{"id":4552,"date":"2012-11-30T00:49:50","date_gmt":"2012-11-30T06:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/?p=4552"},"modified":"2012-11-20T10:56:10","modified_gmt":"2012-11-20T16:56:10","slug":"be-clothed-in-humility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/?p=4552","title":{"rendered":"Be Clothed in Humility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u201cLikewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder.\u00a0 Yea, all of you be subject one to the other, and be clothed with humility, for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God that he may exalt you in due time\u201d (1 Peter 5:5-6).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>These verses speak of submission and humility. We, as members of the body of Christ, must learn submission to keep the unity of the Spirit.\u00a0 We must disgard the garments that don\u2019t allow Christ to be first in our lives. We must be willing to \u201cbe clothed with humility\u201d\u00a0 and willing to daily wear this garment.<\/p>\n<p>The following is taken from Adam Clarke\u2019s notes on the Bible: \u201cHumble yourselves\u2014Those who submit patiently to the dispensations of God&#8217;s providence he lifts up; those who lift themselves up, God thrusts down. If we humble not ourselves under God&#8217;s grace, he will humble us under his judgments. Those who patiently submit to him, he exalts in due time; if his hand be mighty to depress, it is also mighty to exalt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Living in humility results in blessing and reward. Throughout this past month, I pray we have gleaned the importance of letting Jesus be.\u00a0 He only wants what is best for us. Often times we become our own worst enemy because we aren\u2019t patient enough to wait on Him.<\/p>\n<p>Sue Winchester<br \/>\nMissouri<\/p>\n<p><strong>PRAY TOGETHER: <\/strong>Pray for Elizabeth Hodges as she completes requirements for certification as a Convention Meeting Planner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLikewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder.\u00a0 Yea, all of you be subject one to the other, and be clothed with humility, for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/?p=4552\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-4552","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\/4552","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=4552"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4554,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4552\/revisions\/4554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}