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Daily Reading:<\/strong> 1 Samuel 2:22-4:22 ESV<\/a>, John 5:24-47 ESV<\/a>, Psalm 106:1-12 ESV<\/a>, Proverbs 14:30-31 ESV<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Verse:<\/strong> \u201cTruly, truly<\/em>, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment but has passed from death to life.\u201d (John 5:24 ESV<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AMEN (281): <\/strong>\u201cTransliterated from Hebrew into both Greek and English.  The Lord Jesus often used \u201cAmen,\u201d translated \u201cverily,\u201d to introduce new revelations of the mind of God. In John\u2019s Gospel, it is always repeated, \u201cAmen, Amen,\u201d but not elsewhere.  Luke does not use it at all.[i]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Revelations.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When people have \u201caha\u201d moments, they realize something new.  What you didn\u2019t understand before becomes crystal clear.  Like the fog lifting, sunlight burns off the watery mist, revealing hidden secrets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because of Jesus, I can see how jealousy impacted my life and relationships.  Instead of gratitude for what I had, I envied others.  As a result, I distanced myself from people, not wanting to hear about their lives because envy consumed me.  Now, some of those friends no longer live on earth.  My jealousy caused me to miss out on the relationship altogether.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Death to life.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Embracing Jesus means passing from death into life.  Instead of judging me for my jealousy, Jesus revealed it to me.  By seeing the issue, I can deal with it.  When I feel jealousy rearing its ugly head, I combat it by celebrating the other person instead, realizing I have all I need.  Jesus\u2019 love and compassion brought new life to my heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allowing Jesus into your heart will illuminate dark areas.  As I look back over my life, I recognize my self-absorption and how often I put my needs above anyone else\u2019s, including Jesus.  But with Christ, I can leave the old ways behind, striving to become more like Him.  Each day, a new opportunity to try again, leaving yesterday\u2019s mistakes behind, striving for what lies ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen to Jesus’ words.\u00a0 Life eternal begins today.\u00a0 Experience the peace that surpasses all understanding as you allow God to examine your heart, illuminating the areas that keep you from living life to the fullest.\u00a0 Let go of the past and embrace the future God has for you.<\/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. 17) Thomas Nelson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2 minute read. Daily Reading: 1 Samuel 2:22-4:22 ESV, John 5:24-47 ESV, Psalm 106:1-12 ESV, Proverbs 14:30-31 ESV Daily Verse: \u201cTruly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment but has passed from death to life.\u201d (John 5:24 ESV) AMEN (281): \u201cTransliterated from… Continue reading TRULY<\/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-5813","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\/5813","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=5813"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5817,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5813\/revisions\/5817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}