{"id":9836,"date":"2018-10-01T01:00:10","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T05:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/?p=9836"},"modified":"2018-09-21T18:50:23","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T22:50:23","slug":"bible-verse-of-the-day-10-1-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/bible-verse-of-the-day-10-1-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible Verse of The Day – 10-1-18"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hebrews 11:6 (NKJV) 6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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So many times we hear this verse used to teach about faith and all of its virtues. And that is good.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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But we have to be careful not to ignore the last part of this verse; He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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So many of us are seeking something from God. It\u2019s probably pretty safe to say that most <\/em>of us are. But are we doing what God asks of us<\/em>?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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No, this isn\u2019t about works vs. faith. It\u2019s about obedience, and about understanding that most times, God will ask us to take steps in order to bring something to fruition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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We have fallen into the habit of thinking that just because we ask God for something, or tell Him that we want something, that He is obligated to give it to us.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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But if we are treating God like a magic piggy bank, we\u2019ve got it all wrong.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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God needs to come first in everything. We need to seek Him diligently, for the sole purpose of wanting to know Him more and growing our relationship with Him, not just to get rewarded.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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If our motives are wrong, our seeking is largely in vain. As Jesus taught, we are to seek the kingdom of God first, before anything else. Then, and only then will the blessings and rewards come.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Matthew 6:33 (NKJV) 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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

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Hebrews 11:6 (NKJV) 6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. So many times we hear this verse used to teach about faith and all of its virtues. And that […]<\/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":[4562,4144,1997,3473,4394,2275,1998,2765,3472],"class_list":["post-9836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-putting-god-first-2","tag-bible-verses-about-god-being-a-rewarder-of-those-who-diligently-seek-him","tag-bible-verses-about-god-rewarding-those-who-diligently-seek-him","tag-bible-verses-about-putting-god-first","tag-bible-verses-about-putting-god-first-in-everything","tag-bible-verses-about-seeking-first-the-kingdom-of-god","tag-what-the-bible-says-about-god-rewarding-you","tag-what-the-bible-says-about-putting-god-first","tag-what-the-bible-says-about-putting-god-first-in-everything","tag-what-the-bible-says-about-seeking-god-first"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9836","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=9836"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9870,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9836\/revisions\/9870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}