{"id":1390,"date":"2019-12-31T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/?p=1390"},"modified":"2019-12-09T09:25:41","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T14:25:41","slug":"rest-in-the-hope-of-the-lord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2019\/12\/31\/rest-in-the-hope-of-the-lord\/","title":{"rendered":"REST IN THE HOPE OF THE LORD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cI say, \u201cThe Lord is my portion, therefore I will put my hope in Him.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Lamentations+3%3A24&amp;version=CSB\">Lamentations 3:24 CSB<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have done it.&nbsp; We have completed 365 days of growing our faith in 2019.&nbsp; Tomorrow starts a new year, a new challenge, a new day.  How do you end a year like this?&nbsp; By looking to the Lord for hope in the days ahead (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Jeremiah+29%3A11&amp;version=NIV\">Jeremiah 29:11 NIV<\/a>).<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m going to end the year with you guys, like I end the year in my own life, in prayer.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear Lord,<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I can\u2019t believe we\u2019ve persevered through 365 days together.&nbsp; I\u201dm grateful for every mountain we\u2019ve climbed, every tear we\u2019ve cried, every smile we\u2019ve shared.&nbsp; I\u2019m thankful for the devotion of these women who have daily turned to You.  I\u2019m thankful for the growth that we have each experienced, individually and together.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m sorry Lord for the times we\u2019ve failed You.&nbsp; I\u2019m sorry for the times we\u2019ve shown hate instead of love.&nbsp; I\u2019m sorry for the times we\u2019ve lacked self-control.  I\u2019m sorry for words that have torn down instead of built up.&nbsp; I\u2019m sorry for the times we\u2019ve glorified ourselves instead of You.  I\u2019m grateful Your mercies are new each morning.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we turn to a new year, a fresh start, we ask for You to lead us.&nbsp; We ask for Your guidance and direction in the year ahead.  We ask for Your wisdom and discernment to direct our paths.&nbsp; We pray You will illuminate blind spots in our lives that we need to work on.  We ask Your blessings and favor to be upon us, today and always.&nbsp; We ask that You be glorified in all we do in 2020.  Help us to love You better, to love others better and to love ourselves better, Lord.  Help us not be known as people who judge, but instead, as people who love.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our lives are Yours Lord. Our hope is in You.&nbsp; We give You control.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Jesus\u2019s name I pray,<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amen<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI say, \u201cThe Lord is my portion, therefore I will put my hope in Him.\u201d Lamentations 3:24 CSB We have done it.&nbsp; We have completed 365 days of growing our faith in 2019.&nbsp; Tomorrow starts a new year, a new challenge, a new day. How do you end a year like this?&nbsp; By looking to&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2019\/12\/31\/rest-in-the-hope-of-the-lord\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">REST IN THE HOPE OF THE LORD<\/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-1390","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\/1390","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=1390"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1466,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1390\/revisions\/1466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}