{"id":14895,"date":"2022-08-31T01:00:09","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T05:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/?p=14895"},"modified":"2022-08-16T15:41:34","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T19:41:34","slug":"bible-verse-of-the-day-8-31-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/bible-verse-of-the-day-8-31-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible Verse of The Day – 8-31-22"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ephesians 4:11-12 (NKJV) 11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ…<\/p>\n

God has created and given us everything and everyone we need to thrive as the body of Christ.<\/p>\n

Above, He listed the people who equip the body, raising her up and teaching her everything that’s needed to live a life that\u2019s worthy of the name of Jesus and that\u2019s strong for the kingdom of God.<\/p>\n

These five\u00a0\u201coffices\u201d are responsible for\u00a0training up and equipping the saints of God from the moment they put their faith in Christ until they breathe their last breath here on earth.<\/p>\n

Thinking about this reminds me of a parent raising a child, trying to strike that delicate balance between love, discipline, nurturing, exhorting, edifying, etc.<\/p>\n

Sometimes this requires saying or teaching things that might not necessarily be popular or easy to say but are required for \u201cproper nutrition\u201d of those who hear.<\/p>\n

Most of us would much rather hear something that\u2019s joyful and uplifting vs. something that\u2019s serious and somber.<\/p>\n

This is akin to trying to get your children to eat their fruits and vegetables when there is a freshly prepared dessert\u00a0right in from of them!<\/p>\n

But God is faithful, and He guides each of us every day as we seek to serve Him and worship Him in Spirit and in truth.<\/p>\n

And as we learn to \u201ceat\u201d those things that are harder\u00a0to swallow, along with the things that are more pleasant, we will be balanced, strong and ready to answer the call when God places something in front of us that He wants us to do.<\/p>\n

So, let\u2019s be prepared to eat what God serves to us, whether it\u2019s a platter of spinach, kale and broccoli or a plateful of brownies and chocolate cake (or whatever our favorite dessert might be).<\/p>\n

We may or may not like it at that moment, but if God is serving it, we know that it\u2019s beneficial for us.<\/p>\n

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie<\/p>\n

Seven Seas Ministries
\n49 N Lamplighters Walk
\nHampstead, NC 28443<\/p>\n

401-439-3780<\/p>\n

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Ephesians 4:11-12 (NKJV) 11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ… God has created and given us everything and everyone we need to thrive as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2597],"tags":[2142,2084],"class_list":["post-14895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-maturing-as-a-believer","tag-bible-verses-about-maturing-as-a-believer","tag-what-the-bible-says-about-maturing-as-a-believer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14895","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=14895"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14897,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14895\/revisions\/14897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}