{"id":6080,"date":"2018-01-16T06:00:03","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T14:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devonline.us\/daily-e-votional\/?p=6080"},"modified":"2018-01-16T07:20:37","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T15:20:37","slug":"gods-bakery-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/gods-bakery-3\/","title":{"rendered":"GOD\u2019S BAKERY!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2 Corinthians 2:15<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #c40000;\"><em>\u201cFor we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.<\/em><em>\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Imagine walking down the street on a warm spring day. The birds are singing and the sun shining through the trees makes dappled shadows on the sidewalk. Your mind is preoccupied with the joy of the day when suddenly everything changes.<\/p>\n<p>There is an enticing aroma wafting across the street that draws you to a small shop with a familiar sign over the door &#8212; <strong>FRESH BAKED BREAD! <\/strong>You laugh to yourself, \u201c<em>As if anyone would have to tell you it is fresh bread!<\/em>\u201d That wonderful aroma by itself provided enough of an announcement.<\/p>\n<p>You cross the street and peek through the window of the shop and see row after row of freshly baked bread on the counter.\u00a0 Having great will power you turn and walk away.\u00a0 RIGHT!<\/p>\n<p>As we read today\u2019s Scripture we are told that we are to be the aroma of Christ to those around us. In other words, we are to draw people to Christ.<\/p>\n<p>What fragrant aroma of Christ do people sense when they are around you? Do you think they will want to \u201ctaste and see that the Lord is good?\u201d \u00a0 Will they think of you when they desire spiritual counsel?<\/p>\n<p>Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211; Pastor Cecil<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 Corinthians 2:15 \u201cFor we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.\u201d Imagine walking down the street on a warm spring day. The birds are singing and the sun shining through the trees makes dappled shadows on the sidewalk. Your mind is preoccupied [&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":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2-corinthians"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6080","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=6080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6080\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}