{"id":3006,"date":"2023-12-29T03:28:42","date_gmt":"2023-12-29T03:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=3006"},"modified":"2023-12-28T00:30:29","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T00:30:29","slug":"a-symphony-of-praise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/a-symphony-of-praise\/","title":{"rendered":"A Symphony of Praise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: right;\"><strong>Friday, December 29<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>A Symphony of Praise<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.\u00a0<\/em><strong>Luke 2:20<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As believers who have embraced Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we stand among those on earth with the utmost reason to celebrate. While this season is designated for thanksgiving, it&#8217;s essential to recognize that every day for the believer is a thankful day. \u00a0In the grand tapestry of our spiritual journey, one thread weaves a melody that transcends time and circumstance \u2013 the beautiful act of singing praises to God. Without God, our lives would be devoid of true abundance. Reflecting on the multitude of blessings and the salvation He has graciously bestowed upon us, our souls naturally overflow with praise and gratitude unto Him!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now is the time to celebrate. Shout for joy and whet your appetite for the day when we see Him face to face. Celebrate for new life, celebrate for peace, celebrate for joy, celebrate if you\u2019ve been released from shame and regret, celebrate if you know that God can and will work it out for your good. Your worship to God should be a celebration, not a funeral. He is not dead, our God is alive, living and very active in the lives of His people!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, December 29 A Symphony of Praise The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.\u00a0Luke 2:20 As believers who have embraced Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we stand among those on earth with the utmost reason to celebrate. [&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-3006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3006","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=3006"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3009,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3006\/revisions\/3009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}