{"id":766,"date":"2012-05-08T16:38:11","date_gmt":"2012-05-08T16:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drscottferrell.com\/?p=766"},"modified":"2012-05-08T16:38:11","modified_gmt":"2012-05-08T16:38:11","slug":"may-8th-devotional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drscottferrell.com\/?p=766","title":{"rendered":"May 8th Devotional"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Dear Friends,<\/p>\n<p>We all have trials and tribulations.\u00a0 It truly is a part of life on earth.\u00a0 But, take heart.\u00a0 Jesus has overcome the world!\u00a0 Read on for inspiration.\u00a0 Peace and Love, Scott<\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\">Do Not Long<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> for the absence of problems in your life.\u00a0 That is an unrealistic goal, since <strong><em>in this world you will have trouble.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 You have an eternity of problem-free living reserved for you in heaven.\u00a0 Rejoice in that inheritance, which no one can take away from you, but do not seek your heaven on earth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\nBegin each day anticipating problems, asking Me to equip you for whatever difficulties you will encounter.\u00a0 The best equipping is My living Presence, <strong><em>My hand that never lets go of yours.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Discuss everything with Me.\u00a0 Take a lighthearted view of trouble, seeing it as a challenge that you and I together can handle.\u00a0 Remember that I am on your side, and that <strong><em>I have overcome the world.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><em><\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: red;\">John 16:33\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><sup><span style=\"color: red;\">33<\/span><\/sup><span style=\"color: red;\">&#8220;I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.&#8221;\u00a0<strong> <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: red;\"><strong>Isaiah 41:13 <\/strong><sup>13<\/sup> For I am the LORD, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: red;\"><strong>\u00a0Philippians 4:13 <\/strong> <sup>13<\/sup>I can do everything through him who gives me strength.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: red;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><strong>Daily Devotional from &#8220;Jesus Calling&#8221; by Sarah Young<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Friends, We all have trials and tribulations.\u00a0 It truly is a part of life on earth.\u00a0 But, take heart.\u00a0 Jesus has overcome the world!\u00a0 Read on for inspiration.\u00a0 Peace and Love, Scott _________________________________________________ Do Not Long for the absence &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drscottferrell.com\/?p=766\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drscottferrell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766"}],"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=766"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.drscottferrell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":767,"href":"https:\/\/www.drscottferrell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766\/revisions\/767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drscottferrell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drscottferrell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drscottferrell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}