{"id":1749,"date":"2026-06-17T00:08:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T07:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=1749"},"modified":"2026-06-10T14:59:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T21:59:11","slug":"september-17-praise-pause-day-17-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/september-17-praise-pause-day-17-love\/","title":{"rendered":"June 17&#8211;Praise Pause&#8211;Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Praise His Name: LOVE<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.\u00a0 <\/em>1 John 4:8 (NKJV)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&#8217;s Thought:<\/strong><br \/>\nIf you are looking for love you will find it in God, for God is love.<br \/>\nGod&#8217;s name is love for His very nature is love, everything He does is done in love.<br \/>\nAs Love, He gave His only Son to die for sinful mankind.<br \/>\n<em>For God 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 (NKJV)<\/p>\n<p><em>Love is patient and kind. Love rejoices in truth. Love never gives up. Love never loses faith, it is always hopeful, and Love endures through every circumstance.<\/em> (1 Cor.13:4-7)<br \/>\nThat is God, He is love. Let&#8217;s pause to praise Him today as our true Love!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&#8217;s Praise Pause:<\/strong><br \/>\nDear God, I pause to praise You today as Love.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The One who gave Your Son for me.<\/li>\n<li>The One who is always patient and kind.<\/li>\n<li>The One who never gives up on me.<\/li>\n<li>The One who always gives me hope and endurance for every circumstance in life.I am so thankful that I can pause to praise You as my true Love, God, and I want to know You and abide in You, so that I will be able to bring Your love to others.<em>God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.<\/em> 1 John 4:16 (NKJV)\u00a9SGLY Ministry www.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Praise His Name: LOVE He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.\u00a0 1 John 4:8 (NKJV) Today&#8217;s Thought: If you are looking for love you will find it in God, for God is love. God&#8217;s name is love for His very nature is love, everything He does is done in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2616,"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":[2756],"tags":[404,1574,2832,1129,201,2834,215,1576,216,96,3528,296,98,2833,212,2757,30,32,1061],"class_list":["post-1749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-praise-pause","tag-1corinthians-134-7","tag-1john-416","tag-1john-48","tag-abide-in-christ","tag-daily-devotional","tag-endures","tag-faith","tag-god-is-love","tag-hope","tag-john-316","tag-june-2026","tag-kind","tag-love","tag-never-gives-up","tag-patient","tag-praise-pause","tag-sgly-ministry","tag-smile-god-loves-you","tag-truth"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PP-17-LOVE.jpg?fit=354%2C472&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":341,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/june-14-loving-heart\/","url_meta":{"origin":1749,"position":0},"title":"June 14&#8211;Loving Heart","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"June 14, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"June 14--Heart for the Lord--Day 14--LOVING HEART You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart\u2026\u201d Deuteronomy 6:5 NKJV Today's Thought: Love is patient and kind. 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