{"id":10684,"date":"2023-06-03T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-03T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=10684"},"modified":"2023-06-02T23:22:42","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T23:22:42","slug":"do-not-be-ignorant-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=10684","title":{"rendered":"DO NOT BE IGNORANT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>FAITH CAPSULE:<\/strong><em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Do not ignore the word of God to avoid glorious destiny.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Luke 19: 1-10, Acts 16:16-40<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Engaging the instructions of God is engaging in a glorious destiny.\u00a0<br \/>Also, ignoring or snubbing the instruction of God is taking a position to become substituted for the ordained position of God for life.<br \/>The word of God instructed all to keep His Spirit burning and alive in life when it states,\u00a0<em><strong>\u201cRejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Jesus for you Do not quench the Spirit.\u201d (1 Thessalonians 5:16-19)\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<br \/>The word of God makes all know joy is what gives access to the presence of God.\u00a0<br \/><em><strong>Psalm 16:11\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>buttresses,<em><strong>\u00a0\u201c\u2026in the presence of God is fullness of joy.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<br \/>The apostle Paul reiterated in\u00a0<em><strong>Philippians 4:4, \u201cRejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><br \/>God resides in a joyful environment.\u00a0<br \/>The case of Zacchaeus:<br \/>In the seeking of Jesus, Zacchaeus gained the attention of Jesus,\u00a0<em><strong>\u201c\u2026When Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him, and said to him, \u201cZacchaeus, make haste and come down, for today I must stay at your house.\u201d (Luke 19:5)<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<br \/>Just like He offered Zacchaeus to stay at his house, it is the same that He will respond the same to one as Zacchaeus responded.\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>The Bible records the response of Zacchaeus,<em><strong>\u00a0\u201cSo he made haste and came down, and received Him joyfully.\u201d (Luke 19:6)<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<br \/>Can you respond to Him joyfully when He comes to locate you at your sycamore tree?\u00a0<br \/>The Bible is not telling all for the fun of it that Zacchaeus received Him joyfully, but it is telling all to observe to do what the word says.\u00a0<br \/>The calling attention of God is to be without ceasing, not only when there is a need.\u00a0<br \/>A prayer-less life is with prevail-less life, while a prayerful life provokes prevailing life.\u00a0<br \/>Paul and Silas prayed, sang, and the Holy Ghost came down.\u00a0<br \/><em><strong>Acts 16: 25-26, \u201cBut at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was a great earthquake so that the foundations of the prison were shaken, and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone\u2019s chains were loosed.\u201d<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<br \/>Above all, giving thanks is the ultimate because the word records it as the will of God in Christ Jesus.\u00a0<br \/>Give God thanks in all things and for all things to the glory of God.<br \/>Most importantly, thanksgiving will only flow where there is a flow of joy.<br \/>The Spirit of God will respond to one with joy by demonstrating His presence of God.\u00a0<br \/>The word of God is true to the core if you will incorporate yourself in the word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Prayer for today:<\/strong><\/em><em>&nbsp;Ask to constantly engage His word as instructed in the pages of the Bible.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FAITH CAPSULE:\u00a0Do not ignore the word of God to avoid glorious destiny. Luke 19: 1-10, Acts 16:16-40 Engaging the instructions of God is engaging in a glorious destiny.\u00a0Also, ignoring or snubbing the instruction of God is taking a position to become substituted for the ordained position of God for life.The word of God instructed all &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=10684\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">DO NOT BE IGNORANT<\/span> <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":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10684"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10685,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10684\/revisions\/10685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}