{"id":3025,"date":"2013-02-18T06:00:33","date_gmt":"2013-02-18T13:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devonline.us\/dailyevotional\/?p=3025"},"modified":"2013-02-18T09:43:10","modified_gmt":"2013-02-18T16:43:10","slug":"the-bench","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/the-bench\/","title":{"rendered":"THE BENCH!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Romans 15:30-31<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Now I beg you, brethren, through the Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in prayers to God for me, that I may be delivered from those in Judea who do not believe, and that my service for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It may just be bad vibes from the past, but recently my mind went back to my high school days and a process<\/em> known as the bench<\/em>. I call it a process <\/em>for lack of a better term.<\/p>\n

Let me explain what I mean when I use the term in this issue of the Daily-E. It was a penalty for not maintaining a passing average in all of the classes being taken in school. If you dropped below a C average, you were placed on the bench<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Being on the bench<\/em> prevented a person from being able to participate in any and all extracurricular activities. That is a fancy term that means you are banned from athletic teams, band, drama or any other fun stuff that high school kids live for. I must confess that my academic achievements were not what they should have been back then and each week I dreaded looking on the board to see if I had been benched<\/em>. It happened a few times.<\/p>\n

I cannot relive those days of yesteryear, but I can strive to be all that God wants me to be for Him today. That is why I eagerly greet each day with anticipation of being the very best servant the Lord calls me to be. No bench for me please<\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

—Pastor Cecil<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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