{"id":492,"date":"2022-12-06T08:43:23","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T13:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?p=492"},"modified":"2025-07-07T10:39:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T14:39:52","slug":"a-specific-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?p=492","title":{"rendered":"A Specific Purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good Morning!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>He who is not with Me is against Me; and he who does not gather with Me scatters. -Matthew 12:30<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You cannot be neutral in your faith. If you are not with Jesus, you are against Him. There is no in between. And if we are not doing our part in gathering people to Him, are we scattering? God designed each of us for a specific purpose, some of us are even trained for that specific purpose, but it is still up to us to walk out that purpose. Are we fulfilling our calling\/purpose? If not, what are we going to change?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDon\u2019t look back, you aren\u2019t going that way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you aren\u2019t in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?\u201d -T.S. Eliot<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is no coasting in faith, you are either striving forward or sliding backwards.\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\">Why is no one ever the right amount of whelmed?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Have a great Tuesday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Morning! He who is not with Me is against Me; and he who does not gather with Me scatters. -Matthew 12:30 You cannot be neutral in your faith. If you are not with Jesus, you are against Him. There is no in between. 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