{"id":1392,"date":"2020-01-01T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/?p=1392"},"modified":"2019-12-13T08:55:47","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T13:55:47","slug":"day-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2020\/01\/01\/day-one\/","title":{"rendered":"YOU ARE GOOD TO GOD TODAY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cGod saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning\u2014the sixth day.<\/em><\/strong> Genesis 1:31 NIV<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Happy New Year!  We have officially survived the holidays!  Praise Jesus!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And now we are starting a new year.  For me, a new year is like a blank page, waiting to be filled.  We have a choice of what we fill our pages with this year. I plan on letting God be the author of my story, I\u2019m praying you\u2019ll let Him write yours as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year at the bottom of the devotion will be an area for Further Reading.  The verse will come from the reading. The reading is just an opportunity to dig a little deeper into God\u2019s word and the day’s devotion. You can do just one of them, or none of them.  If you read them all you\u2019ll read through the Bible in a year. The choice is yours. All you have to do is click on the link and you will be guided to that day\u2019s reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God created us, He deemed us good. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today\u2019s verse reminds us that we are God\u2019s creation.  We see God\u2019s love for us as He looks over what He has made and decides it is good.  As we start this new year, let\u2019s remember we are God\u2019s creation. In Genesis chapter 1, God stands back 5 times and says His creation is good (verses 4,12,18,21,25).  And the sixth day He made man: \u201dSo God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.\u201d (Genesis 1:27 NIV<\/a>).  And after that, as our verse of the day reminds us, He said it was good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His creation, us, we\u2019re good.  Let\u2019s start off our year with that reminder, God made us, we\u2019re good.  Whatever happened in 2019 that beat you down, whatever struggles you had, lay them at the foot of the cross.  Begin to focus your thoughts on God\u2019s love for His creation, His love for you. He knit you together in your mother\u2019s women, you are fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm 139:13-14 NIV<\/a>).  God doesn\u2019t make junk.  He makes people with purpose, people with passion, people with love.  We may not be perfect, but we are His. He calls us good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Question of the day:  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How does knowing God created you, AND He deemed you good give you hope?
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For Further Reading:<\/strong> Genesis 1-2:25<\/a>  Matthew 1-2:12<\/a>, Psalm 1:1-6<\/a>, Prov. 1:1-6<\/a>
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\u201cGod saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning\u2014the sixth day. Genesis 1:31 NIV Happy New Year!  We have officially survived the holidays!  Praise Jesus! And now we are starting a new year.  For me, a new year is like a blank page, waiting… Continue reading YOU ARE GOOD TO GOD TODAY<\/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-1392","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\/1392","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=1392"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1640,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1392\/revisions\/1640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}