{"id":1089,"date":"2025-12-28T00:08:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T08:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=1089"},"modified":"2025-12-26T19:33:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T03:33:14","slug":"dec-28-new-year-countdown-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/dec-28-new-year-countdown-day-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Dec.28\u2014New Year Countdown\u2014Day 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><u>QUIETNESS<\/u><\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;In quietness and confidence shall be your strength.&#8221;<\/em> Isaiah 30:15<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Today&#8217;s Thought:<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>After the busyness of the Holidays take some time to rest and reflect on the Lord and His word.<\/p>\n<p>The Lord says: <em>&#8220;Be still and know that I am God.&#8221; <\/em>Psalm 46:10<\/p>\n<p>Take some time today to be quiet before the Lord and think upon what these scriptures mean to you.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think the Lord means when He says <em>&#8220;in quietness and confidence shall be your strength&#8221;?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As you sit quietly with the Lord and ponder on His word, you will find His strength and wisdom coming into your present day circumstances to strengthen and renew you.<\/p>\n<p><em>But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.\u00a0 <\/em>Isaiah 40:31<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Today\u2019s Action:<\/u> \u00a0\u00a0Be Still. 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Wait on the Lord and Ponder His word.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ:<\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> Read His word<\/span><\/li>\n<li><em>For the word of God is alive and powerful&#8230;.<\/em> Hebrews 4:12<\/li>\n<li><strong>REFLECT:<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Reflect on Him<\/span><\/li>\n<li><em>I reflect at night on who you are, O LORD,&#8230;<\/em> Psalm 119:55<\/li>\n<li><strong>RENEW<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> Renew your strength<\/span><\/li>\n<li><em>Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.<\/em> Psalm 51:10<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>SGLY Ministry<br \/>\nwww.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QUIETNESS &#8220;In quietness and confidence shall be your strength.&#8221; Isaiah 30:15 Today&#8217;s Thought: After the busyness of the Holidays take some time to rest and reflect on the Lord and His word. The Lord says: &#8220;Be still and know that I am God.&#8221; Psalm 46:10 Take some time today to be quiet before the Lord&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1673],"tags":[476,3,3311,1166,1286,1242,1854,1869,1863,1829,334,1864,1866,1867,1868,1865,30,32,1295],"class_list":["post-1089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-year-countdown","tag-be-still","tag-daily-devotionals","tag-december-2025","tag-hebrews-412","tag-isaiah-3015","tag-isaiah-4031","tag-new-year-countdown","tag-ponder-gods-word","tag-psalm-11955","tag-psalm-4610","tag-psalm-5110","tag-quietness","tag-read-gods-word","tag-reflect-on-gods-promises","tag-renew","tag-renew-your-strength","tag-sgly-ministry","tag-smile-god-loves-you","tag-wait-on-the-lord"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Quietness-Isaiah-30.15.jpg?fit=375%2C326&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":808,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/standing-on-the-promises-confidence\/","url_meta":{"origin":1089,"position":0},"title":"Standing on the Promises:\u00a0 CONFIDENCE","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"October 7, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"A Precious Promise: CONFIDENCE For thus says the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel: \"In returning and rest you shall be saved; In quietness and confidence shall be your strength. 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