{"id":1023,"date":"2025-12-08T00:08:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T08:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=1023"},"modified":"2025-12-06T21:14:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T05:14:12","slug":"dec-8-christmas-countdown-day-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/dec-8-christmas-countdown-day-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Dec.8-Christmas Countdown\u2014Day 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><u>BLESSED<br \/>\n<\/u><\/em><\/strong><em>Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!<\/em>\u00a0 Matthew 21:9<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Today&#8217;s Thought:<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>&#8220;Glory to God in the highest!&#8221;<br \/>\nMultitudes of heavenly host sang at His birth.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hosanna in the highest!&#8221;<br \/>\nMultitudes on earth cried out before His death.<\/p>\n<p><em>He who testifies to these things says, &#8220;Surely I am coming quickly.&#8221; Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus!<\/em>\u00a0 Revelation 22:20<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Blessed are all who are watching for me,&#8230;&#8221;(<\/em>Jesus) Revelation 16:15<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Today\u2019s Action:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BLESSED means: Jesus is highly favored or the fortunate one&#8211;Praise Him!<\/li>\n<li>BLESSED means: Jesus is worthy of worship, holy&#8211;Worship Him!<\/li>\n<li>BLESSED means: Jesus brought happiness and contentment&#8211;Serve Him!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let us exclaim our praises to God today for sending us Jesus, either by shouting it out wherever appropriate or singing it alone at home, in the car, at church or out caroling with others, for as He came to earth as a babe so many years ago, He will come again. Let&#8217;s be among those who are watching and waiting for His return.<\/p>\n<p>Only 17 days left until Christmas!\u00a0 Make each one count!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9SGLY Ministry www.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BLESSED Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!\u00a0 Matthew 21:9 Today&#8217;s Thought: &#8220;Glory to God in the highest!&#8221; Multitudes of heavenly host sang at His birth. &#8220;Hosanna in the highest!&#8221; Multitudes on earth cried out before His death. He who testifies to these things says, &#8220;Surely I am coming quickly.&#8221; Amen&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1652],"tags":[36,1661,3,3311,1731,1730,1729,1732,1726,1728,1727,30,32],"class_list":["post-1023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christmas-countdown","tag-blessed","tag-christmas-countdown","tag-daily-devotionals","tag-december-2025","tag-glory-to-god-in-the-highest","tag-holy","tag-jesus-is-the-highly-favored-one","tag-jesus-will-come-again","tag-matthew-219","tag-revelation-1615","tag-revelation-2220","tag-sgly-ministry","tag-smile-god-loves-you"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Blessed-Rev-16.15.jpg?fit=375%2C326&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1194,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/p-o-w-e-r-day-30-reward\/","url_meta":{"origin":1023,"position":0},"title":"P-O-W-E-R&#8211;Day 30&#8211;Reward","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"January 30, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Today's Scripture: \u201cFor the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works.\"\u00a0 --Jesus Matthew 16:27 Today's Thought: The Bible has a lot to say about rewards. 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