{"id":5259,"date":"2022-01-26T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/?p=5259"},"modified":"2022-01-15T11:29:16","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T16:29:16","slug":"impossible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2022\/01\/26\/impossible\/","title":{"rendered":"IMPOSSIBLE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>2 minute read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Impossible-988x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5260\" width=\"365\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Impossible-988x1024.jpg 988w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Impossible-289x300.jpg 289w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Impossible-768x796.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Impossible-1482x1536.jpg 1482w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Impossible-1976x2048.jpg 1976w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Daily Reading:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Exodus+2%3A11-3%3A22+&amp;version=ESV\">Exodus 2:11-3:22 ESV<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew+17%3A10-27+&amp;version=ESV\">Matthew 17:10-27 ESV<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm+22%3A1-18+&amp;version=ESV\">Psalm 22:1-18 ESV,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Proverbs+5%3A7-14+&amp;version=ESV\">Proverbs 5:7-14 ESV<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Daily Verse: <\/strong>\u201cHe said to them,\u00a0\u201cBecause of your little faith. For\u00a0truly, I say to you,\u00a0if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed,\u00a0you will say to this mountain, \u2018Move from here to there,\u2019 and it will move, and\u00a0nothing will be <em>impossible<\/em> for you.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew+17%3A20&amp;version=ESV\">Matthew 17:20 ESV<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADUNATEO (101): <\/strong>\u201cSignifies to be impossible, unable, and in the NT it is used only of things.&nbsp; Nothing to a believer is impossible.\u201d<a href=\"#_edn1\">[i]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Faith creates possibility.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The disciples, faced with an impossible situation, fail.&nbsp; Trying to heal a demon-possessed boy, their efforts come to no avail.&nbsp; The desperate father took his son to Jesus and asked the Lord to make the impossible possible. Without hesitation, Jesus rebuked the demon, healing the boy.&nbsp; The dad\u2019s faith in his Master brought healing to his son.&nbsp; Watching Jesus work, the disciples didn\u2019t understand why they couldn\u2019t complete the task.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lack of faith stops us from accomplishing our divine tasks.&nbsp; Whether we doubt God\u2019s sovereignty, His presence, or His power, our unbelief prevents us from making the impossible possible.&nbsp; Only when we believe in Jesus can miracles happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Open your mind.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Closed minds won\u2019t see miracles.&nbsp; Standing before the Red Sea, Moses believed God would create a way.&nbsp; Because of his faith, Moses experienced walking through parted water.&nbsp; Strolling through the sea, walls of water on each side, fish swimming along beside you, I can only imagine the magnificence of such a moment. God created a way where none existed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Miracles need impossible circumstances to become possible.&nbsp; Facing the demon-possessed boy, the disciples found it impossible to help him.&nbsp; But with God, all things become possible.&nbsp; We can meet the mountains before us, knowing God possesses the power to move them.&nbsp; Whether we climb the hill, go around it, through it, or move it, God will show us how to overcome.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Without faith, the impossible remains impossible.&nbsp; With faith, all things become possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref1\">[i]<\/a> Strong, J., &amp; Strong, J. (2010). <em>The New Strong&#8217;s expanded exhaustive concordance of the Bible<\/em>. (p. 6) Thomas Nelson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 minute read. Daily Reading: Exodus 2:11-3:22 ESV, Matthew 17:10-27 ESV, Psalm 22:1-18 ESV, Proverbs 5:7-14 ESV Daily Verse: \u201cHe said to them,\u00a0\u201cBecause of your little faith. For\u00a0truly, I say to you,\u00a0if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed,\u00a0you will say to this mountain, \u2018Move from here to there,\u2019 and it will move,&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2022\/01\/26\/impossible\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">IMPOSSIBLE<\/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-5259","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\/5259","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=5259"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5261,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5259\/revisions\/5261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}