{"id":1065,"date":"2024-11-14T13:44:17","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T18:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?p=1065"},"modified":"2025-07-07T10:38:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T14:38:19","slug":"his-fullness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?p=1065","title":{"rendered":"His Fullness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For out of His fullness [the superabundance of His grace and truth] we have all received grace upon grace [spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing, favor upon favor, and gift heaped upon gift].  -John 1:16<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think human tendency is to focus more on the negative than the positive. I believe this to be a tendency that we pick up from the enemy, Satan, as a by-product of being in this fallen world. If we focused on it how many blessings, favors, and gifts could we name that are from God in our daily life? Instead, we focus on what is going wrong, what is keeping our day from not going to our agenda, and why that person or that thing is to blame for my mood. Today, let us not let the enemy win but let us live the day conscious of what God is doing for us every single second of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGod\u2019s grace is not a one-time event, but a continuous flow of blessings.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe grace of God does not find men fit for salvation, but makes them so.\u201d  -Augustine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dad Joke of the Day:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why should you always bring a bag of chips to a party?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In queso emergency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have a great Thursday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For out of His fullness [the superabundance of His grace and truth] we have all received grace upon grace [spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing, favor upon favor, and gift heaped upon gift].  -John 1:16 I think human tendency is to focus more on the negative than the positive. I believe this to be a tendency … <\/p>\n

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