{"id":5667,"date":"2016-04-16T01:00:32","date_gmt":"2016-04-16T05:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/?p=5667"},"modified":"2016-04-14T19:00:46","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T23:00:46","slug":"bible-verse-of-the-day-4-16-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/bible-verse-of-the-day-4-16-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible Verse of The Day – 4-16-16"},"content":{"rendered":"

Matthew 16:26 (NKJV) 26 For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul<\/span>?<\/p>\n

We can pursue so many different things in our lifetime.<\/p>\n

We can pursue a better career, a bigger house, a faster car, a bucket list of accomplishments, a long list of places we’ve traveled to, and so much more. The list could really be endless.<\/p>\n

None of these things are wrong, in and of themselves. They can be good.<\/p>\n

But not a single one of them will profit us if we pursue them in lieu of securing our eternity in heaven.<\/p>\n

God wants our hearts. Yours, and mine. And He doesn’t just want a piece of them, He wants the whole thing!<\/p>\n

He wants us to pursue Him with a passion that consumes us. He wants us to pursue Him with a zeal that many only show for their hobbies, their careers or their personal wants and desires.<\/p>\n

But God wants to take the place of those things, so that He<\/i> becomes our burning passion.<\/p>\n

Are we chasing God first and foremost? Are we putting all of our effort into building our relationship with Him? And do we long for Him with a burning in our hearts?<\/p>\n

We should be! Each and every one of us. It’s what we were created for. And none of us will ever feel fulfilled until we reach that place.<\/p>\n

And, in the words of Jesus, what will it profit us if we gain the whole world and lose our souls?<\/p>\n

Let’s put God first, church! First, ahead of every other thing in life that tries to vie for our time and attention.<\/p>\n

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

Seven Seas Ministries
\nP.O. Box 272
\nBradford, RI 02808<\/p>\n

401-315-0902<\/p>\n

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Matthew 16:26 (NKJV) 26 For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? We can pursue so many different things in our lifetime. We can pursue a better career, a bigger house, a faster […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[3255,2189,1997,2190],"class_list":["post-5667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-loving-god","tag-bible-verses-about-giving-god-our-whole-heart","tag-bible-verses-about-loving-god","tag-bible-verses-about-putting-god-first","tag-what-the-bible-says-about-loving-god"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5667","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=5667"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5669,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5667\/revisions\/5669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}