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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nDaily Reading:<\/strong> Leviticus 9:7-10:20<\/strong><\/a>, Mark 4:26-5:20<\/strong><\/a>, Psalm 37:30-40<\/strong><\/a>, Proverbs 10:6-7<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Daily Verse: <\/strong>\u201cBlessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.\u201d Prov. 10:6<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Silky words hide deception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Church hurt, emotional or physical pain felt by someone; infected by the words, actions, or inactions of a person of leadership in a church<\/em>, happens far too often. <\/p>\n\n\n\n As followers of Christ, our words should uplift and encourage, not tear down and destroy. But far too often, instead of submitting to Jesus, people submit to peer pressure and a longing to fit in with others, saying anything to accomplish their goals, something I learned when on staff at a local church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fewer people attend church now than at any other time in history; the number continuing to decline.\u00a0 During Jesus\u2019 time on earth, people flocked to Him.\u00a0 A meme a friend sent me says it all, \u201cIf Paul could see the church in America today, we\u2019d be getting a letter.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Strive for integrity.\u00a0 Don\u2019t use silky words that mislead and hurt people.\u00a0 Becoming more like Jesus means speaking life-giving words to all we meet.\u00a0 And as my mother taught us, \u201cIf you don\u2019t have anything nice to say, don\u2019t say anything at all.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n Lord, forgive us for hurting others with our words. Help us do better today than yesterday as we strive to become more like Jesus. Let us uplift and encourage all we meet today. IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One minute read. Daily Reading: Leviticus 9:7-10:20, Mark 4:26-5:20, Psalm 37:30-40, Proverbs 10:6-7 Daily Verse: \u201cBlessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.\u201d Prov. 10:6 Silky words hide deception. Church hurt, emotional or physical pain felt by someone; infected by the words, actions, or inactions of a person… Continue reading Silky Words Decieve<\/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-7439","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\/7439","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=7439"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7459,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7439\/revisions\/7459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Beach-Wear-Etsy-Banner-1.jpg\")
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