{"id":581,"date":"2023-03-23T08:19:11","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T12:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?p=581"},"modified":"2025-07-07T10:44:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T14:44:28","slug":"turn-away-from-evil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?p=581","title":{"rendered":"Turn Away from Evil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good Morning!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord [with reverent awe and obedience] and turn [entirely] away from evil. -Proverbs 3:7<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes we think we just know best\u2026 and then we realize that we might not know what\u2019s best but we still argue with God or with others\u2026. because of what, of pride? Pride is one of the hardest things to lay aside and admit that we might not have it all figured out. If we are able to lay down that pride and fear the Lord in obedience, we are able defeat evil. Does this mean we are to be meek and feeble? Absolutely not! Laying down pride is&nbsp;<em><strong>not<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;laying down strength, in fact we gain in strength when we are able to shed pride. If we do lay it down we are stronger in what we believe is right in God, and we are stronger in God when we find the strength to lay down our pride and look to God for direction. So, what is holding you back from going deeper in your faith with God\u2026\u2026pride?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor pride is spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility of love, or contentment, or even common sense.\u201d -C.S. Lewis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNever let your pride keep something broken that your heart wants to fix.\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\">I went bald years ago but still carry an old comb with me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I just can\u2019t part with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Have a great Thursday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Morning! Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord [with reverent awe and obedience] and turn [entirely] away from evil. -Proverbs 3:7 Sometimes we think we just know best\u2026 and then we realize that we might not know what\u2019s best but we still argue with God or with others\u2026. because of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?p=581\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Turn Away from Evil&#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-581","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! 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