{"id":8512,"date":"2020-03-26T16:34:52","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T16:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=8512"},"modified":"2020-03-26T16:34:52","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T16:34:52","slug":"attend-understanding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=8512","title":{"rendered":"ATTEND UNDERSTANDING"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>FAITH CAPSULE:<\/strong> Understanding demands attention.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Understanding demands attention to know God, the truth to live for the glory of God.<br \/>Proverbs 4:1 testifies to the importance of attention to have the understanding saying,\u00a0<strong><em>&#8220;Hear, my children, the instruction of a father, and give attention to know understanding&#8221; (Proverbs 4:1)<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Listening is giving attention to understand the word of God and without understanding, there will be no knowledge.\u00a0<strong><em>John 8:43<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0records about the question and answer of Jesus when He pointed out the issue of the lack of understanding,\u00a0<strong><em>&#8220;Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Without listening by giving attention to the word of God, there will be no understanding that is the key to know God.<br \/>Listen, Jesus is the word of God.\u00a0<strong><em>John 1:1<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0states,\u00a0<strong><em>&#8220;In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Understand it that Jesu, the word of God is the truth when He says,\u00a0<strong><em>\u201cI am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.&#8221; (John 14:6)<\/em><\/strong><br \/>One that does not listen to understand the word of God, the truth of God, cannot believe and will not know God as\u00a0<strong><em>John 8:45<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0confirms,\u00a0<strong><em>&#8220;But because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Think of it, how can you know God which you do not know to believe?<br \/>In life, it is not possible to know God that you do not understand but to only know about God.<br \/>Do you know God or you know about God?<br \/>Many acclaimed believers that do not know the truth of God do not know God.\u00a0<br \/>If you are a believer that knows the truth, you will be free not to become a victim of the wicked world.<br \/>One that does not know the truth, the word of God shall not be free as\u00a0<strong><em>John 8:42<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0says,\u00a0<strong><em>&#8220;And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>know the truth of God to be free from the wickedness of the world, living free by the word of God.<br \/>In this world, listening disability not to understand and know the truth of God is rooted in not having time for God.<br \/>Will you give attention to the word of God, to enter you as the light of God?\u00a0<strong><em>Psalm 119:130<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0admonishes,\u00a0<strong><em>&#8220;The entrance of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0One with no light of God shall continually experience the challenges of the world of darkness, and not experience free, navigating through the world of darkness.<br \/>With understanding, know the truth of God, do not be one that suppresses the truth of God, which is the righteousness of God.\u00a0<strong><em>Romans 1:18<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0warns,\u00a0<strong><em>&#8220;For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Let the desire for God become your portion for getting understanding that will enable you not to live a life of waste, but to live a life of worshiping God, the purpose He creates all for His pleasure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prayer for today:<\/strong> <em>Ask from God to fill you with spiritual understanding.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FAITH CAPSULE: Understanding demands attention.\u00a0 Understanding demands attention to know God, the truth to live for the glory of God.Proverbs 4:1 testifies to the importance of attention to have the understanding saying,\u00a0&#8220;Hear, my children, the instruction of a father, and give attention to know understanding&#8221; (Proverbs 4:1)Listening is giving attention to understand the word of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=8512\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ATTEND UNDERSTANDING<\/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-8512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8512","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=8512"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8513,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8512\/revisions\/8513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}