{"id":12162,"date":"2025-03-18T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=12162"},"modified":"2025-03-09T08:36:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T13:36:59","slug":"gather-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/03\/18\/gather-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Gather You"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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God, leading with grace, reminds the people that He will keep His word. Bringing the Israelites out of Egypt freed them from slavery. When we acknowledge our sins and ask the Lord to forgive us, it frees us from bondage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like chains that hold a prisoner captive, sin wraps itself around us, binding us within its grips and separating us from the Lord. Wanting to hide our disobedience, we avoid God. When Adam and Eve ate the apple, they hid when the Creator walked in the garden. But the All-Knowing knew what happened before the couple confessed and immediately forgave them, restoring the relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We don\u2019t hide from God; He knows everything. Accepting our sinful nature and readily admitting our faults to the Lord draws us closer to the Creator and helps us live free from guilt. God doesn\u2019t want us tied up in knots over our misdeeds, but to admit and learn from them, allowing Him to use all things for the good of those who believe and trust in the Savior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prayer:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Lord,
Thank You for leading with grace and creating a way for us to live free. Please help us acknowledge our sins, learn from them, and receive Your forgiveness. Let us become more like Jesus as we pursue You.
IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One-minute read. God, leading with grace, reminds the people that He will keep His word. Bringing the Israelites out of Egypt freed them from slavery. When we acknowledge our sins and ask the Lord to forgive us, it frees us from bondage. Like chains that hold a prisoner captive, sin wraps itself around us, binding… Continue reading Gather You<\/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-12162","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\/12162","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=12162"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12165,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12162\/revisions\/12165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}