{"id":5817,"date":"2017-08-14T06:00:49","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T13:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devonline.us\/daily-e-votional\/?p=5817"},"modified":"2017-08-14T10:19:06","modified_gmt":"2017-08-14T17:19:06","slug":"simple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/simple\/","title":{"rendered":"SIMPLE!"},"content":{"rendered":"

1 Thessalonians 1:6<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cFor our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit and in much assurance, as you know what kind of men we were among you for your sake.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I confess that I am not a deep theologian who has profound knowledge of the writings of learned biblical scholars. I simply believe that the Lord has called me to take the truths that are written in the precious Word of God<\/em> and study, think, and pray until they become real to me.\u00a0 Then, and only then, I try to present them in a manner that is simple, real, and true to the Word.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

When I was in the USAF stationed in Missouri, I talked quite often with a dear pastor, Rev. Frank Meyers in Warrensburg, Missouri.\u00a0 He shared that his first pastorate was in St. Joseph, Missouri, near a large meat packing company.\u00a0 One of the workers there was a member of his congregation.\u00a0 This elderly meat packer had at best a third-grade education.\u00a0 Each day he got off work at 3:00 p.m. and would head for the pastor’s study.\u00a0 Frank said that old man with a limited education taught him more about the true Word of God than all of his highly educated professors in college and seminary.\u00a0 I want to be like that old unknown meat packer!<\/p>\n

Just remember that it is the Lord taking this poor preacher\u2019s ramblings to show you that God loves you, knows exactly what you feel, and has a plan for your good and His glory. I encourage you to read the book of 1 Thessalonians<\/em>.\u00a0 If you can, read it all the way through at one sitting.\u00a0 It will bless you!<\/p>\n

May God richly bless you as you bless others by your words and actions!<\/p>\n

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

1 Thessalonians 1:6 \u201cFor our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit and in much assurance, as you know what kind of men we were among you for your sake.\u201d I confess that I am not a deep theologian who has profound knowledge of […]<\/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":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1-thessalonians"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5817","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=5817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5817\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}