{"id":1812,"date":"2011-04-06T06:00:54","date_gmt":"2011-04-06T13:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devonline.us\/dailyevotional\/?p=1812"},"modified":"2020-02-05T12:10:30","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T20:10:30","slug":"a-faithful-servant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/a-faithful-servant\/","title":{"rendered":"A FAITHFUL SERVANT!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Matthew 25:21<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #c40000;\">\u201cHis lord said to him, \u2018Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Over the years of my life I have known men and women that I would classify as good and faithful servants. Big deal! What I think does not matter a bag of beans! It is what the Lord thinks that matters.<\/p>\n<p>A quick look at my biography will reveal that I have filled many roles. Some of them have been high stress and extremely sensitive, such as serving as a Minuteman Missile Commander or Nuclear Safety Officer. I have also painted houses, worked for a dairy and performed other menial types of labor. Although I did not always achieve it, my primary goal was to be a Faithful Servant.<\/p>\n<p>The ultimate goal of my life is to enter the gates of heaven and be welcomed by Jesus with the words, <span style=\"color: #c40000;\">\u201cWell done, good and faithful servant!\u201d <\/span>It send chills up and down my spine to think of it.<\/p>\n<p>So what determines if a person is a good and faithful servant? It is not how good we are or how often we attend church. Today\u2019s Scripture relates to a parable Jesus shared about servants who had been given gifts and abilities. Those who had used the talents given them to provide an increase were good and faithful servants.\u00a0 <strong>Are you using your gifts wisely?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u2013 \u2013 Pastor Cecil<\/p>\n<p>360-570-0074<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:PastorCecil@DailyEVotional.com\">PastorCecil@Daily-E-Votional.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>P.S. \u2013 <strong>You can help!<\/strong> Please consider trying to get one other person to subscribe to the Daily-E-Votional. This worldwide ministry asks for no funds and is sent to glorify our precious Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew 25:21 \u201cHis lord said to him, \u2018Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.\u2019\u201d Over the years of my life I have known men and women that I would classify as good and faithful [&hellip;]<\/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":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-matthew"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1812","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=1812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1812\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}