{"id":7617,"date":"2016-08-16T23:42:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T04:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/devotion\/"},"modified":"2016-08-16T23:42:00","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T04:42:00","slug":"devotion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/devotion\/","title":{"rendered":"DEVOTION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>I need nothing but God, and to lose myself in the heart of Jesus.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><i>Margaret Mary Alacoque<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>Open my eyes that I may see,<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>Incline my heart that I may desire,<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>Order my steps that I may follow<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>The way of your commandments.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><i>Lancelot Andrewes<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>Prayer is the acid test of devotion.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><i>Samuel Chadwick<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>That perfect devoting ourselves to God, from which devotion has its name, requires that we should not only do the will of God, but also that we should do it with love. \u201cHe loveth a cheerful giver,\u201d and without the heart no obedience is acceptable to Him.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><i>Fran\u00e7ois F\u00e9nelon<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>True and living devotion presupposes the love of God<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><i>Francis of Sales<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>Fidelity in trifles, and in earnest seeking to please God in little matters, is a test of real devotion and love.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><i>Jean Nicholas Grou<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>No one ever lost out by excessive devotion to Christ.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><i>H.A. Ironside<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>Lord, make me according to thy heart.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><i>Brother Lawrence<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>Not everyone can have the same devotion.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><i>Thomas \u00e0 Kempis<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal'>Devout &#8211; A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b>William Law<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>Adapted to the State and Condition of All Orders of Christians<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>He that hath ears to hear, let him hear<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><i>Luke 8:8<\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>And behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with me<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><i>Revelation 22:12<\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I need nothing but God, and to lose myself in the heart of Jesus. Margaret Mary Alacoque Open my eyes that I may see, Incline my heart that I may desire, Order my steps that I may follow The way of your commandments. Lancelot Andrewes Prayer is the acid test of devotion. Samuel Chadwick That &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/devotion\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;DEVOTION&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7617\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}