{"id":4487,"date":"2015-05-19T01:00:24","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T05:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/?p=4487"},"modified":"2015-05-18T20:46:09","modified_gmt":"2015-05-19T00:46:09","slug":"bible-verse-of-the-day-5-19-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/bible-verse-of-the-day-5-19-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible Verse of The Day &#8211; 5-19-15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hebrews 4:12 (NKJV) 12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.<\/p>\n<p>Living and powerful.\u00a0Those are the perfect words to describe God&#8217;s Word.<\/p>\n<p>God&#8217;s Word is more than just printed text on paper pages.<\/p>\n<p>His word isn&#8217;t something that we just read. We need to <i>breathe<\/i> it in, like oxygen. We need to consume it like food that sustains us, for that&#8217;s what it is; our sustenance.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s nourishment to our souls, water to our parched spirits, strength for the weary and new life to our dry bones.<\/p>\n<p>No matter what we&#8217;re facing, God&#8217;s word can lift us up and breathe new life into our tired being and give us a new perspective.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a reason why His word, the Bible, has endured all of these centuries, through thousands and thousands of wars across the globe, through terrible tyrannic governments that tried so hard to destroy it and wipe it from the face of the earth,\u00a0through famines and desolation across many nations.<\/p>\n<p>His word is alive! It is powerful!<\/p>\n<p>So we encourage you today to immerse yourself in it. Soak it in and let Him speak to you through it. Don&#8217;t read it with a motive. Just let it penetrate you. <i>Then,<\/i> when you do this, you will begin to understand what it means when the scripture says that the\u00a0word of God is living and powerful!<\/p>\n<p>Pastor Curt &amp; Pastor Ellie<\/p>\n<p>Seven Seas Ministries<br \/>\nP.O. Box 272<br \/>\nBradford, RI 02808<\/p>\n<p>401-315-0902<\/p>\n<p>If you know someone who will enjoy this or be encouraged by it, please feel free to share it with them!<\/p>\n<p>To have the Bible Verse of The Day delivered to your inbox each day, please <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here<\/a> and then enter your email address in the box near the upper left corner of the\u00a0page.<\/p>\n<p>Please Consider Making a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.org\/donate.php\" target=\"_blank\">Donation<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hebrews 4:12 (NKJV) 12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Living and powerful.\u00a0Those are the perfect words to describe God&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[321],"tags":[2375,2374,2133],"class_list":["post-4487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gods-word","tag-bible-verses-about-the-importance-of-reading-and-studying-gods-word","tag-bible-verses-about-the-word-of-god","tag-what-the-bible-says-about-gods-word"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4487","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=4487"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4489,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4487\/revisions\/4489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}