{"id":12617,"date":"2025-06-09T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=12617"},"modified":"2025-05-27T06:02:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T11:02:30","slug":"steady-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/06\/09\/steady-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"Steady Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Walking confidently feels good.  When you know your destination and have no doubts about the journey, your strides have more purpose and keep a steady gait.  However, more times than not in life, we have doubts about which direction we should take.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the weekend message, the pastor brought two ladders onto the stage.  On one, he taped \u201cWorld,\u201d and on the other, he taped \u201cGod.\u201d  As he progressed through his message, the young pastor challenged us about which wall our ladder leaned against, and which one we climbed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At one point, the tall, lanky preacher, dressed in black, had a foot on each ladder, stuck in the middle, not sure which way to go.  Thankfully, God helps us make the decision when we follow Him.  The Lord redeems us from the world and gives us new life in Him, showing us the steps we need to take.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consult God on which steps you will take and follow His direction, then you can walk confidently, knowing He leads you to the promised land.  No longer will you feel stuck in the middle, with Christ guiding you, and your ladder leaning against the rock, you will have no doubt which way you should go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Lord,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank You for giving us a road map to the promised land through Jesus.  Please help us lean our ladder against You, and climb steadily<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One-minute read. Walking confidently feels good.  When you know your destination and have no doubts about the journey, your strides have more purpose and keep a steady gait.  However, more times than not in life, we have doubts about which direction we should take. In the weekend message, the pastor brought two ladders onto the… Continue reading Steady Steps<\/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-12617","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\/12617","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=12617"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12623,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12617\/revisions\/12623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}