{"id":13016,"date":"2025-08-23T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=13016"},"modified":"2025-08-07T08:17:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T13:17:15","slug":"my-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/23\/my-strength\/","title":{"rendered":"My Strength"},"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=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/black-dark-motivational-quotes-Instagram-Post-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/black-dark-motivational-quotes-Instagram-Post-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/black-dark-motivational-quotes-Instagram-Post-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/black-dark-motivational-quotes-Instagram-Post-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/black-dark-motivational-quotes-Instagram-Post-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/black-dark-motivational-quotes-Instagram-Post-180x180.png 180w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/black-dark-motivational-quotes-Instagram-Post.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunday mornings when the worship band begins to play, my heart leaps with joy, especially when they sing one of my favorite songs. Closing my eyes and lifting my arms, God\u2019s spirit rejuvenates me from what lies behind and prepares me for what will come. Strengthened and renewed, the time spent in corporate worship with other devoted followers of Christ encourages me like nothing else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our strength comes from above. When the tolls of this world begin to weigh us down, we have a Creator ready to lift the burden from our shoulders and replace it with His strength. Knowing that our time on earth has an end, we can trust in the Savior to help us persevere until He calls us home to Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you need strength, drop to your knees, lift your arms to the sky, and ask the Lord for help. Allow His Spirit to fill your soul, strengthening you for the battle ahead. You have a trustworthy God, ready to help you, whatever your need. Tuning into Him will align your heart with the Creator\u2019s endeavors and give you divine tools to help fulfill your purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lean into the Lord, receive His strength and guidance, and experience divine joy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Summer Fun Activity:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Go on a bike ride.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One-minute read. Sunday mornings when the worship band begins to play, my heart leaps with joy, especially when they sing one of my favorite songs. Closing my eyes and lifting my arms, God\u2019s spirit rejuvenates me from what lies behind and prepares me for what will come. Strengthened and renewed, the time spent in corporate&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/23\/my-strength\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">My Strength<\/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-13016","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\/13016","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=13016"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13019,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13016\/revisions\/13019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}