{"id":1045,"date":"2025-12-15T00:08:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T08:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=1045"},"modified":"2025-12-14T19:47:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T03:47:02","slug":"dec-15-christmas-countdown-day-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/dec-15-christmas-countdown-day-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Dec.15-Christmas Countdown\u2014Day 15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><u>DWELL<br \/>\n<\/u><\/em><\/strong><em>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 <\/em>Colossians 3:16<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Today&#8217;s Thought:<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>Dwell means to live or stay as a permanent resident; reside, or to linger over, emphasize, or ponder in thought.<\/p>\n<p>So this verse is saying we are to let the message of Christ, the gospel, and Christ&#8217;s word, live in our minds and hearts richly, which means abundantly. This message and word should permanently reside in our hearts and minds. We should be so filled with it that it that it spills out all over wherever we go. It should be a natural part of our actions and speech all the time, every day in every situation.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DWELL: <em>&#8230;as God hath said, &#8221; I will dwell in them, and walk in them, and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.&#8221;<\/em> 2 Corinthians 6:16<\/li>\n<li>ABIDE: <em>Abide in Me and I will abide in\u00a0<\/em><i>you. (<\/i>Jesus) John 15:4<\/li>\n<li>RESIDE: <em>&#8230;God lives in us and His love is made complete in us. <\/em>1 John 4:12<br \/>\n<em>Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!<\/em>\u00a0 Psalm 95:2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Today\u2019s Action:<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nSo especially at this busy Christmas season let\u2019s make time to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Linger over His word daily and ponder it.<\/li>\n<li>Let&#8217;s emphasize His word in our daily life so we are prepared to share the message of the gospel with everyone we meet.<\/li>\n<li>Let&#8217;s also sing joyfully to the Lord as we go about our daily tasks, knowing that He and His Word is always with us.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Only 10 days left until Christmas!\u00a0 Make each one count!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9SGLY Ministry www.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;s Thought: Dwell means to live or stay as a permanent resident; reside, or to linger over,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1652],"tags":[1790,1791,1663,1661,381,3,3311,1784,1792,1128,1785,1788,1786,1789,1527,1672,30,1793,32,1787],"class_list":["post-1045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christmas-countdown","tag-1john-412","tag-2corinthians-616","tag-abide","tag-christmas-countdown","tag-colossians-316","tag-daily-devotionals","tag-december-2025","tag-dwell","tag-god-lives-in-us-believers","tag-john-154","tag-let-the-word-of-christ-dwell-in-you-richly","tag-linger","tag-live","tag-ponder","tag-psalm-952","tag-reside","tag-sgly-ministry","tag-sing-joyfully-to-the-lord","tag-smile-god-loves-you","tag-stay"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Dwell-Colossians-3.16.jpg?fit=375%2C326&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":330,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/june-11-graceful-heart\/","url_meta":{"origin":1045,"position":0},"title":"June 11&#8211;Graceful Heart","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"June 11, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"June 11\u00a0 Heart for the Lord--Day 11 GRACEFUL HEART \"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.\" Colossians 3:16 NKJV Today's Thought: A Graceful Heart\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Heart for the Lord&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Heart for the Lord","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/category\/heart-for-the-lord\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Graceful-Heart-Colossians-3.16","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Graceful-Heart-Colossians-3.16.jpg?fit=500%2C435&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1042,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/dec-14-christmas-countdown-day-14\/","url_meta":{"origin":1045,"position":1},"title":"Dec.14-Christmas Countdown\u2014Day 14","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"December 14, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"DO Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. 1 Corinthians 10:31 Today'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\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christmas Countdown&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christmas Countdown","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/category\/christmas-countdown\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Do--Col.3-23.24","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Do-Col.3-23.24.jpg?fit=375%2C326&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":780,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/september-30-ask-seek-knock-pray-for-an-alert-mind-and-a-thankful-heart\/","url_meta":{"origin":1045,"position":2},"title":"SEPTEMBER 30\u2014ASK-SEEK-KNOCK\u2014Pray For an Alert Mind and a Thankful Heart","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"September 30, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart. 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