{"id":14739,"date":"2022-07-16T01:00:54","date_gmt":"2022-07-16T05:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/?p=14739"},"modified":"2022-07-16T08:34:48","modified_gmt":"2022-07-16T12:34:48","slug":"bible-verse-of-the-day-7-16-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/bible-verse-of-the-day-7-16-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible Verse of The Day &#8211; 7-16-22"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Jeremiah 17:9 (NKJV) 9 \u201cThe heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Brothers and sisters in Christ, we are all dealing with wicked and deceitful hearts that need transformation.<\/p>\n<p>No one is perfect, even after getting saved.\u00a0It takes time to turn this heart of ours around.<\/p>\n<p>We will always have something we are working on. But, if we know it is there and causing us to fail, we&#8217;d better be working on it and not letting it drag us into bad situations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">The key here is to know what our heart is about without Christ, and to be willing to make the necessary changes after we learn of Him and become His child.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Don\u2019t just say, \u201cwell, I\u2019ve always had a problem with this. It\u2019s my weakness&#8221;. No, when we realize it, we have to shut it down, and Jesus\u00a0Christ will show us how.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">He will show us how to change that old heart and transform it into a new one.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">James 4:7 (NKJV) 7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">The biggest and most important way is to resist temptation. Build up that resistance muscle.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">How?\u00a0Through prayer and the Word we will be made strong.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Amen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Pastor Curt &amp; Pastor Ellie<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Seven Seas Ministries<br \/>\n49 N Lamplighters Walk<br \/>\nHampstead, NC 28443<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">401-439-3780<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">If you know someone who will enjoy this or be encouraged by it, please feel free to share it with them!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>To have the Bible Verse of The Day delivered to your inbox each day, please\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.org\/\" data-slimstat=\"5\">Click Here<\/a>\u00a0and then enter your email address in the box near the upper left corner of the page.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Please consider making a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.org\/donate.php\" data-slimstat=\"5\">Donation.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Get our mobile app here:<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Android:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/oQ6qa7\" data-slimstat=\"5\">http:\/\/goo.gl\/oQ6qa7<\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Apple:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/apple.co\/2lZdgYy\" data-slimstat=\"5\">http:\/\/apple.co\/2lZdgYy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeremiah 17:9 (NKJV) 9 \u201cThe heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it? Brothers and sisters in Christ, we are all dealing with wicked and deceitful hearts that need transformation. No one is perfect, even after getting saved.\u00a0It takes time to turn this heart of ours around. We will always &#8230; <a title=\"Bible Verse of The Day &#8211; 7-16-22\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/bible-verse-of-the-day-7-16-22\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Bible Verse of The Day &#8211; 7-16-22\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4132],"tags":[4431,1951],"class_list":["post-14739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-our-heart","tag-bible-verses-about-our-hearts-being-wicked","tag-bible-verses-about-the-condition-of-our-hearts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14739"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14790,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14739\/revisions\/14790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}