{"id":2126,"date":"2026-03-26T00:08:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T07:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=2126"},"modified":"2026-03-20T18:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T01:22:11","slug":"march-26-spiritual-vitamin-t-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/march-26-spiritual-vitamin-t-test\/","title":{"rendered":"March 26&#8211;Spiritual Vitamin T&#8211;Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SPIRITUAL VITAMIN T : TEST<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.&#8221;<\/em> 1 John 4:1 NKJV<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&#8217;s Thought:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">TEST means: to examine closely<\/span><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;Test all things, hold fast to what is good.&#8221;<\/em> 1 Thessalonians 5:21<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">TEST means: a set of questions<\/span><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves.&#8221;<\/em> 2 Corinthians 13:5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the world today there are many beliefs.<br \/>\nMany sound good but are not truth.<br \/>\nWe are told by the world to be tolerant but we cannot compromise the truth in doing so.<br \/>\nRead and study the bible daily so you know what is true, then you will not be misled by false teachers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&#8217;s Action:<\/strong><br \/>\nToday, take time to test [examine] what you see and hear against the truth of God&#8217;s word.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9SGLY Ministry www.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SPIRITUAL VITAMIN T : TEST &#8220;test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.&#8221; 1 John 4:1 NKJV Today&#8217;s Thought: TEST means: to examine closely &#8220;Test all things, hold fast to what is good.&#8221; 1 Thessalonians 5:21 TEST means: a set of questions &#8220;Examine yourselves as&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2512,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2353],"tags":[3248,3246,3247,3,3253,3251,215,3254,3255,3250,3525,30,32,3082,3244,3249,3245,3252],"class_list":["post-2126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spiritual-vitamins-a-z","tag-1john-41","tag-1thessalonians-521","tag-2corinthians-135","tag-daily-devotionals","tag-examine","tag-examine-yourselves","tag-faith","tag-false-prophets","tag-false-teachings","tag-hold-fast-to-what-is-good","tag-march-2026","tag-sgly-ministry","tag-smile-god-loves-you","tag-spiritual-vitamins","tag-test","tag-test-the-spirits","tag-test-yourselves","tag-truth-of-gods-word"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SV-Test-1John-4.1.jpg?fit=354%2C472&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2141,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/march-30-spiritual-vitamin-y-yield\/","url_meta":{"origin":2126,"position":0},"title":"March 30&#8211;Spiritual Vitamin Y: Yield","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"March 30, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"SPIRITUAL VITAMIN Y : YIELD ..\"yield yourselves to the Lord;\" 2 Chronicles 30:8 NKJV Today's Thought: To yield means to submit or surrender. 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