{"id":6095,"date":"2018-01-24T06:00:15","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T14:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devonline.us\/daily-e-votional\/?p=6095"},"modified":"2018-01-23T16:54:23","modified_gmt":"2018-01-24T00:54:23","slug":"blessing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/blessing\/","title":{"rendered":"BLESSING!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Psalm 103:1<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #c40000;\"><em>\u201cBless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name!\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I am captivated by the meaning of words. It&#8217;s one of my delights to solve the daily crossword as often as possible. The nuances of words can determine several different meanings. Just as the word <em>bless<\/em> in the above passage means to affectionately praise, so the term <em>blessed<\/em> in the beatitudes has more depth of meaning. In the <em>Amplified Bible<\/em> it is rendered this way: <em>\u201cBlessed &#8212; happy, to be envied, and spiritually prosperous [that is, with life-joy and satisfaction in God&#8217;s favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions].\u201d<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Many of us are familiar with the Sermon on the Mount. In Matthew 5, Jesus introduces a Godly lifestyle. He does this by presenting the Beatitudes.\u00a0 Each of the Beatitudes begins with the phrase, <strong>&#8220;Blessed are you.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The concept of blessing has come to hold more meaning to me than ever before.\u00a0 We either bless or curse with our mouths.\u00a0 At times I have talked about how actions speak louder than words.\u00a0 That does not mean we are to be silent\u2014rather we are to speak blessing into situations and then act in the manner that is consistent with our words.<\/p>\n<p>Where do you fit into the concept of blessing?\u00a0 When someone thinks of you, can they honestly consider you a blessing in their life? We need to be a blessing!<\/p>\n<p>Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing! <strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211; Pastor Cecil<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psalm 103:1 \u201cBless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name!\u201d I am captivated by the meaning of words. It&#8217;s one of my delights to solve the daily crossword as often as possible. The nuances of words can determine several different meanings. Just as the word bless in [&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":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-psalm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6095","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=6095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6095\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}