{"id":491,"date":"2022-12-05T08:54:21","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T13:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?p=491"},"modified":"2025-07-07T10:42:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T14:42:02","slug":"hold-firmly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?p=491","title":{"rendered":"Hold Firmly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good Morning!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>But test all things carefully [so you can recognize what is good]. Hold firmly to that which is good. Abstain from every form of evil [withdraw and keep away from it]. -1 Thessalonians 5:21-22<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are to test all things to make sure they are good. That can mean a wide variety of things including the food we eat, the actions we see others take, the media we take in, the conversations we take in\/are a part of, the music we listen to, etc. Is what we are taking in healthy for us? Does it line up with the Bible? What kind of guardrails are we putting in place to abstain from every form of evil? Do we have any guardrails? Have we given it any thought? The enemy only needs a little crack to get a stronghold to wrestle his way into our life, let us do all we can to keep that from happening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNever doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it\u2019s the only thing that ever has.\u201d -Margaret Mead<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBe careful of what you entertain. Sin fascinates before it assassinates.\u201d<\/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\">1.&nbsp;Going to bed earlier<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2.&nbsp;Not leaving my house<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3.&nbsp;Not going to a party<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My childhood punishments have become my adult goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Have a great Monday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Morning! But test all things carefully [so you can recognize what is good]. Hold firmly to that which is good. Abstain from every form of evil [withdraw and keep away from it]. -1 Thessalonians 5:21-22 We are to test all things to make sure they are good. That can mean a wide variety of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?p=491\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Hold Firmly&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotionals","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Good Morning! But test all things carefully [so you can recognize what is good]. Hold firmly to that which is good. Abstain from every form of evil [withdraw and keep away from it]. -1 Thessalonians 5:21-22 We are to test all things to make sure they are good. That can mean a wide variety of\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, nofollow, max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Devoted Admin\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?p=491\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 5.0.0.1\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"-\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hold Firmly -\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Good Morning! But test all things carefully [so you can recognize what is good]. Hold firmly to that which is good. Abstain from every form of evil [withdraw and keep away from it]. -1 Thessalonians 5:21-22 We are to test all things to make sure they are good. That can mean a wide variety of\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?p=491\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/cropped-MB-Logo-1-1.png\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:secure_url\" content=\"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/cropped-MB-Logo-1-1.png\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"190\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"190\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-12-05T13:54:21+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-07T14:42:02+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Hold Firmly -\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Good Morning! But test all things carefully [so you can recognize what is good]. Hold firmly to that which is good. Abstain from every form of evil [withdraw and keep away from it]. -1 Thessalonians 5:21-22 We are to test all things to make sure they are good. That can mean a wide variety of\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/cropped-MB-Logo-1-1.png\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BlogPosting\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/devos.mbros.info\\\/?p=491#blogposting\",\"name\":\"Hold Firmly -\",\"headline\":\"Hold Firmly\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/devos.mbros.info\\\/?author=8#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/devos.mbros.info\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/devos.mbros.info\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/cropped-MB-Logo-1-1.png\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/devos.mbros.info\\\/#articleImage\",\"width\":190,\"height\":190},\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-05T08:54:21-05:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-07T10:42:02-04:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/devos.mbros.info\\\/?p=491#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/devos.mbros.info\\\/?p=491#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"Devotionals\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/devos.mbros.info\\\/?p=491#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/devos.mbros.info#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/devos.mbros.info\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/devos.mbros.info\\\/?cat=7#listItem\",\"name\":\"Devotionals\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/devos.mbros.info\\\/?cat=7#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Devotionals\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/devos.mbros.info\\\/?cat=7\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/devos.mbros.info\\\/?p=491#listItem\",\"name\":\"Hold Firmly\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/devos.mbros.info#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/devos.mbros.info\\\/?p=491#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Hold Firmly\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/devos.mbros.info\\\/?cat=7#listItem\",\"name\":\"Devotionals\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/devos.mbros.info\\\/#organization\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/devos.mbros.info\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/devos.mbros.info\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/cropped-MB-Logo-1-1.png\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/devos.mbros.info\\\/?p=491\\\/#organizationLogo\",\"width\":190,\"height\":190},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/devos.mbros.info\\\/?p=491\\\/#organizationLogo\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/devos.mbros.info\\\/?author=8#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/devos.mbros.info\\\/?author=8\",\"name\":\"Devoted Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/devos.mbros.info\\\/?p=491#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/25ee1186f3d4434abe50f9bc255d489dcc7b0d3e7d1c63a744ac65bb23c092ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Devoted