{"id":6191,"date":"2016-08-30T01:00:57","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T05:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/?p=6191"},"modified":"2016-08-29T11:56:07","modified_gmt":"2016-08-29T15:56:07","slug":"bible-verse-of-the-day-8-30-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/bible-verse-of-the-day-8-30-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible Verse of The Day &#8211; 8-30-16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Philippians 2:3-4 (NKJV) 3 Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. 4 Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.<\/p>\n<p>Selfishness. It&#8217;s something that we all wrestle with on one level or another. It&#8217;s always easier to think of ourselves than to put others first.<\/p>\n<p>But Jesus was the epitome of being <b>selfless<\/b>. He put Himself <i>after<\/i> everyone, to the point of dying for us all. And not only did He die for us, but He died the cruelest of deaths on a Roman cross.<\/p>\n<p>As followers of Christ, we should be emulating Jesus, following in His footsteps. Our lives should be using <i>His <\/i>life as an example of selflessness. We should make an extra effort to put others first, even when it&#8217;s not convenient for us.<\/p>\n<p>Because, let&#8217;s face it, putting ourselves first is always easier and more convenient.<\/p>\n<p>And as we follow His example, we will shine His light and show His love to others. <i>This<\/i> is how we show who God is. <i>This<\/i> is how hearts and lives are changed, when they see God in us.<\/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\u00a0<a class=\"validating\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.org\/donate.php\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.org\/donate.php\">Donation.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philippians 2:3-4 (NKJV) 3 Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. 4 Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others. Selfishness. It&#8217;s something that we all wrestle with on one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2445],"tags":[3517,2334,3516,2757],"class_list":["post-6191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-helping-others","tag-bible-verses-about-being-selfless","tag-bible-verses-about-helping-others","tag-bible-verses-about-selfishness","tag-what-the-bible-says-about-helping-others"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6191","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=6191"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6194,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6191\/revisions\/6194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}