{"id":3821,"date":"2025-03-31T07:05:17","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T07:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=3821"},"modified":"2025-03-30T21:05:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T21:05:56","slug":"junk-mail-he-is-worthy-of-praise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/junk-mail-he-is-worthy-of-praise\/","title":{"rendered":"Junk Mail: He is Worthy of Praise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Monday, March 31<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Junk Mail: He is Worthy of Praise<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. <strong>Philippians 4:8<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To think about what is excellent is to focus on what is worthy of praise. It\u2019s about setting our sights on what is best in God\u2019s eyes and striving to align our lives with that. Excellence is a reflection of God\u2019s nature, and when we pursue it, we reflect His glory to the world around us. It\u2019s not about perfection, but about faithfully doing our best and trusting God to work through us. Excellence is about showing that we value the gifts God has given us and that we want to honor Him through them.<\/p>\n<p>Today, let your thoughts reflect worship and gratitude. Think about something excellent today\u2014perhaps a moment of answered prayer, a beautiful piece of music, the joy of the new season, or a moment where you saw God at work. Allow that excellence to fill your heart with gratitude and praise for who God is.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u200a<\/strong><strong>Prayer for today<\/strong>: <em>Lord, I praise You for Your excellence in all things. Help me to fix my thoughts on what is excellent and worthy of praise. May my heart overflow with gratitude for Your greatness, and may I reflect Your excellence in all I do. In Jesus&#8217; name, Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday, March 31 Junk Mail: He is Worthy of Praise And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. Philippians 4:8 To think about what is excellent is [&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-3821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3821","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=3821"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3822,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3821\/revisions\/3822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}