{"id":12173,"date":"2025-03-20T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=12173"},"modified":"2025-03-10T05:52:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T10:52:11","slug":"give-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/03\/20\/give-strength\/","title":{"rendered":"Give Strength"},"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\/2025\/03\/Pink-Floral-Hello-March-Instagram-Post-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Pink-Floral-Hello-March-Instagram-Post-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Pink-Floral-Hello-March-Instagram-Post-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Pink-Floral-Hello-March-Instagram-Post-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Pink-Floral-Hello-March-Instagram-Post-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Pink-Floral-Hello-March-Instagram-Post-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Pink-Floral-Hello-March-Instagram-Post.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>God protects His people. When Noah went through the flood waters, the Lord kept Him safe. The Almighty never left Joseph during his trials. God closed the mouths of the lions in the den for Daniel and extended the daylight for Joshua. The Creator gives us strength to face the trials of life, and His blessing of peace helps us persevere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seeking the Lord\u2019s support will give us strength to endure, peace to pass along to others, and blessings to share. We can live boldly for Christ, knowing He provides our needs. Faith overcomes fear every time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>\u201cAsk, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.\u201d<br>Matthew 7:7-8<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We don\u2019t have because we don\u2019t ask. Recently, I made a bold request of the Lord, something I\u2019ve never done so bluntly before. And He responded, providing for the need I requested in a way I never imagined. If I hadn\u2019t asked, I wouldn\u2019t have received it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ask God for the strength you need to face today\u2019s mountain. Seek His peace and receive His blessing when you trust in the Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Prayer:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Lord,<br>Thank You for giving us what we need to do the work You have for us. Please turn our eyes to You, reminding us to ask You for our provisions and trusting You to provide.<br>IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One-minute read. God protects His people. When Noah went through the flood waters, the Lord kept Him safe. The Almighty never left Joseph during his trials. God closed the mouths of the lions in the den for Daniel and extended the daylight for Joshua. The Creator gives us strength to face the trials of life,&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/03\/20\/give-strength\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Give Strength<\/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-12173","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\/12173","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=12173"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12179,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12173\/revisions\/12179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}