{"id":191,"date":"2026-05-05T00:08:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T07:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=191"},"modified":"2026-04-27T20:22:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T03:22:28","slug":"gods-grace-day-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/gods-grace-day-5\/","title":{"rendered":"God\u2019s Grace \u00a0 Day 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

God\u2019s Grace \u00a0 Day 5
\nFor the Lord God is a sun and shield; The Lord bestows grace and favor and honor; No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly. <\/em>Psalm 84:11 AMP<\/p>\n

Message:<\/u>
\nThe Lord God is a sun.\u00a0 What does a sun do?\u00a0 It gives light.\u00a0 Jesus is the Light of the world.
\nThen Jesus spoke to them again, saying, \u201cI am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life<\/em>.\u201d\u00a0 John 8:12<\/p>\n

The Lord God is a shield.\u00a0 What does a shield do?\u00a0 It protects.
\nFor You, O\u00a0Lord, will bless the righteous; With favor You will surround him as\u00a0with\u00a0a\u00a0shield.\u00a0<\/em> Psalm 5:12<\/p>\n

Grace, favor, honor, goodness, light, protection, all that and more the Lord bestows on us who walk uprightly, in the righteousness of Christ, following Him in obedience, and enjoying His presence daily.\u00a0What a blessed people we are!\u00a0 Thank the Lord today for His many blessings!<\/p>\n

\u00a92023 SGLY Ministry www.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

God\u2019s Grace \u00a0 Day 5 For the Lord God is a sun and shield; The Lord bestows grace and favor and honor; No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly. Psalm 84:11 AMP Message: The Lord God is a sun.\u00a0 What does a sun do?\u00a0 It gives light.\u00a0 Jesus is the Light…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2565,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[149],"tags":[3,72,150,177,135,176,172,175,160,3527,71,171,178,30,174,32,173],"class_list":["post-191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gods-grace","tag-daily-devotionals","tag-favor","tag-gods-grace","tag-grace","tag-honor","tag-jesus-is-the-light-of-the-world","tag-john-812","tag-light","tag-lord-god","tag-may-2026","tag-psalm-512","tag-psalm-8411","tag-righteousness-of-christ","tag-sgly-ministry","tag-shield","tag-smile-god-loves-you","tag-sun"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GG-5-Psalm-84.11.jpg?fit=354%2C472&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":278,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/gods-grace-day-29\/","url_meta":{"origin":191,"position":0},"title":"God\u2019s Grace \u00a0 Day 29","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"May 29, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"God\u2019s Grace \u00a0 Day 29 The\u00a0Lord\u00a0is\u00a0gracious and full of compassion, Slow to anger and great in mercy. 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