{"id":1753,"date":"2025-06-18T00:08:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T07:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=1753"},"modified":"2025-06-18T19:53:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T02:53:40","slug":"september-18-praise-pause-day-18-man-of-sorrows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/september-18-praise-pause-day-18-man-of-sorrows\/","title":{"rendered":"June 18&#8211;Praise Pause&#8211;Man of Sorrows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Praise His Name: MAN OF SORROWS<\/strong><br \/>\nHe is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. Isaiah 53:3 (NKJV)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&#8217;s Thought:<\/strong><br \/>\nOur Lord is acquainted with grief, He knows sorrow, He knows pain.<br \/>\nHe can relate to our sorrows, sadness or any pain we are going through.<br \/>\n<em>For He was despised and rejected, a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief.<\/em> Isaiah 53:3 (NLT)<br \/>\nHe knows how it feels to be rejected or despised. He gave His life for the very people who turned their backs on Him.<\/p>\n<p>Today let&#8217;s pause to praise Him, the Man of Sorrows, who can relate to us in anything we are going through.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Let&#8217;s praise Him who though He was despised, He was not defeated.<\/li>\n<li>Let&#8217;s praise Him who though He was acquainted with grief, He was not overcome by it.<\/li>\n<li>Let&#8217;s praise Him who though He was rejected by men, He conquered all!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&#8217;s Praise Pause:<\/strong><br \/>\nDear Lord, I pause to praise You today as Man of Sorrows.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One who can relate to my sorrows and pain.<\/li>\n<li>One who can be compassionate to my grief.<\/li>\n<li>One who can help me overcome my defeats.<\/li>\n<li>One who can help me in the face of rejection.<\/li>\n<li>One who can help me in all things I think, say and do.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I pause to praise You today, Man of Sorrows, and I give You thanks and praise for the ultimate victory you won and for all I can be in You!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9SGLY Ministry www.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Praise His Name: MAN OF SORROWS He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. Isaiah 53:3 (NKJV) Today&#8217;s Thought: Our Lord is acquainted with grief, He knows sorrow, He knows pain. He can relate to our sorrows, sadness or any pain we are going through. For He was&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1755,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2756],"tags":[2841,3,2840,1073,2836,99,3305,2835,2842,649,2837,2757,2839,2838,30,32,777],"class_list":["post-1753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-praise-pause","tag-conqueror","tag-daily-devotionals","tag-despised","tag-grief","tag-isaiah-533","tag-jesus","tag-june-2025","tag-man-of-sorrows","tag-not-defeated","tag-overcomer","tag-pain","tag-praise-pause","tag-rejection","tag-sadness","tag-sgly-ministry","tag-smile-god-loves-you","tag-sorrow"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PP-18-MAN-OF-SORROWS.jpg?fit=1110%2C966&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1740,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/september-14-praise-pause-day-14-jehovah\/","url_meta":{"origin":1753,"position":0},"title":"June 14&#8211;Praise Pause&#8211;Jehovah","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"June 14, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Praise His Name: JEHOVAH \"That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth. \" Psalm 83:18 KJV Today's Thought: JEHOVAH is the personal, revealed name of God translated from the Hebrew consonants YHWH. \"Therefore My people shall know My name;\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Praise Pause&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Praise Pause","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/category\/praise-pause\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"PP-14-JEHOVAH","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PP-14-JEHOVAH.jpg?fit=1110%2C966&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PP-14-JEHOVAH.jpg?fit=1110%2C966&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PP-14-JEHOVAH.jpg?fit=1110%2C966&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PP-14-JEHOVAH.jpg?fit=1110%2C966&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PP-14-JEHOVAH.jpg?fit=1110%2C966&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1743,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/september-15-praise-pause-day-15-judge\/","url_meta":{"origin":1753,"position":1},"title":"June 15&#8211;Praise Pause&#8211;Judge","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"June 15, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Praise His Name: JUDGE For the LORD is our Judge, The LORD is our Lawgiver, The LORD is our King; He will save us; Isaiah 33:22 (NKJV) Today's Thought: The Lord is our Judge, not satan, not the world, not ourselves, not our friends, not our family, the Lord is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Praise Pause&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Praise Pause","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/category\/praise-pause\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"PP-15-JUDGE","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PP-15-JUDGE.jpg?fit=1110%2C966&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PP-15-JUDGE.jpg?fit=1110%2C966&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PP-15-JUDGE.jpg?fit=1110%2C966&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PP-15-JUDGE.jpg?fit=1110%2C966&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PP-15-JUDGE.jpg?fit=1110%2C966&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1769,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/september-22-praise-pause-day-22-potter\/","url_meta":{"origin":1753,"position":2},"title":"June 22&#8211;Praise Pause&#8211;Potter","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"June 22, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Praise His Name: POTTER We are the clay, and You our potter; And all we are the work of Your hand. 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