{"id":12640,"date":"2025-06-12T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=12640"},"modified":"2025-05-29T05:44:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T10:44:05","slug":"your-promise-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/06\/12\/your-promise-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Promise"},"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=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Yellow-Organic-Watercolor-Sunflower-Floral-Summer-Instagram-Post-Instagram-Post-45-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Yellow-Organic-Watercolor-Sunflower-Floral-Summer-Instagram-Post-Instagram-Post-45-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Yellow-Organic-Watercolor-Sunflower-Floral-Summer-Instagram-Post-Instagram-Post-45-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Yellow-Organic-Watercolor-Sunflower-Floral-Summer-Instagram-Post-Instagram-Post-45-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Yellow-Organic-Watercolor-Sunflower-Floral-Summer-Instagram-Post-Instagram-Post-45.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a member of the prayer team for an international organization that partners with churches around the world, my awareness of the persecution of believers has increased.\u00a0 Each week, we pray for the pastors and churches that endure attacks of all kinds against their congregations, things we can\u2019t even imagine in America.\u00a0 And yet their zeal for the Lord continues to grow, and their passion for spreading the gospel fuels the fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stories of miraculous conversions, divine protection, and exponential growth encourage not only us, but also the foreign pastors and their people.\u00a0 A school in Africa comes to mind that didn\u2019t exist two decades ago, but now, with the help of the organization, it boasts over 1,500 students within its walls, children who now know and love Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>God\u2019s enemies attack but never win.&nbsp; Amidst persecution, the Lord\u2019s word thrives, multiplying more and more.&nbsp; Like a sprout in a barren field, it only takes one seed to begin the harvest.&nbsp; As the leaves of the gospel blossom, producing more seeds, carried by the wind to other areas, God\u2019s kingdom continues to grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Applying the Lord\u2019s word to our lives results in miraculous events that produce passion and zeal for more.&nbsp; God paves the way for His kingdom work, leading us along the path of abundant life.<\/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,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Thank You for igniting the fire in our souls and fanning the flames with Your miraculous works in our lives.\u00a0 Please bless our efforts as we strive to live and serve You.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One-minute read. As a member of the prayer team for an international organization that partners with churches around the world, my awareness of the persecution of believers has increased.\u00a0 Each week, we pray for the pastors and churches that endure attacks of all kinds against their congregations, things we can\u2019t even imagine in America.\u00a0 And&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/06\/12\/your-promise-3\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Your Promise<\/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-12640","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\/12640","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=12640"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12651,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12640\/revisions\/12651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}