{"id":1346,"date":"2024-03-16T00:08:01","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T07:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=1346"},"modified":"2024-03-15T17:47:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-16T00:47:50","slug":"march-16-proverb-a-day-day-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/march-16-proverb-a-day-day-16\/","title":{"rendered":"March 16&#8211;Proverb A Day\u2014Day 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Today&#8217;s Proverb:<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>When a man&#8217;s ways please the LORD He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him<\/em>.\u00a0 Proverbs 16:7 [NKJV]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&#8217;s Thought:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Our enemies may not like us, but as long as our ways please the LORD He will protect us, and they will leave us alone.<\/p>\n<p>How do we please the LORD?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We should focus on living for Him daily.<\/li>\n<li>We should be reading His word and obeying it.<\/li>\n<li>We should be praying to Him for wisdom, guidance and protection.<\/li>\n<li>We should be praising Him daily for who He is and thanking Him for our salvation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All of these ways and more are ways that please Him, for they show Him we are living according to His will not our will.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&#8217;s Action:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Today:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I will do my best to please the LORD in all my ways.<\/li>\n<li>I will enjoy the peace the LORD provides to me as I walk in His ways.<\/li>\n<li>I will keep my focus on Him and His will.<\/li>\n<li>I will give thanks that He is always with me.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, And He ponders all his paths.<\/em> Proverbs 5:21 NKJV<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>\u00a9SGLY Ministry www.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s Proverb: When a man&#8217;s ways please the LORD He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.\u00a0 Proverbs 16:7 [NKJV] Today&#8217;s Thought: Our enemies may not like us, but as long as our ways please the LORD He will protect us, and they will leave us alone. 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