{"id":6891,"date":"2022-11-19T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-19T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/?p=6891"},"modified":"2022-09-08T05:47:41","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T10:47:41","slug":"curse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2022\/11\/19\/curse\/","title":{"rendered":"CURSE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Daily Reading:<\/strong> Ezekiel 39:1-40:27 ESV<\/a>, James 2:18-3:18 ESV<\/a>, Psalm 118:1-18 ESV<\/a>, Proverbs 28:2 ESV<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Verse: <\/strong>\u201cWith it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse<\/em> people who are made in the likeness of God.\u201d (James 3:9 ESV<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

KATARAOMAI (2672): <\/strong>\u201cAs a verb, primarily signifies \u201cto pray against, to wish evil against a person or thing\u201d; hence \u201cto curse.\u201d[1]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pray against<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cursing someone wishes evil upon them and prays against them.  Our tongues lead the way in verbalizing our desires.  When we let them loose, they can cause much damage.  Although tiny, the tongue can become a mighty weapon if left unchecked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, my mouth causes more trouble than I would like.  During my years as a District Manager, I unwittingly said something flippant about one of my manager\u2019s vacation requests.  Not realizing I offended her, she didn\u2019t tell me until I visited the store two months later.  During that time, she stewed in anger at words I don\u2019t remember saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tame the beast.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

God tells us how to tame the mighty beast of our tiny tongues.  Cursing prays against someone; God wants us to pray for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you\u201d (Matthew 5:44 ESV<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we pray for someone, God changes our hearts.  Over time, we begin to see other qualities about them we couldn\u2019t see focused on our hurt.  Often, they may not even know they offended you.  If we don\u2019t reign in our tongue, we can cause irreparable damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus never hurt anyone with His words. \u00a0Christ mastered the art of speaking truth in love, not letting His tongue take control.\u00a0 With Jesus, we can win the battle by doing what He did.\u00a0 Putting God first in all things, remembering our mission on earth doesn\u2019t change, love God and others to the best of our ability, helps us overcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you falter, and we all do, apologize and keep going.  Forgive yourself and do better next time.  Learning not to say anything in times of heated emotion will save you mountains of pain and create better relationships with those you love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t pray against people; pray for them.  Everyone has struggles we can\u2019t see.  People operate from their pain and hurt us.  But if we let Jesus lead the way, we won\u2019t take offense but instead ask Him how to deal with the situation.  Without a doubt, Christ\u2019s answer always starts with love.<\/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. 133) Thomas Nelson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2 minute read. Daily Reading: Ezekiel 39:1-40:27 ESV, James 2:18-3:18 ESV, Psalm 118:1-18 ESV, Proverbs 28:2 ESV Daily Verse: \u201cWith it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God.\u201d (James 3:9 ESV) KATARAOMAI (2672): \u201cAs a verb, primarily signifies \u201cto pray against, to wish… Continue reading CURSE<\/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-6891","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\/6891","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=6891"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6901,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6891\/revisions\/6901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}