{"id":1036,"date":"2025-12-12T00:08:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T08:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=1036"},"modified":"2025-12-10T17:45:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T01:45:39","slug":"dec-12-christmas-countdown-day-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/dec-12-christmas-countdown-day-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Dec.12-Christmas Countdown\u2014Day 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><u>DECLARE<br \/>\n<\/u><\/em><\/strong><em>The heavens declare the glory of God&#8230;<\/em>\u00a0 Psalm 19:1<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Today&#8217;s Thought:<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>Declaring His Glory means: to exalt Him, praise Him, or give Him honor and thanksgiving.<br \/>\nEvery day we should join with all creation to show our adoration of Him by declaring His glory.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Today\u2019s Action:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DECLARE! Share the good news with everyone<br \/>\n<em>I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation;&#8230; Psalm<\/em> 40:10<\/li>\n<li>ANNOUNCE! Tell everyone about the wonderful things He does.<br \/>\n<em>I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, That I may declare all Your works<\/em>. Psalm 73:28<\/li>\n<li>PROCLAIM! <em>Proclaim the mighty acts of God&#8230;<\/em> Psalm 64:9<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Today, let&#8217;s take time to stop a moment, to give Him thanks and praise for creating us and all creation.<br \/>\nLook up at the heavens and at what is all around you and give Him praise for all His handiwork, the sun, stars, moon, sky, trees, animals, fish, ocean, etc.\u2026these are all things He created, but&#8230;He also created people, and YOU!<br \/>\nSo, when YOU praise Him, YOU declare His glory, as one of His most wonderful creations, so take some time to do that today.<\/p>\n<p>Praise Him as David did in Psalm 139:14: <em>&#8220;I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Only 13 days left until Christmas!\u00a0 Make each one count!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9SGLY Ministry www.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DECLARE The heavens declare the glory of God&#8230;\u00a0 Psalm 19:1 Today&#8217;s Thought: Declaring His Glory means: to exalt Him, praise Him, or give Him honor and thanksgiving. Every day we should join with all creation to show our adoration of Him by declaring His glory. Today\u2019s Action: DECLARE! Share the good news with everyone I&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1652],"tags":[1762,1661,1497,3,3311,1761,1765,1763,1760,1756,1759,1758,1757,30,32,1764],"class_list":["post-1036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christmas-countdown","tag-announce-his-wonderful-works","tag-christmas-countdown","tag-creator-god","tag-daily-devotionals","tag-december-2025","tag-declare-the-glory-of-god","tag-praise-god-for-his-creation","tag-proclaim-the-mighty-acts-of-god","tag-psalm-13914","tag-psalm-191","tag-psalm-4010","tag-psalm-649","tag-psalm-7328","tag-sgly-ministry","tag-smile-god-loves-you","tag-take-time-to-give-god-thanks-and-praise"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Declare-Psalm40.10.jpg?fit=375%2C326&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1095,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/dec-30-new-year-countdown-day-5\/","url_meta":{"origin":1036,"position":0},"title":"Dec.30\u2014New Year Countdown\u2014Day 5","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"December 30, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"STEADFAST My heart is steadfast, O God, my\u00a0heart is steadfast; I will sing and give praise. 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Come before His presence with singing. 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