{"id":1819,"date":"2026-04-03T02:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T06:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/?p=1819"},"modified":"2026-01-21T14:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T19:36:13","slug":"the-blessing-of-righteousness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/2026\/04\/03\/the-blessing-of-righteousness\/","title":{"rendered":"The Blessing of Righteousness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Scripture:<\/strong> \u201cFor if by one man&#8217;s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.\u201d \u2014 <strong>Romans 5:17<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Righteousness is the blessing of &#8220;Right-Standing.&#8221; It is the ability to stand in the presence of God without any sense of guilt, shame, or inferiority. It is not something you achieve; it is a gift you receive. This blessing is the foundation of your authority. When you know you are righteous, you can &#8220;reign in life.&#8221; You stop begging for crumbs and start issuing commands to your circumstances, knowing the Father hears you as a righteous heir. Prayer: Father, I thank You for the gift of righteousness. I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. I refuse to let my past mistakes dictate my current authority. I take my place as a ruler in this life, believing that my prayers are powerful and my standing is secure. Amen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Truth:<\/strong> Righteousness is your legal license to win in life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scripture: \u201cFor if by one man&#8217;s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/2026\/04\/03\/the-blessing-of-righteousness\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[59,60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotion","category-the-blessing","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1820,"href":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1819\/revisions\/1820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesus365.live\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}