{"id":6761,"date":"2022-10-25T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/?p=6761"},"modified":"2022-08-23T10:46:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T15:46:41","slug":"endure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2022\/10\/25\/endure\/","title":{"rendered":"ENDURE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Daily Reading:<\/strong> Jeremiah 48:1-49:22 ESV<\/a>, 2 Timothy 4:1-22 ESV<\/a>, Psalm 95:1-96:13 ESV<\/a>, Proverbs 26:9-12 ESV<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Verse:<\/strong> \u201cFor the time is coming when people will not endure<\/em> sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions,\u201d (2 Timothy 4:3 ESV<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ANECHOMAI (430): <\/strong>\u201cThis word signifies \u201cto hold up against a thing and so to bear with\u201d (ana<\/em>, \u201cup,\u201d and echomai<\/em>, the middle voice of echo, \u201cto have, to hold\u201d).[1]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hold up against.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enduring means holding on for dear life, trusting God\u2019s got whatever lay before you.  Some days, enduring to me means just getting out of bed.  At times in my life, the darkness felt closer than the light, barely able to see the white pinpoint in the distance guiding me. But I could see it; God did guide me and still does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul\u2019s preparing Timothy for future hard times when people don\u2019t care about the truth.  Instead, they will chase their desires, which never ends well.  Following a path of our design leads us to unfortunate places.  And at some time or another, we all make bad choices.  Jesus teaches us how to forgive ourselves and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grace strengthens.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christ helps us endure by extending grace.  Receiving forgiveness for our sins lightens the load and gives us room to breathe.  Pursuing righteousness by focusing our thoughts on Jesus, which lets us do what He did, changes lives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The world will change when Christ’s followers become known for their love first and foremost.  We help others endure by loving them for Jesus.  Troubles come with life for everyone; Christ said they would:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace.\u00a0In this world you will have trouble.\u00a0But take heart! I have overcome\u00a0the world.\u201d (John 16:33 ESV<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find peace in Jesus; He overcame the world.  Because of Christ, you do too.  Eternal life with Jesus begins the moment you let Him into your heart. Let the Savior help you endure this life.<\/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. 26) Thomas Nelson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2 minute read. Daily Reading: Jeremiah 48:1-49:22 ESV, 2 Timothy 4:1-22 ESV, Psalm 95:1-96:13 ESV, Proverbs 26:9-12 ESV Daily Verse: \u201cFor the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions,\u201d (2 Timothy 4:3 ESV) ANECHOMAI (430): \u201cThis word signifies \u201cto… Continue reading ENDURE<\/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-6761","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\/6761","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=6761"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6769,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6761\/revisions\/6769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}