{"id":2086,"date":"2026-03-15T00:08:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T07:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=2086"},"modified":"2026-03-14T22:20:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T05:20:30","slug":"march-15-spiritual-vitamin-i-imitate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/march-15-spiritual-vitamin-i-imitate\/","title":{"rendered":"March 15&#8211;Spiritual Vitamin I&#8211;Imitate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SPIRITUAL VITAMIN I: IMITATE<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;&#8230;imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.&#8221;<\/em> Hebrews 6:12 NKJV<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&#8217;s Thought:<\/strong><br \/>\nHebrews Chapter 11 gives us some great examples of faith that we can imitate.<br \/>\nIt gives a list of names of people who accomplished great things for God because of their faith.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&#8217;s Action: Imitate<\/strong><br \/>\nRead Hebrews&#8211;Chapter 11 today. You will learn of many people who believed and walked in faith.<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s imitate them today by exercising our faith and patience so that we may obtain the promises of God.<br \/>\nThen<em> &#8220;since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith&#8221;<\/em> Hebrews 12:1<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Seek to follow the example of all those spoken of in Hebrews Chapter 11 and more who believed and walked in faith.<\/li>\n<li>Seek to resemble the faith of the believers who lived by faith and obtained a good report even though many did not see the promises they lived for.<\/li>\n<li>Seek to patiently wait for God&#8217;s promises even though you don&#8217;t see any evidence of them, for &#8220;<em>faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.<\/em>&#8221;<br \/>\nHebrews 11:1 AKJV<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For what God promises He will provide in His timing, we just need to believe, trust, and wait and in that faith we will <em>&#8220;inherit the promises.<\/em>&#8221; if not on this earth, we will then in heaven.<br \/>\nfor <em>&#8220;without faith\u00a0it is\u00a0impossible to please\u00a0him:\u00a0for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and\u00a0that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.&#8221;<\/em> Hebrews 11:6 AKJV<\/p>\n<p>Visit our website page<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smilegodlovesyou.org\/promises.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> &#8220;GOD&#8217;S PROMISES TO HIS CHILDREN&#8221;<\/strong> <\/a>if you would like to see a list of some of the things God promises to those who believe and walk in faith.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9SGLY Ministry www.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SPIRITUAL VITAMIN I: IMITATE &#8220;&#8230;imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.&#8221; Hebrews 6:12 NKJV Today&#8217;s Thought: Hebrews Chapter 11 gives us some great examples of faith that we can imitate. 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