{"id":10171,"date":"2024-04-24T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=10171"},"modified":"2024-03-30T07:43:43","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T12:43:43","slug":"10171","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2024\/04\/24\/10171\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet Concern"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One-minute read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Easter-Monday-Facebook-Post.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Easter-Monday-Facebook-Post.png 940w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Easter-Monday-Facebook-Post-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Easter-Monday-Facebook-Post-768x644.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sweet concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you receive the Lord\u2019s saving grace, you also want others to experience it.\u00a0\u00a0 When \u201cThe Passion of the Christ\u201d movie came out in 2004, it deepened my understanding of Christ\u2019s sacrifice; watching His beaten and bloody body nailed to the cross humbled me as I realized He did that for me. Baptized as an adult, I can still feel the unexplainable peace and joy as the pastor lifted me out of the water. Something spiritual happened then, and I knew my life had changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because of my experience with Christ, I want everyone else to know it. Loving God and sharing His love with others helps introduce people to Jesus. Others will notice when we respond with grace and mercy, countercultural to the world around us. As they begin to ask questions, seeking the peace we find in Christ, we share it with them. And God willing, they will discover the joy of salvation Jesus offers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Teach transgressors Jesus\u2019 ways. Love people like Christ did. Share the joy of Jesus by caring for people, letting them know they matter and have value. God gave His only Son so the world would know how much He values every soul. The Lord doesn\u2019t want any to perish, but all to come to Him.\u00a0 Loving people well will help them know God\u2019s ways and bring them into eternal life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Prayer:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Lord, thank You for allowing us to share Christ with the world. Help us love others well, becoming more like Jesus. Bless our efforts, soften people\u2019s hearts, and let us introduce Jesus to all we meet. May Your kingdom multiply as we love people for You.\u00a0 IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One-minute read. Sweet concern. Once you receive the Lord\u2019s saving grace, you also want others to experience it.\u00a0\u00a0 When \u201cThe Passion of the Christ\u201d movie came out in 2004, it deepened my understanding of Christ\u2019s sacrifice; watching His beaten and bloody body nailed to the cross humbled me as I realized He did that for&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2024\/04\/24\/10171\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sweet Concern<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10171"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10174,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10171\/revisions\/10174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}