{"id":12798,"date":"2025-07-14T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=12798"},"modified":"2025-06-17T05:49:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T10:49:32","slug":"rejoice-in-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/14\/rejoice-in-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"Rejoice in Truth"},"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-Aesthetic-Hello-Summer-Facebook-Post.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Yellow-Aesthetic-Hello-Summer-Facebook-Post.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Yellow-Aesthetic-Hello-Summer-Facebook-Post-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Yellow-Aesthetic-Hello-Summer-Facebook-Post-768x644.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Truth, in today\u2019s world, seems elusive.&nbsp; Trust in the news stories found in the media can only lead to lies and heartache. Love rejoices with the truth, rejecting deceit as evil, including when we deceive ourselves.&nbsp; Receiving divine truth only happens when we submit our lives to the Lord, allowing Him to search our hearts and reveal truth to us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>\u201cThe crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but the <\/em><em>Lord<\/em><em> tests the heart.\u201d Proverbs 17:3<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>God knows the condition of our hearts and the lies we tell ourselves and others.&nbsp; When we give the Lord permission to test our hearts, He will refine us, revealing the false tales we believe and rejoicing in the truth.&nbsp; As we embrace the Creator\u2019s love for us, He will set us free from our sins, and like prisoners released from jail, we will experience freedom in a way like never before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seek the Lord\u2019s love today.&nbsp; Let Him reveal the lies in your life, and rejoice in the truth of His grace and mercy.&nbsp; Then share what you have found with others, telling the truth in love and dispelling the world\u2019s lies.&nbsp; Only with Jesus can you experience the unconditional love of the Savior and the freedom He offers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Journal Question:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">What lies have held you captive?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Random Act of Kindness:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Who can you share the truth in love with today?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One-minute read. Truth, in today\u2019s world, seems elusive.&nbsp; Trust in the news stories found in the media can only lead to lies and heartache. Love rejoices with the truth, rejecting deceit as evil, including when we deceive ourselves.&nbsp; Receiving divine truth only happens when we submit our lives to the Lord, allowing Him to search&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/14\/rejoice-in-truth\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rejoice in Truth<\/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-12798","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\/12798","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=12798"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12801,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12798\/revisions\/12801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}