{"id":6058,"date":"2016-07-27T01:00:55","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T05:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/?p=6058"},"modified":"2016-07-25T13:56:44","modified_gmt":"2016-07-25T17:56:44","slug":"bible-verse-of-the-day-7-27-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/bible-verse-of-the-day-7-27-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible Verse of The Day &#8211; 7-27-16"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">1 Corinthians 15:33 (NKJV) 33 Do not be deceived: \u201cEvil company corrupts good habits.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Spending\u00a0time around those who don&#8217;t have Christ can affect us. In this verse it says it will &#8220;corrupt\u00a0us&#8221;. How many of us have had this happen in our own lives?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">We think <em>we<\/em> are going to CHANGE <em>them<\/em>. Oh, is that right?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Maybe we like\u00a0their attitude, their personality, their looks, etc. Maybe we like that they&#8217;re successful or have a lot of nice things. Whatever the reason, we are drawn to them and we become friends. We start talking\u00a0and hanging out more and more.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Not long after, we start to think and talk like them. Things that we would never do or say in the past begin to bother us less and we begin to think, &#8220;ah&#8230;it&#8217;s all right. It&#8217;s not that bad and it doesn\u2019t even affect me&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">We start to make excuses for those things we are doing and saying, and we continue right on doing them. After awhile it gets easier to do these things, and then more things get added on. And so the process has begun.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Little by little, inch by inch, we begin to change. And then some day we will look back and say, &#8220;WOW, how did that happen?&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Evil company corrupts good habits. Be alert. Be\u00a0on guard. Be firm and stand our ground. Don&#8217;t cave in just because we like someone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">There is plenty of\u00a0GOOD\u00a0company out there.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Pastor Curt &amp; Pastor Ellie<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Seven Seas Ministries<br \/>\nP.O. Box 272<br \/>\nBradford, RI 02808<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">401-315-0902<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 Corinthians 15:33 (NKJV) 33 Do not be deceived: \u201cEvil company corrupts good habits.\u201d Spending\u00a0time around those who don&#8217;t have Christ can affect us. In this verse it says it will &#8220;corrupt\u00a0us&#8221;. How many of us have had this happen in our own lives? We think we are going to CHANGE them. Oh, is that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2645],"tags":[3441,3440,2902,3439,2903],"class_list":["post-6058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-friends","tag-bible-verses-about-choosing-good-friends","tag-bible-verses-about-choosing-the-right-friends","tag-bible-verses-about-friends","tag-bible-verses-about-who-we-choose-as-friends","tag-what-the-bible-says-about-friends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6058","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=6058"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6060,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6058\/revisions\/6060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}