{"id":13849,"date":"2025-12-28T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=13849"},"modified":"2025-11-30T08:58:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T13:58:38","slug":"rejoice-in-the-savior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/12\/28\/rejoice-in-the-savior\/","title":{"rendered":"Rejoice in the Savior"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Watching \u201cA Christmas Prayer\u201d[1]<\/a> on Pure Flix, the movie revolves around a child\u2019s Christmas prayer list. Tasked by her Sunday School teacher, sweet Caroline, instead of making a wish list for Santa, creates a prayer list for Jesus, asking for things for other people. For Hank the postman, she asks God for a plane ticket to see his daughter. A school friend who needs a new coat and boots gets added to her list. Poinsettias for her neighbor who lost her husband, happiness for her widowed father, and a big client for her grandfather, Caroline\u2019s list contained needs for the people she loved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When a children\u2019s book illustrator finds the list, it inspires her not only to meet the needs on it, but also to write a faith-based series about Adeliene the Angel. As the movie plays out, the true meaning of Christmas becomes apparent as Jesus works miracles in everyone\u2019s lives. The spirit of those involved rejoices in God, their Savior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus\u2019s presence with us causes actions outside of us. Although fictional, the movie portrayed how acts of kindness, motivated by Christ, have an eternal ripple effect that we won\u2019t honestly know until God calls us home. Every small act impacts someone in ways we can’t imagine, helping the doer more than anyone else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Within each of us, as Christ’s followers, we have the Holy Spirit. As soon as we place our faith in the Savior, He takes up residency in our hearts. Transformation begins immediately as the Lord\u2019s grace and mercy root out our sin. As we draw closer to God and allow Him to search our hearts, He reveals the truth that helps us become more like Jesus. Walking with the Lord, He purifies us and fills our hearts with His divine joy, strengthening us for the journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Journal Questions:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

How does having faith in Jesus motivate you to good works?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In what ways does the Holy Spirit prompt you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How does your spirit rejoice in the Savior?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joyful Application:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Rejoice in Jesus today as you allow His Spirit to lead you to good works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt37593923\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two-minute read. Watching \u201cA Christmas Prayer\u201d[1] on Pure Flix, the movie revolves around a child\u2019s Christmas prayer list. Tasked by her Sunday School teacher, sweet Caroline, instead of making a wish list for Santa, creates a prayer list for Jesus, asking for things for other people. For Hank the postman, she asks God for a… Continue reading Rejoice in the Savior<\/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-13849","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\/13849","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=13849"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13853,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13849\/revisions\/13853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}