{"id":6696,"date":"2022-10-14T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/?p=6696"},"modified":"2022-08-17T16:10:20","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T21:10:20","slug":"truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2022\/10\/14\/truth\/","title":{"rendered":"TRUTH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Daily Reading:<\/strong> Jeremiah 23:21-25:38 ESV<\/a>, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-17 ESV<\/a>, Psalm 84:1-12 ESV<\/a>, Proverbs 25:15 ESV<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Verse:<\/strong> \u201cBut we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth<\/em>.\u201d (2 Thessalonians 2:13 ESV<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ALETHEIA (225): <\/strong>\u201cSignifying the reality lying at the basis of an appearance; the manifested, veritable essence of a matter.\u201d[1]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Veritable essence.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seeking truth takes work.  You can\u2019t believe everything you hear and see in today\u2019s world.  The web of worldly lies has so many strands only Jesus can untangle them.  We place our faith in truth by receiving the Holy Spirit and accepting Christ into our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.\u201d John 15:1 ESV<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we talk about Jesus, we always chat about love.  But Christ also came to tell the truth, which we forget.  Satan lies, cheats, and steals; Jesus does none of those things.  Following God\u2019s Son will lead you to the veritable essence of any situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discerning truth.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given enough time, the truth always comes out.\u00a0 When we take a situation to the Father in prayer, asking for His discernment, God will lead us to the veritable essence.\u00a0 Sometimes the answers come quickly; sometimes, they take time, and often, we must desire to know them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For many people, the tools they use to deal with life come as avoidance and denial.  Instead of dealing with the not-so-pretty facts of a circumstance, they ignore it.  Healing can\u2019t come if we don\u2019t know the truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I took my mother to the doctor in her elderly years, the doc asked her how she felt.  \u201cI\u2019m fine,\u201d she always answered.  However, as her caretaker, I knew she suffered from different ailments; she just didn\u2019t want to face them.  Not telling the doctor her symptoms meant he didn\u2019t have the full facts to treat her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following Jesus will reveal hard truths, some you\u2019d rather not know.  But we hurt ourselves and others if we don\u2019t deal with facts.  Baring our souls to Christ allows Him to reveal the truth and help us find healing from the hurts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God wants us to live life to the fullest, so He sent Jesus.  Pursuing life in Christ happens when we seek truth with Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[1]<\/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. 13) Thomas Nelson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2 minute read. Daily Reading: Jeremiah 23:21-25:38 ESV, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-17 ESV, Psalm 84:1-12 ESV, Proverbs 25:15 ESV Daily Verse: \u201cBut we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.\u201d (2 Thessalonians 2:13… Continue reading TRUTH<\/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-6696","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\/6696","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=6696"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6712,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6696\/revisions\/6712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}