{"id":5710,"date":"2013-12-23T06:07:50","date_gmt":"2013-12-23T12:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/?p=5710"},"modified":"2013-12-23T06:07:50","modified_gmt":"2013-12-23T12:07:50","slug":"do-his-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/?p=5710","title":{"rendered":"Do His Will"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cFor whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother\u201d (Matthew 12:50).<\/em><\/p>\n

The last week of our December study is titled, \u201cBlessed Through Obedience.\u201d Christmas will soon be here.\u00a0 Obviously, \u201cJesus is the reason for the season.\u201d But one more time, let’s focus on Mary, His earthly mother. Mary needed a Savior just as we do.\u00a0 She found favor with God because of\u00a0 her humility and willingness to do God’s will.\u00a0 This week’s study introduction states \u201cWhat a privilege Mary experience as she carried the Son of God in her womb. What a privilege she possessed to nurture Him and then watch Him perform magnificient miracles among people in all walks of life.\u201d<\/p>\n

When we seek to do God’s will, we gain privileges, too. \u201cWe know those same privileges as we carry Him in our hearts and see His miracles unfold in our lives and the lives of those around us.\u201d Many people live far below what God wants to do in their lives.\u00a0 Today’s verse makes it clear that if we do the will of God, we are indeed part of His family. Even though we are \u201cadopted,\u201d we have the same rights as blood family. One day soon, as \u201cjoint-heirs with Christ,\u201d\u00a0 we’ll experience the family joys and riches of Heaven. That should excite us.
\nJust like Mary, we, too can become \u201chighly favored and blessed.<\/p>\n

Sue Winchester
\nMissouri<\/p>\n

PRAY TOGETHER:\u00a0 <\/strong>Pray for members of the Good News Chapel Church in Japan as they host an evangelistic outreach, a Christmas charity concert to benefit the Tohoku area affected by the March 2011 earthquake\/tsunami, as well as for Christmas outreaches this day at the Koinonia and Bihoro Churches in Hokkaido.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cFor whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother\u201d (Matthew 12:50). The last week of our December study is titled, \u201cBlessed Through Obedience.\u201d Christmas will soon be … 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-5710","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\/5710","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=5710"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5712,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5710\/revisions\/5712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}