{"id":2141,"date":"2026-03-30T00:08:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T07:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=2141"},"modified":"2026-03-27T21:59:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T04:59:56","slug":"march-30-spiritual-vitamin-y-yield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/march-30-spiritual-vitamin-y-yield\/","title":{"rendered":"March 30&#8211;Spiritual Vitamin Y: Yield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SPIRITUAL VITAMIN Y : YIELD<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>..&#8221;yield yourselves to the Lord;&#8221;<\/em> 2 Chronicles 30:8 NKJV<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&#8217;s Thought:<\/strong><br \/>\nTo yield means to submit or surrender.<br \/>\nIn this case it would mean surrendering ourselves to the Lord and submitting to His will.<br \/>\nAs Jesus said to the Father: <em>&#8220;Yet not as I will, but as You will.&#8221;\u00a0 <\/em>Matthew 26:39.<br \/>\nSo we should do the same daily.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&#8217;s Action:<\/strong><br \/>\nToday, as we go out into the world, let&#8217;s leave our independence behind.<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s yield, submit, humble, ourselves to the Lord.<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s seek to do His will and not ours.<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s be in dependence on Him.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">YIELD TO THE LORD<\/span><br \/>\n<em>&#8230;yield yourselves to the LORD; and enter His sanctuary, which He has sanctified forever,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of His wrath may turn away from you.<\/em><br \/>\n2 Chronicles 30:8<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">YIELD TO OTHERS<\/span><br \/>\n<em>But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>It is full of mercy and good deeds. It shows no partiality and is always sincere.<\/em><br \/>\nJames 3:17<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">YIELD NOT TO TEMPTATION<\/span><br \/>\n<em>And don&#8217;t let us yield to temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.<\/em><br \/>\nMatthew 6:13<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a9SGLY Ministry www.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SPIRITUAL VITAMIN Y : YIELD ..&#8221;yield yourselves to the Lord;&#8221; 2 Chronicles 30:8 NKJV Today&#8217;s Thought: To yield means to submit or surrender. In this case it would mean surrendering ourselves to the Lord and submitting to His will. 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