{"id":1042,"date":"2025-12-14T00:08:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T08:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=1042"},"modified":"2025-12-12T20:24:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T04:24:29","slug":"dec-14-christmas-countdown-day-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/dec-14-christmas-countdown-day-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Dec.14-Christmas Countdown\u2014Day 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><u>DO<br \/>\n<\/u><\/em><\/strong><em>Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.<\/em> 1 Corinthians 10:31<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Today&#8217;s Thought:<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong><em>Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.<\/em>\u00a0 Colossians 3:23,24<\/p>\n<p><em>And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father<\/em>.\u00a0 Colossians 3:17<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Today\u2019s Action:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DO Thank Him as you eat<\/li>\n<li>DO Praise Him as you drink<\/li>\n<li>DO Think of Him as you shop or work<\/li>\n<li>Do all for HIM today!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dedicate this day to Him and whatever you are doing today do it so as to honor God.<\/p>\n<p>Only 11 days left until Christmas!\u00a0 Make each one count!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9SGLY Ministry www.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DO Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. 1 Corinthians 10:31 Today&#8217;s Thought: Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1652],"tags":[1780,1661,1580,1777,1776,3,3311,1783,1778,1779,693,30,32,1781,1782],"class_list":["post-1042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christmas-countdown","tag-be-a-representative-of-the-lord-jesus","tag-christmas-countdown","tag-colossians-317","tag-colossians-323-24","tag-corinthians-1031","tag-daily-devotionals","tag-december-2025","tag-dedicate-this-day-to-honor-god","tag-do","tag-do-all-for-the-glory-of-god","tag-praise","tag-sgly-ministry","tag-smile-god-loves-you","tag-thank","tag-think"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Do-Col.3-23.24.jpg?fit=375%2C326&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1045,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/dec-15-christmas-countdown-day-15\/","url_meta":{"origin":1042,"position":0},"title":"Dec.15-Christmas Countdown\u2014Day 15","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"December 15, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"DWELL Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.\u00a0 Colossians 3:16 Today's Thought: Dwell means to live or stay as a permanent resident;\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christmas Countdown&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christmas Countdown","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/category\/christmas-countdown\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"CC-Dwell-Colossians-3.16","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Dwell-Colossians-3.16.jpg?fit=375%2C326&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":956,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/attitude-of-gratitude-day-19\/","url_meta":{"origin":1042,"position":1},"title":"Attitude of Gratitude\u2014Day 19","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"November 19, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"I AM GRATEFUL FOR....MEANINGFUL WORK And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him. 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