{"id":43806,"date":"2018-07-11T00:05:17","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T07:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prayingpint.com\/?p=43806"},"modified":"2018-07-11T00:05:17","modified_gmt":"2018-07-11T07:05:17","slug":"do-not-lose-sight-of-these","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/11\/do-not-lose-sight-of-these\/","title":{"rendered":"Do not lose sight of these"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"verseid:5.32.47\"><b>Deuteronomy 32:47<\/b>\u00a0<\/a><\/span>\u00a0For it is no empty word for you, but your very life, and by this word you shall live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"> <a href=\"verseid:3.18.5\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Leviticus 18:5<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/span><b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0You shall therefore keep my statutes and my rules; if a person does them, he shall live by them: I am the LORD.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"> <a href=\"verseid:20.3.1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Proverbs 3:1-2<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/span><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,\u00a0\u00a0for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you. \u00a0for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man. Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. \u00a0In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. \u00a0Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD, and turn away from evil. \u00a0It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones. \u00a0Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce; \u00a0Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding, \u00a0for the gain from her is better than gain from silver and her profit better than gold. \u00a0She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire can compare with her. \u00a0Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor. \u00a0Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; those who hold her fast are called blessed. \u00a0The LORD by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens; \u00a0by his knowledge the deeps broke open, and the clouds drop down the dew.\u00a0My son, do not lose sight of these\u2014 keep sound wisdom and discretion, \u00a0and they will be life for your soul and adornment for your neck. \u00a0Then you will walk on your way securely, and your foot will not stumble. \u00a0If you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet. \u00a0Do not be afraid of sudden terror or of the ruin of the wicked, when it comes, \u00a0for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being caught.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"verseid:40.6.33\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Matthew 6:33<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"verseid:54.4.8\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>1 Timothy 4:8<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"verseid:60.3.10\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>1 Peter 3:10-12<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0For \u201cWhoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit;\u00a0\u00a0let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it.\u00a0\u00a0For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">It does not take much time to understand the way of the world has a way of creeping into the life of those opposed to it.\u00a0 Slowly it finds cracks and sets root into the heart.\u00a0 Keep these ways out of your heart and mind.\u00a0 Stay in His word.\u00a0 Live to humbly serve, honor, follow and obey Him alone.\u00a0 Do not this culture&#8217;s wisdom of what is right and wrong be your guide, but rather allow His word to be your light and path this side of eternity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deuteronomy 32:47\u00a0\u00a0For it is no empty word for you, but your very life, and by this word you shall live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess.\u201d Leviticus 18:5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0You shall therefore keep my statutes and my rules; if a person does them, he shall live by them: I am &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/11\/do-not-lose-sight-of-these\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Do not lose sight of these&#8221;<\/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":[1716,5586,2632,598,4452,5016,3209,81,1634,2666,2061,2246,204,2440,7028,3843,7463,2243,7458,164,7468,452,3254,768,281,1306,1394,215,5483,4,1858,80,7462,340,36,7466,879,6197,883,1038,3998,75,1522,348,125,321,3053,6312,7461,7464,7467,7459,511,1447,2816,3331,2283,6,126,7465,7460],"class_list":["post-43806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers","tag-above-reproach","tag-acknowledge","tag-added-to-you","tag-afraid","tag-anxious-heart","tag-appear-before-judgement-seat-of-christ","tag-bind-them","tag-blessed","tag-blessed-if-you-do-them","tag-caught","tag-claiming-to-be-wise","tag-compare","tag-confidence","tag-depends-on-faith","tag-desire-of-the-wicked","tag-desires","tag-do-not-lose-sight-of-these","tag-earth","tag-empty-word","tag-evil","tag-eyes-of-the-lord","tag-favor","tag-foot","tag-forsake-the-lord","tag-gain","tag-gold","tag-gold-and-silver-multiplied","tag-healing","tag-hears-my-words","tag-heart","tag-heavens","tag-honor","tag-jewels","tag-kingdom","tag-life","tag-life-to-come","tag-live-long","tag-long-life","tag-make-straight-paths","tag-my-power-and-might-have-gotten-me-this-wealth","tag-neck","tag-peace","tag-pleasant-to-the-sight","tag-possess","tag-prayer","tag-profit","tag-promise","tag-reason-returned","tag-refreshment","tag-securly","tag-seek-peace-and-pursue-it","tag-sight-of-god","tag-steadfast-love","tag-stumble","tag-success","tag-teaching","tag-training","tag-trust","tag-understanding","tag-value","tag-wise-in-your-own-eyes"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43806","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=43806"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43808,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43806\/revisions\/43808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}