{"id":599,"date":"2023-08-25T00:08:22","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T07:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=599"},"modified":"2023-09-01T18:31:52","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T01:31:52","slug":"august-25-submit-to-one-another","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/august-25-submit-to-one-another\/","title":{"rendered":"AUGUST 25&#8211;SUBMIT TO ONE ANOTHER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><u>A &#8220;One Anothering&#8221; Scripture and Thought<\/u><br \/>\n<em>submitting to one another in the fear of God.<\/em> Ephesians 5:21<\/p>\n<p>Submit means:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>to yield oneself to the power or authority of another<\/li>\n<li>to allow oneself to be subjected to some kind of treatment<\/li>\n<li>to defer to another&#8217;s judgment, opinion, decision, etc<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To submit to one another is often hard to do, but Paul says we are to do it out of reverence to God.<\/p>\n<p><u>ONE-ANOTHERING IN ACTION:<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps today you will need to yield yourself to the authority of one of your brothers or sisters in Christ, do it willingly out of reverence to God.<\/p>\n<p>You might need to defer to the judgement, opinion or decision of a teacher in the church, do so in obedience to God.<\/p>\n<p>Occasionally, it might be necessary to allow oneself to be subjected to some kind of counseling for treatment of an ongoing problem, do so with a &#8220;one anothering&#8221; attitude for your good and the good of other believers.<\/p>\n<p>Pray and ask God to give you the ability, strength and willingness to submit in whatever way He has called you to do.<\/p>\n<p><em>Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for &#8220;God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.&#8221;<\/em> 1 Peter 5:5<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9SGLY Ministry www.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A &#8220;One Anothering&#8221; Scripture and Thought submitting to one another in the fear of God. Ephesians 5:21 Submit means: to yield oneself to the power or authority of another to allow oneself to be subjected to some kind of treatment to defer to another&#8217;s judgment, opinion, decision, etc To submit to one another is often&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":603,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[738],"tags":[917,740,922,287,3,918,739,923,30,32,920,921,919],"class_list":["post-599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-one-anothering","tag-1peter-55","tag-august-2023","tag-be-submissive-to-one-another-in-christ","tag-brothers-and-sisters-in-christ","tag-daily-devotionals","tag-ephesians-521","tag-one-anothering","tag-reverence-to-god","tag-sgly-ministry","tag-smile-god-loves-you","tag-submission","tag-submit-to-god","tag-submit-to-one-another"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Day25-Submit-Ephesians-5.21.jpg?fit=500%2C435&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":569,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/august-16-kind-to-one-another\/","url_meta":{"origin":599,"position":0},"title":"AUGUST 16&#8211;BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"August 16, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"A \"One Anothering\" Scripture and Thought And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. 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