{"id":12763,"date":"2025-06-28T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=12763"},"modified":"2025-06-12T05:53:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T10:53:18","slug":"pour-forth-praise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/06\/28\/pour-forth-praise\/","title":{"rendered":"Pour Forth Praise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One-minute read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Yellow-Modern-Reminder-Hello-June-Facebook-Post.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Yellow-Modern-Reminder-Hello-June-Facebook-Post.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Yellow-Modern-Reminder-Hello-June-Facebook-Post-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Yellow-Modern-Reminder-Hello-June-Facebook-Post-768x644.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>God moved us unexpectedly.&nbsp; In less than two months, we left the city and moved to the country, something we hadn&#8217;t planned.&nbsp; Sitting outside, listening to the sounds of nature, the horse neighing from the pasture behind us, fresh air filling our nostrils with delightful scents, praise pours easily from my lips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At other times, when I\u2019m in the valleys of life, praise pours from my lips because I know I\u2019m not alone.&nbsp; The Lord always accompanies me.&nbsp; I remember sitting beside my mother\u2019s hospital bed as she lay recovering from a heart attack, my Bible open in my hands, God\u2019s word comforting me in my distress; never did I feel alone in my struggle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Most High God knows the trials we face in this life, as well as the joys.&nbsp; He experiences them with us, and in the Lord\u2019s word, we find the answers we seek to life\u2019s celebrations and its dilemmas.&nbsp; The closer we draw to the Savior, the quicker we will recognize His presence and discover His peace that surpasses all understanding, no matter the circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let praise pour forth from your lips as you seek God.\u00a0 Talk to Him about your life, open your heart to His Spirit, and discover the joy of the Lord; you can\u2019t find any other way.<\/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 giving us Your word and presence to guide and direct us.&nbsp; Please help us seek You in all circumstances, praising You on the mountaintops and in the valleys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One-minute read. God moved us unexpectedly.&nbsp; In less than two months, we left the city and moved to the country, something we hadn&#8217;t planned.&nbsp; Sitting outside, listening to the sounds of nature, the horse neighing from the pasture behind us, fresh air filling our nostrils with delightful scents, praise pours easily from my lips. 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