{"id":1448,"date":"2009-10-27T00:26:40","date_gmt":"2009-10-27T06:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/?p=1448"},"modified":"2009-10-21T07:31:26","modified_gmt":"2009-10-21T13:31:26","slug":"the-call-to-modesty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/?p=1448","title":{"rendered":"The Call to Modesty"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cIn like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works\u201d<\/em> (1 Timothy 2:9-10).<\/span><\/p>\n

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In the verse proceeding today\u2019s verses, Paul had written an admonishment for men to \u201clift up holy hands\u201d before God. Then he turns to women and asks them to do likewise, but instructing how best to do this. He asks that women be noticed more for their kindness and goodness than for what they wear or how they fix their hair. It seemed, at the time of today\u2019s scripture, women were drawing more attention to their outward appearance. If we aren\u2019t careful, a lack of modesty and sensibility can hurt our testimony. We need to allow our Christian lifestyle to be more on display for others to see. It\u2019s not wrong to wear the latest fashion, nice jewelry or an amazing hairstyle, but our character needs to shine brighter. In your calling in the church do others see a woman \u201cprofessing godliness\u201d?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sue Winchester<\/span><\/p>\n

Missouri<\/span><\/p>\n

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Pray Together: <\/span><\/strong>Pray about memorizing Scripture; fulfill Psalm 119:11.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cIn like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works\u201d (1 Timothy 2:9-10). \u00a0 In … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-devotional"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1448"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1449,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1448\/revisions\/1449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}