{"id":1986,"date":"2011-07-12T06:00:55","date_gmt":"2011-07-12T13:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devonline.us\/dailyevotional\/?p=1986"},"modified":"2011-07-11T13:21:24","modified_gmt":"2011-07-11T20:21:24","slug":"acceptable-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/acceptable-2\/","title":{"rendered":"ACCEPTABLE!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Psalm 19:14 <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cMay these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

What do you say when someone makes a favorable comment about something you have said or done? I have come to realize that the positive compliments can be a real minefield of pride. It is possible if not inevitable for us to be so pleased at what people say about us that we will do almost anything to receive more praise.<\/p>\n

A few Sundays ago a 9th grader came up to me following the service and made the comment that he really liked what I had said. My mind raced to recall what I might have said that impressed this young man so that he would make a point of telling me that it meant a lot to him.<\/p>\n

It was then that the Holy Spirit spoke to me and reminded me that it was not necessary for me to know which of the many things that I had said that impressed this boy. It was between him and the Lord. I was just the one who had shared what the Lord had laid on my heart.<\/p>\n

Over and over I battle the common battle of trying to say things that I feel people would like to hear. Instead I desire to only speak or write those things that the Spirit brings to my mind. With this in mind I try to live with today\u2019s Scripture as my prayer, \u201cMay these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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

– – – Pastor Cecil<\/strong> (360) 570-0074<\/p>\n

P.S. – 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> Please feel free to forward this E-Votional on to your family and friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Psalm 19:14 \u201cMay these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.\u201d What do you say when someone makes a favorable comment about something you have said or done? I have come to realize that the positive compliments can be a real […]<\/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":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-psalm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986","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=1986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}