{"id":806,"date":"2009-10-14T06:00:44","date_gmt":"2009-10-14T13:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devonline.us\/dailyevotional\/?p=806"},"modified":"2009-10-13T14:20:38","modified_gmt":"2009-10-13T21:20:38","slug":"a-bold-example","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/a-bold-example\/","title":{"rendered":"A BOLD EXAMPLE!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Philippians 4:9<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #c40000;\">\u201cWhatever you have <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">learned<\/span> or <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">received<\/span> or <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">heard<\/span> from me, or <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">seen<\/span> in me\u2014put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Each Saturday morning, Joyce and I go to a favorite spot for coffee or tea. It gives us a chance to reflect on what the Lord is doing in our lives. Each week we observe a young father who is there with his three children. The family is a delight to watch. The kids seem to reflect the peaceful nature of Dad.<\/p>\n<p>In today\u2019s Scripture, Paul lays himself out as a living example. He asks the church to use his life as an example of living for the Lord Jesus Christ. It was certainly not from an attitude of pride, but a confidence that his faith would never waiver.<\/p>\n<p>He uses four adjectives for the believers at Philippi to emulate: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Learned<\/strong><\/span>, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">received<\/span><\/strong>, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">heard<\/span><\/strong> and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">seen<\/span><\/strong>. These four words might also be taken in reverse order. They would have seen his life and actions before they heard his message. It is true for us as well. People will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">see<\/span> what we do before they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">hear<\/span> what we say.<\/p>\n<p>Having <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">seen<\/span> the way Paul lived, they were open to hear his words. That is true for us as well. You may recall the old saying: \u201cYour actions speak so loud, I can\u2019t hear your words!\u201d What are people <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">seeing<\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">hearing<\/span> in your life?<\/p>\n<p>Just because we live an exemplary life and speak a true message of salvation does not insure acceptance. The hearer must receive and learn. We can only live and speak it. Having done our part, we pray for fruit from our labors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211; Pastor Cecil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philippians 4:9 \u201cWhatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me\u2014put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.\u201d Each Saturday morning, Joyce and I go to a favorite spot for coffee or tea. It gives us a chance to reflect on what the Lord is [&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":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-philippians"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806","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=806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}