{"id":12325,"date":"2025-04-18T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=12325"},"modified":"2025-04-07T07:12:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T12:12:36","slug":"enlarge-my-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/04\/18\/enlarge-my-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Enlarge My Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Gaining a sense of freedom from anxiety and care, submitting to the Lord lets Him do the heavy lifting. We only control our actions, nothing else. How other people respond, the words that come from their mouths, and the circumstances that we encounter all happen without our input.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But clinging to the Lord\u2019s commands keeps us focused on our part, and what we can do. As we put God\u2019s ways into practice, responding as Jesus would instead of our fleshly desires, our heart grows. Love flourishes as we plant seeds of hope with every step taken in the Creator\u2019s will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The more steps of faith we take, the more we want to take and the faster we take them. Running into the arms of Jesus becomes our response to the world\u2019s manipulations. When sorrow comes, the Lord comforts us, the hope of eternity helping us persevere through it. Implementing God\u2019s precepts brings no shame, releases us from anxiety and fear, and allows us to live in the peace that surpasses all understanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Run to the Savior. Experience life in abundance as You give Him your cares, living in the freedom that only comes from the Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lord,
Thank You, Lord, for giving us instructions on how to live, carrying our fears and anxieties for us, and helping us enjoy the peace that comes from You. Please enlarge our hearts as we take steps of faith, following You with all we\u2019ve got.
IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One-minute read. Gaining a sense of freedom from anxiety and care, submitting to the Lord lets Him do the heavy lifting. We only control our actions, nothing else. How other people respond, the words that come from their mouths, and the circumstances that we encounter all happen without our input. But clinging to the Lord\u2019s… Continue reading Enlarge My Heart<\/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-12325","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\/12325","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=12325"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12328,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12325\/revisions\/12328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}