{"id":153,"date":"2026-04-25T00:08:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T07:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=153"},"modified":"2026-04-24T21:49:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T04:49:38","slug":"showers-of-blessings-day-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/showers-of-blessings-day-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Showers of Blessings\u00a0 Day 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Showers of Blessings\u00a0 Day 25<br \/>\n<u>Blessing: Prolonged Days<\/u><br \/>\n<em>\u201cThe fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.<br \/>\nFor by me your days will be multiplied, And years of life will be added to you.&#8221;\u00a0 Proverbs 9:10-11 NKJV<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Message:<br \/>\nIn Matthew 10:16, Jesus said:<em> \u201cBehold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.\u201d<\/em><br \/>\nIf we fear the Lord, read His word, walk with Him daily then we will gain His wisdom, knowledge and understanding.\u00a0 We will learn how to be wise to avoid evil and harm.\u00a0 We will learn how to live in this world and not be enticed or trapped into taking chances or making foolish mistakes that could cost us our lives.\u00a0<em> \u201cThe fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom\u201d<\/em> but knowing Christ and following Him daily is walking in wisdom, for He is wisdom.\u00a0 <em>\u201cChrist the power of God and the\u00a0wisdom\u00a0of God.\u201d\u00a0<\/em> 1 Corinthians 1:24<\/p>\n<p>The fear of the LORD offers us many blessings as we have seen, but this verse holds multiple blessings!<br \/>\nWisdom, Knowledge, Understanding, Long Life are four more blessings we who fear the LORD are given besides all the others we have been learning about!<br \/>\nI would say we who fear the Lord are a most blessed people!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a92023 SGLY Ministry www.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Showers of Blessings\u00a0 Day 25 Blessing: Prolonged Days \u201cThe fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. For by me your days will be multiplied, And years of life will be added to you.&#8221;\u00a0 Proverbs 9:10-11 NKJV Message: In Matthew 10:16, Jesus said: \u201cBehold, I&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[120,3526,74,3,123,124,121,119,30,5,32,122,16],"class_list":["post-153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-showers-of-blessings","tag-1corinthians-124","tag-april-2026","tag-blessings","tag-daily-devotionals","tag-knowledge","tag-long-life","tag-power","tag-proverbs-910-11","tag-sgly-ministry","tag-showers-of-blessings","tag-smile-god-loves-you","tag-understanding","tag-wisdom"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SB-25-Proverbs-9-10.11.jpg?fit=354%2C472&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":141,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/showers-of-blessings-day-21\/","url_meta":{"origin":153,"position":0},"title":"Showers of Blessings\u00a0 Day 21","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"April 21, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Showers of Blessings\u00a0 Day 21 Blessing: \u00a0Health and Strength Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the LORD and depart from evil. 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