{"id":5992,"date":"2022-06-10T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/?p=5992"},"modified":"2022-05-07T10:23:42","modified_gmt":"2022-05-07T15:23:42","slug":"house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2022\/06\/10\/house\/","title":{"rendered":"HOUSE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Daily Reading: <\/strong>1 Kings 7:1-50 ESV<\/a>, Acts 7:30-50 ESV<\/a>, Psalm 128:1-6 ESV<\/a>, Proverbs 16:31-33 ESV<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Verse:<\/strong> \u201c\u2018Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house<\/em> will you build for me, says the Lord, or what is the place of my rest?\u201d (Acts 7:49 ESV<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OIKOS (3624): <\/strong>\u201cDenotes a house, a dwelling.\u201d[i]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dwelling place.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

God lives within us, our body His temple.  When you begin to think of your body as God\u2019s home, how you take care of it makes a difference.  Battling the bulge becomes more than a vanity issue; maintaining a healthy weight honors God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What type of home do you want to build for God?  He leaves the decorating up to you.  When my brother built his house, he asked people to write their favorite scriptures on the bare boards beneath the drywall.  Entering their home, you pass under these words:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut as for me and my house, we will serve the\u00a0Lord.\u201d (Josh. 24:15 ESV<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Firm foundation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Building your house on the foundation of scripture will ensure its survival during the storms.  God\u2019s promises have stood the test of thousands of years; they\u2019ll stand for that many more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You determine the house you build by the materials you use.  Feeding your soul with God\u2019s word will fortify your structure.  Allowing the Creator to work from within will produce an outward light no one can distinguish.  God\u2019s love will pour from you effortlessly to those around you.  But only if you build a firm foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Invite Jesus into your home, all of it.  Open your heart to Him, and allow Christ to enter every room.  Don\u2019t shut Jesus out of your pain; invite Him into it.  Let God comfort your hurts as He takes up residency inside your heart.  With Him, we become whole.<\/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. 176) Thomas Nelson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2 minute read. Daily Reading: 1 Kings 7:1-50 ESV, Acts 7:30-50 ESV, Psalm 128:1-6 ESV, Proverbs 16:31-33 ESV Daily Verse: \u201c\u2018Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord, or what is the place of my rest?\u201d (Acts 7:49 ESV) OIKOS (3624): \u201cDenotes… Continue reading HOUSE<\/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-5992","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\/5992","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=5992"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5995,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5992\/revisions\/5995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}