{"id":2023,"date":"2013-09-11T15:02:40","date_gmt":"2013-09-11T15:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drscottferrell.com\/?p=2023"},"modified":"2013-09-11T15:02:56","modified_gmt":"2013-09-11T15:02:56","slug":"september-11-devotional-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drscottferrell.com\/?p=2023","title":{"rendered":"September 11 Devotional"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Dear Beloved Worship Leaders,<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>So many emotions are filling my being today. Of course, today is 9\/11, twelve years after our country, our religion and our freedom was attacked.\u00a0 What we celebrate today as we remember, is the amazing stories of courage and resolve of our fellow Americans. We celebrate the spirit of our nation and it&#8217;s ability to rise above the circumstances of our existence and the ashes of acts of hate.\u00a0 Evil will always roam our planet, but we are called to have peace, hope and joy in the midst of any storms that come our way.\u00a0 And remember, nothing is impossible with God!\u00a0 Be blessed friends.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll see you tonight!<\/div>\n<div>_______________________________________________________<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Rejoice In Me Always!<\/strong>\u00a0 No matter what is going on, you can rejoice in your Love-relationship with Me.\u00a0 This is the secret of<em><strong>being content in all circumstances.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 So many people dream of the day when they will finally be happy: when they are out of debt, when their children are out of trouble, when they have more leisure time, and so on.\u00a0 While they daydream, their moments are trickling into the ground like precious balm spilling wastefully from overturned bottles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Fantasizing about future happiness will never bring fulfillment, because fantasy is unreality.\u00a0 Even though I am invisible, I am far more Real than the world you see around you.\u00a0 My reality is eternal and unchanging.\u00a0 Bring your moments to Me, and I will fill them with vibrant Joy.\u00a0 Now is the time to rejoice in My Presence!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Philippians 4:4\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>4Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nPhilippians\u00a04:12\u00a0<\/strong>12I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nPsalm 102:27\u00a0<\/strong>27\u00a0But you remain the same,\u00a0 and your years will never end.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #888888; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><strong><br \/>\nDaily Devotional from &#8220;Jesus\u00a0Calling&#8221; by Sarah Young<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Beloved Worship Leaders, So many emotions are filling my being today. Of course, today is 9\/11, twelve years after our country, our religion and our freedom was attacked.\u00a0 What we celebrate today as we remember, is the amazing stories &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drscottferrell.com\/?p=2023\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drscottferrell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drscottferrell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drscottferrell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drscottferrell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drscottferrell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2023"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.drscottferrell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2026,"href":"https:\/\/www.drscottferrell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023\/revisions\/2026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drscottferrell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drscottferrell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drscottferrell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}