{"id":19782,"date":"2026-07-08T01:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T05:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/?p=19782"},"modified":"2026-07-02T11:31:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T15:31:08","slug":"bible-verse-of-the-day-7-8-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/bible-verse-of-the-day-7-8-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible Verse of The Day – 7-8-26"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Philippians 3:12-14 (LSB) 12 Not that I have already obtained it or have already become perfect, but I press on so that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus. 13 Brothers, I do not consider myself as having laid hold of it yet, but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.<\/p>\n

Do we spend countless hours looking at and watching other believers, feeling like they have it all together in their walk with God, while our relationship with Him seems weak and impotent?<\/p>\n

Does it seem like we never reach a point where we feel satisfied with that relationship?<\/p>\n

This is something we all wrestle with from time to time.<\/p>\n

We look at others, comparing ourselves to them, when God wants us to look to Him instead of comparing ourselves to others.<\/p>\n

We are each created uniquely. No two of us are the same.<\/p>\n

We all wrestle with different things. We all have different weaknesses and strengths.<\/p>\n

And our walk with God will reflect this as we work our way through the things that God is teaching us.<\/p>\n

We must understand that none of us will ever attain perfection on this side of heaven.<\/p>\n

There has only ever been one perfect Man; Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

And that Man (God in the flesh) died in our place on the cross, so we aren\u2019t burdened with working to perfect ourselves in the flesh.<\/p>\n

Jesus promised us a Helper; the Holy Spirit who would guide us into all truth. And it is by following His <\/i>leading that we draw nearer and nearer to Christ.<\/p>\n

It is not our responsibility to seek or work to try to attain perfection.<\/p>\n

Instead, it is our responsibility to follow Jesus closely; closely enough to allow Him to change our heart, transform our thinking, and direct our choices and actions.<\/p>\n

It is in this <\/strong><\/i>that our life will begin to take shape as His disciple, not to become perfect, but to live in a way that pleases Him.<\/p>\n

That <\/strong>is our goal; pleasing Him<\/p>\n

And remember, even the Apostle Paul spoke plainly in the verse above about this in his own life, proclaiming that he had not \u201claid hold of it yet\u201d.<\/p>\n

We must not seek perfection. But we must seek and develop a willing and submissive spirit.<\/p>\n

Amen \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffb<\/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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Philippians 3:12-14 (LSB) 12 Not that I have already obtained it or have already become perfect, but I press on so that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus. 13 Brothers, I do not consider myself as having laid hold of it yet, but one … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[375],"tags":[1724,3837,2424,3836],"class_list":["post-19782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-surrendering-to-god","tag-bible-verse-about-surrendering-to-god","tag-bible-verses-about-surrendering-our-lives-to-god","tag-bible-verses-about-surrendering-to-god","tag-what-the-bible-says-about-surrendering-to-god"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19782","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=19782"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19784,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19782\/revisions\/19784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}