{"id":171145,"date":"2023-06-23T04:09:41","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T09:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/?p=171145"},"modified":"2023-06-19T06:10:47","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T11:10:47","slug":"turning-point-dr-jeremiah-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/23\/turning-point-dr-jeremiah-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Turning Point &#8211; Dr. Jeremiah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><em>Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Proverbs 3:5-6<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most Jesus followers understand something about trusting the Lord, acknowledging Him, and seeking His paths. But what does it mean to \u201clean not on your own understanding\u201d?\u00a0It means we shouldn\u2019t try to do anything on our own. We shouldn\u2019t try to figure things out on our own without consulting God, giving Him every aspect of the decision and letting Him guide our thoughts. When we live independently of God, it\u2019s impossible to exercise wisdom. The Lord wants us to use our brains and to ponder our decisions, but not on our own! He wants us to use our\u00a0sanctified\u00a0minds.<\/p><\/div>\n<div>Making decisions is an integral part of life. As Christians, we seek to make wise decisions that honor God. It\u2019s through seeking His guidance that we are able to do just that. We make decisions prayerfully. We make decisions that don\u2019t go against Scripture. We make decisions with the inner peace of sensing His guidance.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever decisions you face today, ask God to lead and direct you.<\/p>\n<p><em>His faithful follower I would be, for by His hand He leadeth me.<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6 Most Jesus followers understand something about trusting the Lord, acknowledging Him, and seeking His paths. But what does it mean to \u201clean not on your &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/23\/turning-point-dr-jeremiah-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Turning Point &#8211; Dr. Jeremiah&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171145","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=171145"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171146,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171145\/revisions\/171146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}