{"id":2725,"date":"2010-01-16T11:48:16","date_gmt":"2010-01-16T16:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/?p=2725"},"modified":"2011-05-18T19:30:07","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T00:30:07","slug":"b-90-days-soap-dont-rely-on-yourself-inquire-of-the-lord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/b-90-days-soap-dont-rely-on-yourself-inquire-of-the-lord\/","title":{"rendered":"B 90 Days SOAP: Don&#8217;t rely on yourself: Inquire of the Lord"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Day 16 of the Bible in 90 days<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Scripture: Joshua 9: 14<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The men of Israel sampled their provisions but did not inquire of the Lord.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Observation:<\/strong> The Israelites were considering a big decision and forgot to ask the Lord&#8217;s guidance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Application:<\/strong> In this passage, the Israelites are being deceived by the Gibeonites. Forgetting to ask the Lord&#8217;s guidance, the Israelites do a bit of investigating on their own (not much, though) and make a decision that is not in line with God&#8217;s directives.<\/p>\n<p>How often do I plow ahead, doing what I think (or want) to be right without asking for God&#8217;s direction? And what mistakes could have I avoided by stopping, praying, asking and really listening?<\/p>\n<p>Prayer: Lord, thank you for this reminder to seek your direction rather than making my own decisions with you.<\/p>\n<p>You will not lead me astray, but my &#8216;gut&#8217; might.<\/p>\n<p>You know just what I need, just what I have to offer and just what I should do. Please send up a red flag when I begin to stray&#8230; and keep me close to you, relying on you and not me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 16 of the Bible in 90 days Scripture: Joshua 9: 14 The men of Israel sampled their provisions but did not inquire of the Lord. Observation: The Israelites were considering a big decision and forgot to ask the Lord&#8217;s guidance. Application: In this passage, the Israelites are being deceived by the Gibeonites. Forgetting to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[163,18],"tags":[197,672],"class_list":["post-2725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-in-90-days","category-soap","tag-joshua","tag-soap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2725"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4292,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2725\/revisions\/4292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}