{"id":15346,"date":"2023-01-12T01:00:32","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T06:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/?p=15346"},"modified":"2022-12-26T12:01:28","modified_gmt":"2022-12-26T17:01:28","slug":"bible-verse-of-the-day-1-12-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/bible-verse-of-the-day-1-12-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible Verse of the Day &#8211; 1-12-23"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>Acts 9:10 (NKJV) 10 Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias; and to him the Lord said in a vision, \u201cAnanias.\u201d And he said, \u201cHere I am, Lord.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ananias was chosen by God to go and see Saul of Tarsus.<\/p>\n<p>Saul had brought much harm and suffering to God\u2019s people in Jerusalem, and the word had spread about him. So, Ananias was very much aware of Saul.<\/p>\n<p>He was reluctant about what God had asked him to do, but he knew he must go.<\/p>\n<p>Wow! This says a lot about Ananias.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes God will ask us to do things and we may feel the same way Ananias did. We may even ask God, \u201care You sure about this?\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Can you imagine Ananias and what he was going through?<\/p>\n<p>If it was me, I\u2019d be like, \u201cYou want me to go where and do what? But he\u00a0has a bad reputation? Are You sure?\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Well, God reassured Ananias that it was OK for him to go, that Saul was a chosen vessel of His and\u00a0all would be fine.<\/p>\n<p>He will do the same for us if we have any concerns about some things that we are chosen to do.<\/p>\n<p>Because God had reassured him, Ananias obeyed God and followed through.<\/p>\n<p>Acts 9:15 (NKJV) 15 But the Lord said to him, \u201cGo, for he is a chosen vessel of Mine to bear My name before Gentiles, kings, and the children of Israel.<\/p>\n<p>How about us?<\/p>\n<p>Will we\u00a0say, \u201chere I am Lord,\u201d and then follow through when He impresses on our hearts to do something a bit uncomfortable?<\/p>\n<p>Pastor Curt &amp; Pastor Ellie<\/p>\n<p>Seven Seas Ministries<br \/>\n49 N Lamplighters Walk<br \/>\nHampstead, NC 28443<\/p>\n<p>401-439-3780<\/p>\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>Acts 9:10 (NKJV) 10 Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias; and to him the Lord said in a vision, \u201cAnanias.\u201d And he said, \u201cHere I am, Lord.\u201d Ananias was chosen by God to go and see Saul of Tarsus. Saul had brought much harm and suffering to God\u2019s people in Jerusalem, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[601],"tags":[3442,3443],"class_list":["post-15346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-being-used-by-god-2","tag-bible-verses-about-being-used-by-god","tag-what-the-bible-says-about-being-used-by-god"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15346","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=15346"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15348,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15346\/revisions\/15348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}