{"id":6734,"date":"2017-01-17T01:00:03","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T06:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/?p=6734"},"modified":"2017-01-16T11:48:36","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T16:48:36","slug":"bible-verse-of-the-day-1-17-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/bible-verse-of-the-day-1-17-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible Verse of The Day &#8211; 1-17-17"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Matthew 6:33\u00a0 (NKJV) 33 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Keeping our eyes on God, instead of on His\u00a0blessings,\u00a0will give us a\u00a0blessed\u00a0life!<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Are we waiting on\u00a0certain\u00a0types of\u00a0blessings and totally missing out on God Himself loving on us? Maybe we&#8217;re missing out on the fact that He wants to care for\u00a0us. Or the fact that\u00a0His compassion for us is so deep and strong that He waits for us to talk to Him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Focusing too much on certain types of blessings\u00a0can\u00a0ruin our walk and relationship with the One who gives us those blessings. Those very\u00a0blessings can come between us and God.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Be careful and be alert\u00a0to remain\u00a0close to God\u00a0even in the harvest season. Don&#8217;t let the harvest\u00a0become a\u00a0distraction. Remain\u00a0disciplined, by continuing to do what we did when there were no signs of blessings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Stay steadfast in God&#8217;s word. Stand strong and stay focused on Him, not on His blessings.<\/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 lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">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\" data-slimstat-callback=\"false\" data-slimstat-async=\"true\" data-slimstat-tracking=\"true\" data-slimstat-type=\"0\" data-slimstat-clicked=\"false\">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-slimstat-callback=\"true\" data-slimstat-async=\"false\" data-slimstat-tracking=\"true\" data-slimstat-type=\"0\" data-slimstat-clicked=\"false\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.org\/donate.php\">Donation.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew 6:33\u00a0 (NKJV) 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Keeping our eyes on God, instead of on His\u00a0blessings,\u00a0will give us a\u00a0blessed\u00a0life! Are we waiting on\u00a0certain\u00a0types of\u00a0blessings and totally missing out on God Himself loving on us? Maybe we&#8217;re missing out on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[741],"tags":[1997,2697,3810,1998],"class_list":["post-6734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-putting-god-first-2","tag-bible-verses-about-putting-god-first","tag-bible-verses-about-seeking-god-first","tag-bible-verses-about-the-blessings-of-god","tag-what-the-bible-says-about-putting-god-first"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6734","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=6734"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6737,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6734\/revisions\/6737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}