{"id":1795,"date":"2026-06-30T00:08:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T07:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=1795"},"modified":"2026-06-30T11:28:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T18:28:27","slug":"september-30-praise-pause-day-30-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/september-30-praise-pause-day-30-way\/","title":{"rendered":"June 30&#8211;Praise Pause&#8211;Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Praise His Name: WAY<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Jesus said to him, &#8220;I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em> \u00a0John 14:6 (NKJV)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&#8217;s Thought:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhat a bold statement Jesus made!\u00a0 He said He was the only Way to the Father!<br \/>\nHe didn&#8217;t say that as a Teacher He knew the way, or that He knew the truth, or knew of the right formula for life, He said He was the Way, the Truth and the Life!\u00a0 He was all those things!<br \/>\n<em>He said He Himself, was the only Way to the Father, and the only Way to eternal life.\u00a0<\/em> (John 3:15)<br \/>\nJesus is our hope and our direction. We need only to believe in and follow Him and we won&#8217;t be lost. The choice is ours.<br \/>\nToday, let&#8217;s choose to believe in what He, the Truth, says and pause and praise Him for being the Way.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>W<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">alk in freedom<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>A<\/strong><\/span>bide in peace<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Y<\/strong><\/span>ield to Him who is the Way<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Today&#8217;s Praise Pause:<\/strong><br \/>\nDear Lord Jesus, I choose to pause and praise You, as the Way.<br \/>\nWhen I was lost, You showed me the way to go. When I was separated from God, You were the Way that brought me to Him.<br \/>\nNow, when I am unsure, You guide me to the right path. When I am feeling down, You set me on a higher plain. When I am feeling up, You stand with me and rejoice!<br \/>\nI pause to praise You today as the Way, the Only Way. And I give You thanks that not only are You my Way, but also the Way for all those who will believe and receive You!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Today is the last day of this daily devotional on the Names of God.\u00a0 I hope you enjoyed learning about the many different names of God.<br \/>\nTomorrow we will begin a new devotional called &#8220;Who Am I In Christ?&#8221;<br \/>\nI hope you will join us for this daily devotional.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9SGLY Ministry www.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Praise His Name: WAY Jesus said to him, &#8220;I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.&#8221;\u00a0 \u00a0John 14:6 (NKJV) Today&#8217;s Thought: What a bold statement Jesus made!\u00a0 He said He was the only Way to the Father! He didn&#8217;t say that as a Teacher He&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2630,"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":[1665,1721,201,229,2899,2400,306,2900,3528,2757,30,32,1061,1321,2901,2902],"class_list":["post-1795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-praise-pause","tag-abide-in-jesus","tag-believe-in-jesus","tag-daily-devotional","tag-freedom","tag-jesus-is-the-only-way-to-the-father","tag-jesus-is-the-way","tag-john-146","tag-john-315","tag-june-2026","tag-praise-pause","tag-sgly-ministry","tag-smile-god-loves-you","tag-truth","tag-way","tag-way-to-eternal-life","tag-yield-to-jesus"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PP-30-WAY.jpg?fit=354%2C472&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1792,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/september-29-praise-pause-day-29-truth\/","url_meta":{"origin":1795,"position":0},"title":"June 29&#8211;Praise Pause&#8211;Truth","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"June 29, 2026","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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