{"id":1072,"date":"2025-12-23T00:08:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T08:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=1072"},"modified":"2025-12-20T18:54:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T02:54:15","slug":"dec-23-christmas-countdown-day-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/dec-23-christmas-countdown-day-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Dec.23-Christmas Countdown\u2014Day 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><u>LOOK<\/u><\/em><\/strong><em><br \/>\n&#8220;Look to Me, and be saved, All you ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.&#8221;\u00a0 Isaiah 45:22<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Today&#8217;s Thought:<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>God wants everyone to look to Him for salvation.\u00a0 He is not willing that anyone should perish but that all should come to eternal life.<br \/>\nThat is why He is always at work, drawing people to Himself, desiring they will look to Him and be saved.<br \/>\nIsaiah 55:6 says: <em>&#8220;Seek the Lord while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Today\u2019s Action:<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nTake time to look for God today. He may be in places you wouldn&#8217;t expect.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>LOOK: Look for Him wherever you are today.<\/li>\n<li>SEARCH: Search for Him amid the Holiday crowds.<\/li>\n<li>EXPECT: Expect to see Him in ordinary places<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Only 2 days left until Christmas!\u00a0 Make each one count!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9SGLY Ministry www.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOOK &#8220;Look to Me, and be saved, All you ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.&#8221;\u00a0 Isaiah 45:22 Today&#8217;s Thought: God wants everyone to look to Him for salvation.\u00a0 He is not willing that anyone should perish but that all should come to eternal life. 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