{"id":11725,"date":"2025-01-04T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=11725"},"modified":"2024-12-24T09:41:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T14:41:59","slug":"be-not-dismayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/01\/04\/be-not-dismayed\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Not Dismayed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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\/Winter-Class-Agenda-Education-Presentation-in-Blue-White-and-Red-Botanical-Style-Instagram-Post-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Winter-Class-Agenda-Education-Presentation-in-Blue-White-and-Red-Botanical-Style-Instagram-Post-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Winter-Class-Agenda-Education-Presentation-in-Blue-White-and-Red-Botanical-Style-Instagram-Post-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Winter-Class-Agenda-Education-Presentation-in-Blue-White-and-Red-Botanical-Style-Instagram-Post-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Winter-Class-Agenda-Education-Presentation-in-Blue-White-and-Red-Botanical-Style-Instagram-Post-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Winter-Class-Agenda-Education-Presentation-in-Blue-White-and-Red-Botanical-Style-Instagram-Post-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Winter-Class-Agenda-Education-Presentation-in-Blue-White-and-Red-Botanical-Style-Instagram-Post.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Have you ever felt so low you didn\u2019t know how you would stand up? I have many times, and each time, the Lord lifts me up and helps me persevere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When <em>War Room<\/em><a href=\"#_edn1\" id=\"_ednref1\"><em><strong>[i]<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>debuted in 2015, it profoundly affected my life.&nbsp; Ron and I saw the movie at a local theater. The film tells the tale of an older lady who has a prayer closet where she goes to meet with the Lord.&nbsp; Containing nothing but a wooden chair, she takes her Bible, gets on her knees, and goes to war with the Lord.&nbsp; As the story unfolds, miracle after miracle happens, people\u2019s lives change, and God\u2019s victory rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leaving the theater, I knew exactly how I would spend my evening.&nbsp; Cleaning out the guest room closet, I made my war room and have met the Lord there ever since.&nbsp; The days I\u2019m on the floor and can\u2019t get up stand out the most.&nbsp; In my dismay, the Lord\u2019s right hand lifts me to my feet and gives me the strength to carry on.&nbsp; Today\u2019s verse makes me think of the times my heavenly Father has held me tight, picked me up, and not let go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He will do the same for You.&nbsp; To receive the Lord\u2019s assistance, we must seek it; when we do, we have nothing to fear.<\/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 wp-block-paragraph\">Lord,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Thank You for picking us up when we find ourselves in despair.&nbsp; Please help us remember Your presence in our battles, allowing You to lead us to victory.&nbsp; Let us hold on tight to Your right hand and never let it go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#_ednref1\" id=\"_edn1\">[i]<\/a> https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt3832914\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One-minute read. Have you ever felt so low you didn\u2019t know how you would stand up? I have many times, and each time, the Lord lifts me up and helps me persevere. When War Room[i] debuted in 2015, it profoundly affected my life.&nbsp; Ron and I saw the movie at a local theater. The film&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/01\/04\/be-not-dismayed\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Be Not Dismayed<\/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-11725","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\/11725","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=11725"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11728,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11725\/revisions\/11728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}