{"id":6051,"date":"2022-06-23T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/?p=6051"},"modified":"2022-05-20T11:11:40","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T16:11:40","slug":"welcomed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2022\/06\/23\/welcomed\/","title":{"rendered":"WELCOMED"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Daily Reading:<\/strong> 2 Kings 4:18-5:27 ESV<\/a>, Acts 15:1-35 ESV<\/a>, Psalm 141:1-10 ESV<\/a>, Proverbs 17:23 ESV<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Verse:<\/strong> \u201cWhen they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed<\/em> by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they declared all that God had done with them.\u201d (Acts 15:4 ESV<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

APARADECHOMAI (588): <\/strong>\u201cTo take fully, i.e., welcome (persons), approve (things). To welcome, to accept gladly, to receive without reserver.\u201d[i]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Accept gladly.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul and Barnabas travel to Jerusalem to settle the matter of circumcision.  Jewish tradition required it. Gentiles didn\u2019t.  Following Christ united them and caused a debate that needed settling.  Since God gave the Gentiles the Holy Spirit without circumcision, it became unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arriving in Jerusalem, the apostles felt welcomed by Peter\u2019s church.  Gladly, the people accepted them into their midst.  Following Jesus will develop your hospitality muscle, whether you like it or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christ welcomes all into the kingdom of God.\u00a0 People choose to decline the invitation.\u00a0 As messengers of Jesus\u2019s gift to humanity, we must welcome others into His presence.\u00a0 If we don\u2019t gladly accept others, we\u2019ll miss the opportunity to share Christ\u2019s love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ice and ottoman.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Playing in his regular men\u2019s tennis league, Ron hurt his knee.  We traveled to South Carolina for his work the following day, combining it with a visit to our Life Community Church<\/a> family.  When I texted to let them know our progress, I asked for prayer for Ron\u2019s knee.  The reply text welcomed us with open arms:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026we\u2019ll have ice packs and an ottoman ready for him to relax and rehab when he gets here!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welcoming others gladly comes naturally from our LCC family.  In the past twenty years of friendship, they\u2019ve welcomed us many times.  As a result, our relationship with Jesus grows as we learn more about Him through their hospitality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See a need, meet a need.  Nothing will convey Christ\u2019s love more than helping others deal with the frustrations of this world.  As you do, you\u2019ll have the opportunity to share the news about eternal life with Christ.<\/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. 35) Thomas Nelson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2 minute read. Daily Reading: 2 Kings 4:18-5:27 ESV, Acts 15:1-35 ESV, Psalm 141:1-10 ESV, Proverbs 17:23 ESV Daily Verse: \u201cWhen they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they declared all that God had done with them.\u201d (Acts 15:4 ESV) APARADECHOMAI (588): \u201cTo take fully, i.e., welcome… Continue reading WELCOMED<\/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-6051","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\/6051","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=6051"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6057,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6051\/revisions\/6057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}