Admin\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/devos.mbros.info\\\/?p=491#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/devos.mbros.info\\\/?p=491\",\"name\":\"Hold Firmly -\",\"description\":\"Good Morning! But test all things carefully [so you can recognize what is good]. Hold firmly to that which is good. Abstain from every form of evil [withdraw and keep away from it]. -1 Thessalonians 5:21-22 We are to test all things to make sure they are good. That can mean a wide variety of\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/devos.mbros.info\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/devos.mbros.info\\\/?p=491#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/devos.mbros.info\\\/?author=8#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/devos.mbros.info\\\/?author=8#author\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-05T08:54:21-05:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-07T10:42:02-04:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/devos.mbros.info\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/devos.mbros.info\\\/\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/devos.mbros.info\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Hold Firmly -","description":"Good Morning! But test all things carefully [so you can recognize what is good]. Hold firmly to that which is good. Abstain from every form of evil [withdraw and keep away from it]. -1 Thessalonians 5:21-22 We are to test all things to make sure they are good. That can mean a wide variety of","canonical_url":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?p=491","robots":"noindex, nofollow, max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?p=491#blogposting","name":"Hold Firmly -","headline":"Hold Firmly","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?author=8#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/#organization"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/cropped-MB-Logo-1-1.png","@id":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/#articleImage","width":190,"height":190},"datePublished":"2022-12-05T08:54:21-05:00","dateModified":"2025-07-07T10:42:02-04:00","inLanguage":"en-US","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?p=491#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?p=491#webpage"},"articleSection":"Devotionals"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?p=491#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?cat=7#listItem","name":"Devotionals"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?cat=7#listItem","position":2,"name":"Devotionals","item":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?cat=7","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?p=491#listItem","name":"Hold Firmly"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?p=491#listItem","position":3,"name":"Hold Firmly","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?cat=7#listItem","name":"Devotionals"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/#organization","url":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/cropped-MB-Logo-1-1.png","@id":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?p=491\/#organizationLogo","width":190,"height":190},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?p=491\/#organizationLogo"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?author=8#author","url":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?author=8","name":"Devoted Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?p=491#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/25ee1186f3d4434abe50f9bc255d489dcc7b0d3e7d1c63a744ac65bb23c092ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Devoted Admin"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?p=491#webpage","url":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?p=491","name":"Hold Firmly -","description":"Good Morning! But test all things carefully [so you can recognize what is good]. Hold firmly to that which is good. Abstain from every form of evil [withdraw and keep away from it]. -1 Thessalonians 5:21-22 We are to test all things to make sure they are good. That can mean a wide variety of","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?p=491#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?author=8#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?author=8#author"},"datePublished":"2022-12-05T08:54:21-05:00","dateModified":"2025-07-07T10:42:02-04:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/#website","url":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"-","og:type":"article","og:title":"Hold Firmly -","og:description":"Good Morning! But test all things carefully [so you can recognize what is good]. Hold firmly to that which is good. Abstain from every form of evil [withdraw and keep away from it]. -1 Thessalonians 5:21-22 We are to test all things to make sure they are good. That can mean a wide variety of","og:url":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?p=491","og:image":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/cropped-MB-Logo-1-1.png","og:image:secure_url":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/cropped-MB-Logo-1-1.png","og:image:width":190,"og:image:height":190,"article:published_time":"2022-12-05T13:54:21+00:00","article:modified_time":"2025-07-07T14:42:02+00:00","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:title":"Hold Firmly -","twitter:description":"Good Morning! But test all things carefully [so you can recognize what is good]. Hold firmly to that which is good. Abstain from every form of evil [withdraw and keep away from it]. -1 Thessalonians 5:21-22 We are to test all things to make sure they are good. That can mean a wide variety of","twitter:image":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/cropped-MB-Logo-1-1.png"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"491","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"created":"2024-11-11 15:43:07","updated":"2025-07-08 03:33:29","ai":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?cat=7\" title=\"Devotionals\">Devotionals<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tHold Firmly\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info"},{"label":"Devotionals","link":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?cat=7"},{"label":"Hold Firmly","link":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?p=491"}],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Devoted Admin","author_link":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?author=8"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}