{"id":12302,"date":"2025-04-13T05:27:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T10:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=12302"},"modified":"2025-04-13T05:27:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T10:27:41","slug":"gods-rebuke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/04\/13\/gods-rebuke\/","title":{"rendered":"God’s Rebuke"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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\u201cGaar\u201d, the Hebrew word for rebuke, means \u201creprimand\u201d or \u201cprevent.\u201d Often, when I think of God rebuking me, I don\u2019t have good images in my mind. However, as I applied more and more of the Lord\u2019s precepts to my life, I learned that they protected me, keeping me from harm and safeguarding my heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, as I receive the Lord\u2019s reprimand, it humbles me and reminds me of my need for the Savior. None of us can keep the law; if we didn\u2019t recognize our sin, we wouldn\u2019t turn to Jesus for help. Only with the grace and mercy we receive from Christ can we access the Lord\u2019s peace that surpasses all understanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the first time in my life, I have a backyard garden. Now that the weather has warmed, we\u2019ve planted our first crop. Each day, I water the small plot of land and pull a few weeds. As I pulled up the pesky rascals this morning, I thought of how my daily time in the Word weeds my heart. Each morning, I repent of my sinful thoughts and actions, keeping the soil of my heart pliable for the Lord, so that His word may take root and grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although we will never achieve perfection on this side of heaven, we can become more like Jesus as we emulate His actions. Our right actions please God and draw us closer to Him, allowing us to experience a bit of heaven here on Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lord,
Thank You for weeding out our hearts and rebuking our wrong actions. Please help us follow Your commands and become more like Jesus with each day You give us.
IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One-minute read. \u201cGaar\u201d, the Hebrew word for rebuke, means \u201creprimand\u201d or \u201cprevent.\u201d Often, when I think of God rebuking me, I don\u2019t have good images in my mind. However, as I applied more and more of the Lord\u2019s precepts to my life, I learned that they protected me, keeping me from harm and safeguarding my… Continue reading God’s Rebuke<\/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-12302","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\/12302","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=12302"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12305,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12302\/revisions\/12305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}