{"id":2116,"date":"2026-03-23T00:08:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T07:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=2116"},"modified":"2026-03-20T18:11:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T01:11:50","slug":"march-23-spiritual-vitamin-q-quietness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/march-23-spiritual-vitamin-q-quietness\/","title":{"rendered":"March 23-Spiritual Vitamin Q:\u00a0 Quietness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SPIRITUAL VITAMIN Q : QUIETNESS<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;..quietness and confidence shall be your strength&#8221;<\/em> Isaiah 30:15 NKJV<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&#8217;s Thought:<\/strong><br \/>\nGod spoke these words to Judah when the people were turning away from Him and trusting in themselves, other people, and things of the world.<br \/>\n<em>&#8220;In returning and rest you shall be saved; In quietness and confidence shall be your strength, But you would not,&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\nThose are sad words: <em>&#8220;But you would not&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\nSad because they reveal wrong choices had been made that would result in adverse circumstances.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&#8217;s Action:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>QUIETNESS means:to be still, silent to rest, be calm<br \/>\nCONFIDENCE means: relying on, trusting, believing in<br \/>\nToday let us be quiet, [still, silent, calm, at rest] before the Lord, confident [relying on, trusting, believing in,] that our strength comes from Him.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Let&#8217;s not be like Judah.<\/li>\n<li>Let&#8217;s quietly trust and rest in God.<\/li>\n<li>Let&#8217;s always return to Him to replenish our strength for the day.<\/li>\n<li>Let&#8217;s have the quiet confidence that He will always be there for us and make a way where there seems to be no way.<\/li>\n<li>Let&#8217;s quietly and confidently walk in His strength today and every day, so that He may say about us: <em>&#8220;But you would.&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a9SGLY Ministry www.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SPIRITUAL VITAMIN Q : QUIETNESS &#8220;..quietness and confidence shall be your strength&#8221; Isaiah 30:15 NKJV Today&#8217;s Thought: God spoke these words to Judah when the people were turning away from Him and trusting in themselves, other people, and things of the world. &#8220;In returning and rest you shall be saved; In quietness and confidence shall&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2509,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2353],"tags":[3231,54,3,1286,3228,3525,3233,3229,1864,3183,3232,3230,1292,30,32,3082,108,317],"class_list":["post-2116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spiritual-vitamins-a-z","tag-believing-in","tag-confidence","tag-daily-devotionals","tag-isaiah-3015","tag-judah","tag-march-2026","tag-quiet-confidence","tag-quietly-trust","tag-quietness","tag-rely-on","tag-replenish","tag-rest-in-god","tag-return-to-god","tag-sgly-ministry","tag-smile-god-loves-you","tag-spiritual-vitamins","tag-strength","tag-trust"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SV-Quietness-Isaiah-30.15.jpg?fit=354%2C472&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1089,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/dec-28-new-year-countdown-day-3\/","url_meta":{"origin":2116,"position":0},"title":"Dec.28\u2014New Year Countdown\u2014Day 3","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"December 28, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"QUIETNESS \"In quietness and confidence shall be your strength.\" Isaiah 30:15 Today's Thought: After the busyness of the Holidays take some time to rest and reflect on the Lord and His word. 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