{"id":8443,"date":"2017-12-29T01:00:18","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T06:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/?p=8443"},"modified":"2017-12-21T20:00:19","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T01:00:19","slug":"bible-verse-of-the-day-12-29-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/bible-verse-of-the-day-12-29-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible Verse of The Day – 12-29-17"},"content":{"rendered":"
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1 Samuel 15:22 (NKJV) 22 So Samuel said: \u201cHas the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,\u00a0As\u00a0in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,\u00a0And to heed than the fat of rams.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sometimes we may feel obligated to enter into a position we’ve been asked to volunteer for, even when we know it’s not for us. We can feel pressured into something, which can cause us to give in and\u00a0do\u00a0it\u00a0anyway, even though we know in our heart that it’s not something we should do.<\/p>\n

We might feel like we should do it because we’re afraid that no one else will. Or maybe the person\/people that are asking us to take on this particular task will be upset if we don’t take it. We don’t want to cause\u00a0conflict. In our heart, we truly want to help, but what we’re being asked to do just isn’t what we feel led to help with.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Seeking God first is important when we are asked to take on any position, whether within the church or outside the church. Obeying God should always come before making any type of sacrifice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It’s easy to think that maybe God wants us to do these things just because we are being asked by certain people to do it, even if it doesn’t feel right on the inside. But that’s not always the case.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It’s important to\u00a0pay\u00a0attention to those feelings we have on the inside. We need to go after God and ask Him why we feel the way we do.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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God has certain people for certain jobs, within the church, and even outside the church. He works with people and prepares\u00a0them for certain tasks, and He knows their hearts. He knows when someone is ready for a specific position.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Stepping into someone\u00a0else’s\u00a0position, whether asked or\u00a0not,\u00a0will\u00a0not only\u00a0cause problems within that\u00a0position, but it will\u00a0affect\u00a0our lives as well, even if we are doing it in\u00a0the name of HELP or sacrifice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Take time today and make sure that what we have said yes to is what we are supposed to be doing. Being in that place\/position that we belong in will bring peace to our heart, mind and soul.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Obedience is better\u00a0than sacrifice. Amen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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

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1 Samuel 15:22 (NKJV) 22 So Samuel said: \u201cHas the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,\u00a0As\u00a0in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,\u00a0And to heed than the fat of rams. Sometimes we may feel obligated to enter into a position we’ve been asked to volunteer for, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[348],"tags":[4556,1925,2815],"class_list":["post-8443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obeying-god","tag-bible-verses-about-obedience-being-better-than-sacrifice","tag-bible-verses-about-obeying-god","tag-what-the-bible-says-about-obeying-god"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8443","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=8443"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8448,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8443\/revisions\/8448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}