{"id":10227,"date":"2017-02-15T21:48:16","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T05:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prayingpint.com\/?p=10227"},"modified":"2017-02-15T21:48:16","modified_gmt":"2017-02-16T05:48:16","slug":"joy-or-gloom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2017\/02\/15\/joy-or-gloom\/","title":{"rendered":"Joy or Gloom"},"content":{"rendered":"

” Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.\u00a0\u00a0Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.\u00a0\u00a0Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.\u00a0\u00a0Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.\u00a0“<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Psalms 32:8\u00a0\u00a0I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.\u00a0Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding, which must be curbed with bit and bridle, or it will not stay near you.\u00a0Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the LORD.<\/p>\n

Proverbs 3:5\u00a0\u00a0Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.\u00a0\u00a0In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.<\/p>\n

Psalms 33:18\u00a0\u00a0Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love,<\/p>\n

Proverbs 3:1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,<\/p>\n

Proverbs 8:10\u00a0\u00a0Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold,\u00a0\u00a0for wisdom is better than jewels, and all that you may desire cannot compare with her.<\/p>\n

Matthew 11:29\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.<\/p>\n

Proverbs 26:3\u00a0\u00a0A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.<\/p>\n

Jeremiah 4:22\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cFor my people are foolish; they know me not; they are stupid children; they have no understanding. They are \u2018wise\u2019\u2014in doing evil! But how to do good they know not.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jeremiah 8:6\u00a0\u00a0I have paid attention and listened, but they have not spoken rightly; no man relents of his evil, saying, \u2018What have I done?\u2019 Everyone turns to his own course, like a horse plunging headlong into battle.\u00a0\u00a0Even the stork in the heavens knows her times, and the turtledove, swallow, and crane keep the time of their coming, but my people know not the rules of the LORD.<\/p>\n

“My people are foolish”, “they have not spoke rightly”, “everyone turns to his own course”, “they have no understanding”, “they do not know Me”. How many are the paths people will follow to find peace, joy, and rest for their souls following blindly and\u00a0headlong on a straight path to hell? \u00a0God is not blind to the actions and thoughts of man. \u00a0Nothing is hidden from Him and rather than humbly submit, follow and obey Him they pick their own course. \u00a0This course is one with temporary satisfaction at best but does not satisfy deep into the heart. \u00a0Turn to God and He will instruct and teach you. \u00a0His gentle guiding will give rest to your soul. He will set your feet on solid ground and make life fulfilling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

” Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.\u00a0\u00a0Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.\u00a0\u00a0Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.\u00a0\u00a0Humble yourselves before … Continue reading “Joy or Gloom”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2884,917,2325,35,2691,2885,2890,2887,338,335,1985,2882,564,251,174,497,2879,2880,198,2891,2743,2538,2424,2878,688,2888,2892,2526,511,2823,2877,2886,2881,2889,2314,126,1725,118,2883,376],"class_list":["post-10227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers","tag-acknowledge-him","tag-all-your-heart","tag-cleanse","tag-counsel","tag-devil","tag-do-not-forget","tag-doing-evil","tag-donkey","tag-double-minded","tag-draw-near","tag-eye-of-the-lord","tag-eye-upon-you","tag-fear-him","tag-flee","tag-foolish","tag-horse","tag-humble-yourself","tag-instruct-you","tag-joy","tag-listened","tag-mourn","tag-my-yoke","tag-purify-your-heart","tag-resist","tag-rest-for-your-souls","tag-rod-for-the-back-of-fools","tag-rules-of-the-lord","tag-sinners","tag-steadfast-love","tag-straight-paths","tag-submit","tag-take-my-instruction","tag-teach-you","tag-they-know-me-not","tag-trust-in-the-name-of-the-lord","tag-understanding","tag-weep","tag-wisdom","tag-without-understanding","tag-wretched"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10227"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10232,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10227\/revisions\/10232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}