{"id":2769,"date":"2020-12-03T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/?p=2769"},"modified":"2020-11-22T11:48:09","modified_gmt":"2020-11-22T16:48:09","slug":"what-is-truth-in-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2020\/12\/03\/what-is-truth-in-your-life\/","title":{"rendered":"WHAT IS TRUTH IN YOUR LIFE?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>4 minute read<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u201cDear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.\u201d (1 John 3:18 NIV)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>God reveals truth.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each of us live in a different reality.&nbsp; We agree on certain things, but not all things. Age, for instance is a factual truth.&nbsp; Facts on COVID are subjective.&nbsp; One reports says masks are useless, another says they aren\u2019t.&nbsp; One news article says hospitals are laying off workers because their empty, another says they have no beds because of COVID. &nbsp; Who are we to believe?&nbsp; What are we to believe?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My most recent achievement is a Masters in Strategic Communication.&nbsp; God willing, in just a couple of weeks I will finish my last class.&nbsp; One truth I\u2019ve learned, news outlets no longer tell the truth.&nbsp; Instead, whoever owns the news outlet controls the message.&nbsp; For instance, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rupert_Murdoch\">Rupert Murdoch<\/a> owns<a href=\"https:\/\/newscorp.com\/\"> News Corp<\/a>, which owns hundreds of local, national and international news outlets.&nbsp; He is executive chairman of Fox News, he controls the message.&nbsp; Local newscasters all use the same script, as evidenced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yXfRDC2NKY0\">by this video<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.titlemax.com\/discovery-center\/lifestyle\/who-owns-your-news-the-top-100-digital-news-outlets-and-their-ownership\/#:~:text=About%2015%20billionaires%20and%20six,Amusements%20(which%20includes%20Viacom%20Inc.\">&nbsp;Six corporations<\/a> control the majority of the message media coutlets produce in the United States and the world.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>To find truth, start with God.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Truth is found through God.&nbsp; As we seek Him, He reveals truth to us.&nbsp; No matter who you are, your perspective is narrow.&nbsp; No one has God\u2019s view.&nbsp; If we are to see what He sees, we must seek and ask for it.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThen you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.\u201d&nbsp; (<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John%208%3A32&amp;version=NIV\"><em>John 8:32 NIV<\/em><\/a><em>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, understand what you read on the internet or see in the news isn\u2019t necessarily true.&nbsp; However, when you ask God to help you decipher the truth, He will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cEars to hear and eyes to see&#8211;both are gifts from the Lord.\u201d (<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Proverbs%2020:12&amp;version=NIV\"><em>Proverbs 20:12 NIV<\/em><\/a><em>)&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When God reveals His truth to you, He gives you the ears to hear and eyes to see it.&nbsp; Whatever the topic, He has the answer.&nbsp; Within your Spirit, you will know.&nbsp; For each of us, how we \u201cknow\u201d is different, we just do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The truths each of us have to face are diverse.&nbsp; Lies I believe, others don\u2019t.&nbsp; All of us believe falsities to some extent.&nbsp; Only God can reveal what they are.&nbsp; God brings all things into the light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cBut everything exposed by the light becomes visible&#8211;and everything that is illuminated becomes a light.\u201d (<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Ephesians%205%3A13&amp;version=NIV\"><em>Ephesians 5:13 NIV<\/em><\/a><em>)&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re struggling with who to believe and what to do, seek God.&nbsp; Whatever the issue, ask Him to reveal His truth to you.&nbsp; Draw close to God, He\u2019ll draw close to you.&nbsp; When you do, you will see His truth in all things.&nbsp; His knowing you will know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Love with actions that speak God\u2019s truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Question of the Day:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">What truth do you want God to reveal to you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Further Reading:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Daniel%2011%3A2-35&amp;version=NIV\">Daniel 11:2-35 NIV<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1%20John%203:7-24&amp;version=NIV\">1 John 3:7-24 NIV<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm%20122&amp;version=NIV\">Psalm 122:1-9 NIV<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Proverbs+29%3A1&amp;version=NIV\">Proverbs 29:1 NIV<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4 minute read \u201cDear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.\u201d (1 John 3:18 NIV) God reveals truth.&nbsp; Each of us live in a different reality.&nbsp; We agree on certain things, but not all things. Age, for instance is a factual truth.&nbsp; Facts on COVID are subjective.&nbsp;&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2020\/12\/03\/what-is-truth-in-your-life\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">WHAT IS TRUTH IN YOUR LIFE?<\/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-2769","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\/2769","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=2769"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2770,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2769\/revisions\/2770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}