{"id":3320,"date":"2011-09-28T00:01:56","date_gmt":"2011-09-28T06:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/?p=3320"},"modified":"2011-09-05T09:59:28","modified_gmt":"2011-09-05T15:59:28","slug":"submit-and-resist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/?p=3320","title":{"rendered":"Submit and Resist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u201cSubmit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you\u201d (James 4:7).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I once heard an evangelist tell the story of a new convert who struggled with temptation. The man told the preacher every time he tried to do what\u2019s right, the devil kept knocking on his door. The preacher quickly advised him to stop getting up to answer the door. This might seem a bit silly, but, isn\u2019t that good advice?\u00a0 If we\u2019re going to shield our heart against the devil, we are going to have to quit answering the door when he knocks.\u00a0 Instead, why not take the best preventive measure to avoid confrontations with that old rascal?\u00a0 Stand firm in your resolve to daily submit your heart and life to God. Let the devil know exactly where you stand\u00a0 \u201cand he will flee from you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sue Winchester<br \/>\nMissouri<\/p>\n<p><strong>PRAY TOGETHER:<\/strong> Today is <em>See You At the Pole<\/em>. Pray for students participating in this annual event. Why not join them and show your support? If your school does not participate, pray about ways you might encourage a student to spearhead next year&#8217;s observance.\u00a0<em><\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSubmit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you\u201d (James 4:7). I once heard an evangelist tell the story of a new convert who struggled with temptation. The man told the preacher every time he &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/?p=3320\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":153,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3320","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\/3320","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\/153"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3320"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3331,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3320\/revisions\/3331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}