{"id":10399,"date":"2024-05-30T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=10399"},"modified":"2024-05-19T07:01:41","modified_gmt":"2024-05-19T12:01:41","slug":"freedom-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2024\/05\/30\/freedom-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One-minute read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Photo-Motivational-Freedom-Instagram-Post-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Photo-Motivational-Freedom-Instagram-Post-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Photo-Motivational-Freedom-Instagram-Post-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Photo-Motivational-Freedom-Instagram-Post-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Photo-Motivational-Freedom-Instagram-Post-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Photo-Motivational-Freedom-Instagram-Post-180x180.png 180w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Photo-Motivational-Freedom-Instagram-Post.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Freedom<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>John 8:36<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through Jesus, we find freedom. God\u2019s Son invites us into the Lord\u2019s family and shares His perfection. We can\u2019t do anything to earn the gift of salvation; in our humanness, we remain sinners. Jesus, as God\u2019s Son, has a right to the divine heir privileges, and He transfers those privileges to us when we place our faith in Him and begin to follow His teachings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For instance, when I started following Biblical financial principles, I found freedom from debt, no longer laying awake at night, wondering how to pay my next loan payment. Instead, I found freedom by putting God first in my finances, tithing, paying my creditors, and saving money. Faith in Jesus and obeying His commands gave me freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The journey never ends. As I gain freedom from one thing, God reveals another area I need to give Him. Currently, I\u2019m gaining freedom from a protective mechanism I\u2019ve used my entire life, which my husband calls \u201cThe Bear.\u201d&nbsp; When I feel cornered, I come out fighting, often at the expense of others. But through Jesus, I\u2019m learning a different way to react and finding newfound freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let God free you from bondage. Place your trust in Jesus, begin following Him, apply His teachings, and find freedom like never before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Application:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Jesus sets us free!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Prayer:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Lord, thank You for the freedom we find in Jesus. Help us apply Christ\u2019s teachings to our lives, turn from our sinful ways, and find true freedom like never before. Give us the strength to take the steps of faith we need to take and follow You.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One-minute read. Freedom So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. John 8:36 Through Jesus, we find freedom. God\u2019s Son invites us into the Lord\u2019s family and shares His perfection. We can\u2019t do anything to earn the gift of salvation; in our humanness, we remain sinners. Jesus, as God\u2019s Son, has&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2024\/05\/30\/freedom-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Freedom<\/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-10399","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\/10399","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=10399"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10404,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10399\/revisions\/10404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}