{"id":7392,"date":"2019-12-15T06:00:32","date_gmt":"2019-12-15T14:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/?p=7392"},"modified":"2019-12-16T16:01:51","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T00:01:51","slug":"time-for-evaluation-proverbs-1434-devotional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/time-for-evaluation-proverbs-1434-devotional\/","title":{"rendered":"TIME FOR EVALUATION! &#8211; Proverbs 14:34 Devotional"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Proverbs 14:34<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #c40000;\"><strong><em>\u201c<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Righteousness exalts a nation, but\u00a0sin\u00a0is\u00a0a\u00a0reproach\u00a0to\u00a0any\u00a0people.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It is quite depressing to wake up each morning and be struck with the reality that we live in the midst of a sinful and unrighteous day and age. The writer of Proverbs states without equivocation that a nation is exalted when it is characterized by righteousness. That virtue is hard to be found these days!<\/p>\n<p>The writer also states that sin is a reproach to any people. The word\u00a0<em>reproach<\/em>\u00a0as used in this verse in the Hebrew word chesed<em>,<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>which in this context means a wicked thing. That is certainly an apt description of the effect sin has on our society.<\/p>\n<p>What should be our response to the sinful condition of our world? We find the answer in 2 Chronicles 7:14:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #c40000;\"><strong>\u201c<em>I<\/em><\/strong><em><strong>f My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Many revivals in the past have been started by a few believers who were willing to humble themselves and pray until they touched the hem of His garment. It is time to evaluate our commitment to obey God.<\/p>\n<p>May God richly bless you as you bless others by your words and actions!<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211; Pastor Cecil\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proverbs 14:34 \u201cRighteousness exalts a nation, but\u00a0sin\u00a0is\u00a0a\u00a0reproach\u00a0to\u00a0any\u00a0people.\u201d It is quite depressing to wake up each morning and be struck with the reality that we live in the midst of a sinful and unrighteous day and age. The writer of Proverbs states without equivocation that a nation is exalted when it is characterized by righteousness. That [&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":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-proverbs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7392","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=7392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7392\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}