{"id":1018,"date":"2024-09-23T10:49:35","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T14:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?p=1018"},"modified":"2025-07-07T10:38:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T14:38:47","slug":"as-you-grow-in-the-spirit-put-childish-ways-behind-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?p=1018","title":{"rendered":"As You Grow in the Spirit, Put Childish Ways  Behind You"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good Morning!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things. &nbsp;-1 Corinthians 13:11<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is so easy, in some scenarios and situations, to get wrapped up in it and react in a childish way. There are a lot of instances where we see public figures get wrapped up in a situation and act childish. As we mature in our faith, God will give us the wisdom, the patience, and the discernment to combat the nature of acting childish. It doesn\u2019t mean we will never have a childish moment again but how are we going to respond to it when we do? Will we make it right, will we repent and learn from it? I think we will as we listen to God and use Godly discernment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAge is no guarantee of maturity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo matter what you are going through there\u2019s no pit so deep that God can\u2019t reach in and get you out.\u201d &nbsp;-Joyce Meyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dad Joke of the Day:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Have a great Monday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Morning! 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