{"id":1788,"date":"2025-06-28T00:08:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T07:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=1788"},"modified":"2025-06-27T19:21:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T02:21:45","slug":"september-28-praise-pause-day-28-teacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/september-28-praise-pause-day-28-teacher\/","title":{"rendered":"June 28&#8211;Praise Pause&#8211;Teacher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Praise His Name: TEACHER<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am.<\/em>&#8211;Jesus\u00a0 \u00a0John\u00a013:13 (NKJV)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&#8217;s Thought:<\/strong><br \/>\nAll the answers to life&#8217;s problems are found in Jesus, for He said in John 14:6 that He was the Way, the Truth, and the Life.<br \/>\nSo, what better qualities could a Teacher have then that!\u00a0 He will teach us truth and He will show us the right way to live.<br \/>\nSo, today let&#8217;s pause to praise Him for being our Teacher who will show us all things and lead us in wisdom and truth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&#8217;s Praise Pause:<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. May your gracious Spirit lead me forward on a firm footing.\u00a0 <\/em>Psalm 143:10 [NLT]<\/p>\n<p>Dear Lord, I pause to praise You, as Teacher.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You show me the right way to live.<\/li>\n<li>You instruct me with truth.<\/li>\n<li>You provide insight into my problems, and You give me the knowledge to overcome them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I thank and praise You for being my Teacher. One who is always with me to help me learn and grow so I can live life abundantly every day.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9SGLY Ministry www.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Praise His Name: TEACHER You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am.&#8211;Jesus\u00a0 \u00a0John\u00a013:13 (NKJV) Today&#8217;s Thought: All the answers to life&#8217;s problems are found in Jesus, for He said in John 14:6 that He was the Way, the Truth, and the Life. So, what better qualities could a Teacher&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2756],"tags":[3,2889,2886,306,3305,136,169,2757,1233,2887,30,32,2888,2702,1061,1321],"class_list":["post-1788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-praise-pause","tag-daily-devotionals","tag-instruct","tag-john-1313","tag-john-146","tag-june-2025","tag-life","tag-lord","tag-praise-pause","tag-praise-the-lord","tag-psalm-14310","tag-sgly-ministry","tag-smile-god-loves-you","tag-teach-me-lord","tag-teacher","tag-truth","tag-way"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PP-28-TEACHER.jpg?fit=1110%2C966&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1792,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/september-29-praise-pause-day-29-truth\/","url_meta":{"origin":1788,"position":0},"title":"June 29&#8211;Praise Pause&#8211;Truth","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"June 29, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Praise His Name: TRUTH \"...I am ...the Truth...\" --Jesus\u00a0 \u00a0John 14:6 (NKJV) Today's Thought: Pontius Pilate said: \"What is truth? \" He was looking right at Truth, and he didn't recognize it. 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