{"id":827,"date":"2025-10-13T00:08:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T07:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=827"},"modified":"2025-10-12T19:19:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T02:19:44","slug":"standing-on-the-promises-guidance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/standing-on-the-promises-guidance\/","title":{"rendered":"Standing on the Promises:\u00a0 GUIDANCE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><u>A Precious Promise: GUIDANCE<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong><em>&#8220;For this is God, Our God forever and ever; He will be our guide Even to death.&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0 Psalm 48:14<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Thoughts:<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>A Guide is someone who assists a person as they travel or helps them to reach a destination in an unfamiliar area.<br \/>\nA Guide accompanies a person and\/or gives directions.<\/p>\n<p>As believers we are not left alone in this world to find our way, for God promises to be our Guide to the end.<br \/>\nHe has put His Holy Spirit within us to be our Guide each day. So, let this Promise be our comfort daily.<\/p>\n<p>Insert your name into the Scripture Promise below.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8221; Yet I,___________,am always with You,<br \/>\n(your name)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You hold me,_________,by my right hand,<br \/>\n( your name)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You guide me,__________,with Your counsel,&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(your name)<\/p>\n<p>Psalm 73:23,24<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Prayer:<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>Dear God,<br \/>\nYou promise to be my Guide unto the end.<br \/>\nI will cling to this promise daily for You are my God forever and ever, so I know I can trust that You will always be there to lead and direct me.<br \/>\nThank You, God, that You are always with me, holding me by my right hand and counseling me on the right way to go.<br \/>\nI pray that I will remember this daily as I walk through this world.<br \/>\nIn Jesus name I pray. Amen<\/p>\n<p>SGLY Ministry www.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Precious Promise: GUIDANCE &#8220;For this is God, Our God forever and ever; He will be our guide Even to death.&#8221;\u00a0 Psalm 48:14 Thoughts: A Guide is someone who assists a person as they travel or helps them to reach a destination in an unfamiliar area. A Guide accompanies a person and\/or gives directions. 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