{"id":1927,"date":"2025-01-07T00:08:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T08:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=1927"},"modified":"2025-01-06T22:16:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T06:16:08","slug":"planting-spiritual-seeds-day-7-encourage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/planting-spiritual-seeds-day-7-encourage\/","title":{"rendered":"Planting Spiritual Seeds\u2014Day 7\u2014Encourage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Planting Spiritual Seeds\u2014Day 7\u2014Encourage<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2026let us consider [thoughtfully] how we may encourage one another to love and to do good deeds, not forsaking our meeting together [as believers for worship and instruction], as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more [faithfully] as you see the day [of Christ\u2019s return] approaching.<\/em>\u00a0 Hebrews 10:24-25 AMP.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Spiritual Seed is Encourage<br \/>\nTake a handful of these seeds of encouragement and sprinkle them around today.<br \/>\nMany of us believers need an encouraging word too, especially in today\u2019s world.<\/p>\n<p>You will find as you encourage others you will be encouraged also, and your faith will be strengthened as you help build others up.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps, keep a seed or two in your pocket to give to someone at just the right time as the Lord leads you.\u00a0 People everywhere need encouragement, believers and un-believers, \u00a0so today plan to be an encourager.<\/p>\n<p>Pray and ask God to show you who He wants you to encourage today and then take that seed and plant it in someone\u2019s life!<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2026continually encourage one another every day, as long as it is called \u201cToday\u201d [and there is an opportunity], so that none of you will be hardened [into settled rebellion] by the deceitfulness of sin [its cleverness, delusive glamour, and sophistication].<\/em> Hebrews 3:13 AMP.<\/p>\n<p><em>let us consider [thoughtfully] how we may\u00a0encourage\u00a0one another to love and to do good deeds,<br \/>\n<\/em>Hebrews 10:24 AMP<\/p>\n<p>SGLY Ministry @2025<br \/>\nwww.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Planting Spiritual Seeds\u2014Day 7\u2014Encourage \u2026let us consider [thoughtfully] how we may encourage one another to love and to do good deeds, not forsaking our meeting together [as believers for worship and instruction], as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; 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