{"id":5549,"date":"2022-03-19T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-19T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/?p=5549"},"modified":"2022-03-04T09:19:33","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T14:19:33","slug":"jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2022\/03\/19\/jesus\/","title":{"rendered":"JESUS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Daily Reading: <\/strong>Numbers 28:16-29:40 ESV<\/a>, Luke 3:23-38 ESV<\/a>, Psalm 62:1-12 ESV<\/a>, Proverbs 11:18-19 ESV<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Verse:<\/strong> \u201cJesus<\/em>, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,\u201d (Luke 3:23 ESV<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IESOUS (2424): <\/strong>\u201cThe name of our Lord.\u201d[I]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

God\u2019s Son.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before Jesus began His earthly ministry, He spent three decades in preparation.  A couple of days ago, I wrote about Jesus at 12 years old, conversing with the temple teachers.  Not until then did I think about their conversation.  Scripture said Jesus listened and asked questions (Luke 2:46 ESV<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At twelve, I accepted Christ into my life as Lord and Savior.  Raised in a Christian home,  I have never known life without Jesus.  But during my 20\u2019s, I questioned my beliefs.  If God\u2019s word said to do it, I definitely didn\u2019t.  Through those years of defiance, I caused myself tremendous pain.  Finally, I realized pain\u2019s presence in life comes whether I follow God or not.  But with God, I have relief from it.  I can unburden my heartache to Him, and He always uses it for good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus heals.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My anger at God began when He called my dad to heaven.  At sixteen, I battled with the pain, trying to understand why a loving God would take my world away from me; I decided God didn\u2019t love me, nor me Him.  Turning my back on all I\u2019d known led me down a dark path of self-inflicted pain.  Abusing alcohol numbed the pain; God\u2019s grace protected me.  When I finally turned back to God, His open arms readily embraced me.  Healing began for my broken heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pain exists in this world; everyone experiences it.  But Jesus takes our pain upon Himself, giving us new life in Him.  Wherever life\u2019s path takes us, we can trust God will use it for good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd we know that for those who love God all things work together\u00a0for good, for\u00a0those who are called according to his purpose.\u201d (Romans 8:28 ESV<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus\u2019s preparation for His ministry took decades; ours does as well.  Whatever life circumstances might present, God will use it in your life, not only for good but preparation as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[i]<\/a> Strong, J., & Strong, J. (2010). The New Strong’s expanded exhaustive concordance of the Bible<\/em>. Greek Dictionary of the New Testament<\/em> (p. 120) Thomas Nelson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2 minute read. Daily Reading: Numbers 28:16-29:40 ESV, Luke 3:23-38 ESV, Psalm 62:1-12 ESV, Proverbs 11:18-19 ESV Daily Verse: \u201cJesus, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,\u201d (Luke 3:23 ESV) IESOUS (2424): \u201cThe name of our Lord.\u201d[I] God\u2019s Son. Before Jesus began… Continue reading JESUS<\/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-5549","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\/5549","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=5549"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5554,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5549\/revisions\/5554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}