{"id":4512,"date":"2014-11-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/open-my-eyes-to-see-the-wonderful-truths-in-your-instructions-psalm-11918-nlt\/"},"modified":"2014-11-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-11-22T00:00:00","slug":"open-my-eyes-to-see-the-wonderful-truths-in-your-instructions-psalm-11918-nlt","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/open-my-eyes-to-see-the-wonderful-truths-in-your-instructions-psalm-11918-nlt","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Open my eyes to see the wonderful truths in your instructions&#8221; (Psalm 119:18 NLT)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Psalm 119 is the longest in the Psalms. For those who remember &#8220;Bible drills,&#8221; it lies near the middle of the Bible. It is an acrostic poem based on the 22-letter Hebrew alphabet and a meditation on the Scriptures themselves. In this verse, the Psalmist prays that God would open his eyes to understand the &#8220;wonderful truths&#8221; of God&#8217;s Word. This should be the prayer that every believer prays before opening the Word, because it is not just any book, it is God&#8217;s book. And therefore, God&#8217;s illumination is needed. Do you pray for God&#8217;s help before reading God&#8217;s Word?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psalm 119 is the longest in the Psalms. For those who remember &#8220;Bible drills,&#8221; it lies near the middle of the Bible. It is an acrostic poem based on the 22-letter Hebrew alphabet and a meditation on the Scriptures themselves. In this verse, the Psalmist prays that God would open his eyes to understand the &#8220;wonderful truths&#8221; of God&#8217;s Word. This should be the prayer that every believer prays before opening the Word, because it is not just any book, it is God&#8217;s book. And therefore, God&#8217;s illumination is needed. Do you pray for God&#8217;s help before reading God&#8217;s Word?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1286],"scripture-chapter":[1452],"oyb_day":[1853],"location":[],"class_list":["post-4512","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-psalms","scripture-chapter-1452","oyb_day-november-22"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/4512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4512"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=4512"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=4512"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=4512"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=4512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}