{"id":4497,"date":"2026-05-19T02:45:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T02:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=4497"},"modified":"2026-05-17T22:48:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T22:48:54","slug":"gods-presence-changes-atmospheres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/gods-presence-changes-atmospheres\/","title":{"rendered":"God\u2019s Presence Changes Atmospheres"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Tuesday, May 19<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>God\u2019s Presence Changes Atmospheres<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Now it was told King David, saying, \u201cThe Lord has blessed the house of Obed-Edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.\u201d So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David with gladness. <\/em><strong>2 Samuel 6:12<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The atmosphere of Obed-Edom\u2019s house changed because God\u2019s presence rested there. Where God dwells, things shift. Fear loses its grip. Anxiety begins to fade. Peace enters places once filled with turmoil. Psalm 16, verse 11, puts it this way: \u201c<em>In Your presence is fullness of joy.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Many times, we try to change our situations outwardly before allowing God to change us inwardly. But the presence of God transforms from the inside out. His presence renews our minds, calms our hearts, and strengthens weary souls. When we spend time with God consistently, others begin to notice the difference. Not because we are perfect, but because His peace and joy become evident in our lives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer for today:<\/strong> <em>Father, let Your presence fill every atmosphere around me. Replace fear with peace and heaviness with joy. Help me carry Your presence wherever I go. Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday, May 19 God\u2019s Presence Changes Atmospheres Now it was told King David, saying, \u201cThe Lord has blessed the house of Obed-Edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.\u201d So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David with [&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-4497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4497","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=4497"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4503,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4497\/revisions\/4503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}