{"id":1076,"date":"2025-12-24T00:08:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T08:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=1076"},"modified":"2025-12-20T18:55:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T02:55:15","slug":"dec-24-christmas-countdown-day-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/dec-24-christmas-countdown-day-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Dec.24-Christmas Countdown\u2014Day 24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><u>LOVE<\/u><\/em><\/strong><em><br \/>\nGod so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. <\/em>John 3:16<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Today&#8217;s Thought:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>THE GIFT OF LOVE:<\/strong> 1 John 4:10<br \/>\n<em><em>Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins<br \/>\n<\/em><\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>THE GIFT OF HIMSELF:<\/strong> Matthew 1:23<br \/>\n<em><em>Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us<br \/>\n<\/em><\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>THE GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE:<\/strong> 1 John 5:11<br \/>\n<em>And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Today\u2019s Action:<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nGod so loved that He gave&#8230;This Christmas give the best present of all&#8211;Tell someone about God&#8217;s love.<br \/>\nOffer the gift of eternal life to someone today by sharing the gospel with them.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Only 1 day left until Christmas!\u00a0<\/span> Make it count!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9SGLY Ministry www.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOVE God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16 Today&#8217;s Thought: THE GIFT OF LOVE: 1 John 4:10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1077,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1652],"tags":[1848,1846,1661,3,3311,1844,1845,1843,1842,96,98,1847,30,1849,32],"class_list":["post-1076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christmas-countdown","tag-1john-511","tag-1johnn410","tag-christmas-countdown","tag-daily-devotionals","tag-december-2025","tag-gift-of-eternal-life","tag-gods-gift-of-himself","tag-gods-gift-of-love","tag-gods-love","tag-john-316","tag-love","tag-matthew-123","tag-sgly-ministry","tag-share-the-gospel","tag-smile-god-loves-you"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Love-Matthew-1.23.jpg?fit=375%2C326&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1052,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/dec-17-christmas-countdown-day-17\/","url_meta":{"origin":1076,"position":0},"title":"Dec.17-Christmas Countdown\u2014Day 17","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"December 17, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"GIFT For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of\u00a0God, Ephesians\u00a02:8 Today's Thought: God's Gift of Salvation is the best gift we will ever receive! 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