{"id":11715,"date":"2025-01-02T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=11715"},"modified":"2024-12-23T08:12:01","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T13:12:01","slug":"perfect-love-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/01\/02\/perfect-love-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Perfect Love"},"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\/12\/Red-White-Minimalist-Valentines-Day-Mobile-Video-Instagram-Post-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Red-White-Minimalist-Valentines-Day-Mobile-Video-Instagram-Post-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Red-White-Minimalist-Valentines-Day-Mobile-Video-Instagram-Post-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Red-White-Minimalist-Valentines-Day-Mobile-Video-Instagram-Post-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Red-White-Minimalist-Valentines-Day-Mobile-Video-Instagram-Post-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Red-White-Minimalist-Valentines-Day-Mobile-Video-Instagram-Post-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Red-White-Minimalist-Valentines-Day-Mobile-Video-Instagram-Post.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Love and fear can\u2019t exist together.&nbsp; Incompatible, the two emotions represent opposite ends of the spectrum.&nbsp; Experiencing and receiving Christ\u2019s love removes us from the \u201cfear\u201d of God\u2019s wrath and judgment.&nbsp; Referring to the troubles of this world, not the reverential fear of God, allowing today\u2019s problems to overwhelm us denies the Creator\u2019s love for us and fails to trust Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People without faith in the Savior live with the fear of judgment.&nbsp; One day, we will stand before the King and answer for our thoughts and actions on Earth.&nbsp; Placing faith in Christ removes that fear from us since He accepted the punishment we deserve.&nbsp; Therefore, we have nothing to fear in this world; the Lord has saved us from today&#8217;s troubles and prepared a place for us with Him in glory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bask in the light of the Savior\u2019s love and let Him dispel any fears you may have.&nbsp; Walk confidently through your day, knowing that God has the answer no matter what comes your way.&nbsp; Christ died to demonstrate His love for us, and living boldly for Him honors His sacrifice. Let perfect love remove any fears you face, and experience the freedom found only in Jesus.<\/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,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Thank You for giving us perfect love through Jesus that dispels all fear. Please help us receive the gift You offer, understanding that we can do nothing to earn it.&nbsp; Let us live fearlessly for Christ today and always.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One-minute read. Love and fear can\u2019t exist together.&nbsp; Incompatible, the two emotions represent opposite ends of the spectrum.&nbsp; Experiencing and receiving Christ\u2019s love removes us from the \u201cfear\u201d of God\u2019s wrath and judgment.&nbsp; Referring to the troubles of this world, not the reverential fear of God, allowing today\u2019s problems to overwhelm us denies the Creator\u2019s&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/01\/02\/perfect-love-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Perfect Love<\/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-11715","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\/11715","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=11715"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11719,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11715\/revisions\/11719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}