{"id":2391,"date":"2023-01-25T03:39:21","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T03:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=2391"},"modified":"2023-01-15T23:43:27","modified_gmt":"2023-01-15T23:43:27","slug":"three-commands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/three-commands\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Commands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Wednesday,\u00a0January 25<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Three Commands<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. <\/em><strong>1 Thessalonians 5:16-18<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 three exhortations are given: \u201crejoice . . . pray . . . give thanks.\u201d We could read these as suggestions, even exhortations, and miss the fact that these are actually commands. In fact, Paul even drives that point home by saying \u201cthis is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.\u201d Rejoicing always, praying continually, and giving thanks in everything are God\u2019s will for His people. \u201cWhy?\u201d we might ask. Because we trust that God is watching over our lives continually; that whatever happens comes through the filter of His will\u2014His goodness and love. Even if things are difficult, we can trust Him.<\/p>\n<p>Reading 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 is always encouraging. God desires for us to be joyful, prayerful, and thankful at all times. You may say, \u201cBut I feel like a hypocrite giving thanks when I don\u2019t feel like it.\u201d We do not walk this walk by sight or feelings but on faith. If we obey God, the sincerity and feelings will follow. We walk by faith and not by sight. In faith, hope, and love we can be joyful, prayerful, and thankful.<\/p>\n<p>We are called to rejoice, pray, and give thanks\u2014all the time, in everything! This is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday,\u00a0January 25 Three Commands Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 three exhortations are given: \u201crejoice . . . pray . . . give thanks.\u201d We could read these as suggestions, even exhortations, and miss [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2391"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2399,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391\/revisions\/2399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}