{"id":16594,"date":"2024-01-17T01:00:58","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T06:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/?p=16594"},"modified":"2023-12-27T19:59:34","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T00:59:34","slug":"bible-verse-of-the-day-1-17-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/bible-verse-of-the-day-1-17-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible Verse of The Day – 1-17-24"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Matthew 6:33 (NKJV) 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Jesus spoke these words for a good reason. He wanted it to be known that making God our top priority is critical in growing and maturing as a believer.<\/p>\n

Making Him our priority can take on many different facets. And it affects many different areas of our lives.<\/p>\n

One of the areas where we should be concerned with this is in making sure we don’t overcomplicate everything.<\/p>\n

Our walk with God, and the way we learn of Him, should not be complicated.<\/p>\n

Yes, God is incredibly massive in scope. He is beyond our human understanding.<\/p>\n

But our pursuit of Him should not let that fact cause us to lose our focus.<\/p>\n

There is one infinite resource that we have been given to teach us everything we need to know about God, and about our life as a believer; the Bible.<\/p>\n

His word may sometimes be a bit hard to understand in certain areas, but most of it is very straight forward. And if we ask, He is faithful to give us understanding.<\/p>\n

The place where most of us get mixed up is when we begin to jump from one resource to another to try to learn more about specific topics; how to grow our faith, how to pray more effectively, how to discern more accurately, etc.<\/p>\n

And when we do this, it can seriously fragment what we learn, resulting in our efforts being so spread out that we may inadvertently go backwards, instead of moving forward.<\/p>\n

God\u2019s word always points us in one direction; to Him.<\/p>\n

It never steers us wrong. And it is always accurate, with no chance of it giving us poor counsel.<\/p>\n

The thing we need to remember is that we cannot learn of God accurately and thoroughly if we do not spend time in His word.<\/p>\n

No, His word may not have a shiny cover with modern graphics and a catchy title, but it is the one true and accurate resource we have that will help us build our faith and our walk with Him on a firm foundation that has stood the test of time.<\/p>\n

So, let us be sure to keep it simple.<\/p>\n

We can\u2019t let \u201cshiny objects\u201d distract us and keep us from receiving everything we need to grow and mature as a believer.<\/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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