{"id":4546,"date":"2026-06-19T02:32:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T02:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=4546"},"modified":"2026-06-07T22:42:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T22:42:05","slug":"before-your-next-yes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/before-your-next-yes\/","title":{"rendered":"Before Your Next Yes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Friday, June 19<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Before Your Next Yes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God. \u00a0<\/em><strong>James 1:5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Joshua 9 leaves us with a powerful reminder: &#8220;They did not ask counsel of the Lord.&#8221; What if those words became a warning we never ignore?<\/p>\n<p>Before your next yes\u2014ask.<\/p>\n<p>Before your next meeting\u2014ask.<\/p>\n<p>Before your next relationship\u2014ask.<\/p>\n<p>Before your next investment\u2014ask.<\/p>\n<p>Before your next opportunity\u2014ask.<\/p>\n<p>Before your next conversation\u2014ask.<\/p>\n<p>One prayer can save you from years of unnecessary consequences.<\/p>\n<p>God delights in giving wisdom to His children. He is not hiding His will from you. He invites you to seek Him, trust Him, and follow Him.<\/p>\n<p>The safest place for any believer is not trusting what they can see but trusting the God who sees everything.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer for today: <\/strong><em>Heavenly Father, thank You for being a God who guides, leads, and directs Your people. Help me become someone who seeks Your counsel in every area of life. May I never move ahead without inviting You into the process. Give me wisdom, discernment, patience, and faith. Let my confidence rest not in what I can see, but in who You are. Guide my steps, guard my heart, and help me trust You completely. In the mighty name of Jesus, Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, June 19 Before Your Next Yes If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God. \u00a0James 1:5 Joshua 9 leaves us with a powerful reminder: &#8220;They did not ask counsel of the Lord.&#8221; What if those words became a warning we never ignore? Before your next yes\u2014ask. Before your next meeting\u2014ask. Before [&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-4546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4546","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=4546"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4554,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4546\/revisions\/4554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}