{"id":5934,"date":"2022-05-30T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/?p=5934"},"modified":"2022-04-29T10:45:52","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T15:45:52","slug":"warming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2022\/05\/30\/warming\/","title":{"rendered":"WARMING"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Daily Reading:<\/strong> 2 Samuel 15:23-16:23 ESV<\/a>, John 18:25-19:22 ESV<\/a>, Psalm 119:113-128 ESV<\/a>, Proverbs 16:10-11 ESV<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Verse:<\/strong> \u201cNow Simon Peter was standing and warming<\/em> himself. So, they said to him, \u201cYou also are not one of his disciples, are you?\u201d He denied it and said, \u201cI am not.\u201d (John 18:25 ESV<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THERMAINO (2328): <\/strong>\u201cTo warm, heat (Eng. \u2018thermal\u2019 etc.), when used in the middle voice, signifies \u201cto warm oneself.\u201d[i]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Warm oneself.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter finds himself by the fire.  Having witnessed Jesus\u2019 arrest, the disciple waits to see what happens next.  Never did he imagine life would lead him to this spot.  Just hours ago, Peter pledged his undying love to Christ, and now the follower denies Him, not once but three times.  Peter didn\u2019t wait well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everyone waits.  A bride waits for her wedding day, then children, then grandchildren.  Sick people wait for healing; soldiers wait for battle; kids wait for recess.  Learning to wait well challenges the best of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Waiting for Jesus.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We live in Saturday, waiting for Sunday, the day of Christ\u2019s return.  Peter didn\u2019t know the future.  Standing by the fire, I can\u2019t imagine the emotions Peter experienced.  The disciple had no clue Jesus would hang on the cross, die, and resurrect in the days ahead.  Peter no longer had hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But we do.\u00a0 We know what Peter didn\u2019t; Christ lives.\u00a0 Jesus\u2019 resurrection overcame death and gave us hope for eternal life.\u00a0 We know this world will have troubles, but Christ overcame them on Calvary.\u00a0 Eternity begins the moment you place your faith in Jesus.\u00a0 You can have peace on earth with Christ in your heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter didn\u2019t understand salvation when he stood by the fire warming himself.  But he soon would.  And we do.  Let Christ take residence in your heart; He warms you like no one else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wait well with Jesus.  Follow Him and gain His peace which surpasses all understanding.<\/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. 115) Thomas Nelson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2 minute read. Daily Reading: 2 Samuel 15:23-16:23 ESV, John 18:25-19:22 ESV, Psalm 119:113-128 ESV, Proverbs 16:10-11 ESV Daily Verse: \u201cNow Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. So, they said to him, \u201cYou also are not one of his disciples, are you?\u201d He denied it and said, \u201cI am not.\u201d (John 18:25 ESV) THERMAINO… Continue reading WARMING<\/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-5934","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\/5934","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=5934"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5938,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5934\/revisions\/5938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}