p>\n

It is not the dignity of the job that matters, but the dignity of the person doing the job. I always want to have that same thrill that we saw in her countenance as she told us about driving the machine around the store. Well done, Girl!<\/p>\n

Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!<\/p>\n

– \u2013 \u2013 Pastor Cecil<\/p>\n

360-570-0074
\nPastorCecil@Daily-E-Votional.com<\/a><\/p>\n

P.S. \u2013 You can find previous E-Votionals covering a variety of Scriptures and topics to help you in your walk with the Lord at www.Daily-E-Votional.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"100<\/a>P.P.S. \u2013 I have completed my first book, 100 of Pastor Cecil\u2019s Select Illustrations<\/a>.<\/em> The cost is $12.95 plus shipping. You can now order it online by going to https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/book-by-pastor-cecil<\/a> . . . You may want to consider this book as a thoughtful gift idea for those who do not have Internet access or as helpful sermon illustrations for your Pastor.<\/p>\n

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Philippians 4:12-13 \u201cI know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.\u201d Have you noticed how often people (even pastors […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-philippians"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1577\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}