{"id":7597,"date":"2023-03-20T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=7597"},"modified":"2023-03-06T07:19:46","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T12:19:46","slug":"7597","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2023\/03\/20\/7597\/","title":{"rendered":"Actions Have Consequences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One minute read.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Be-assured-an-evil-person-will-not-go-unpunished-but-the-offspring-of-the-righteous-will-be-delivered.-Prov.-1121-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7598\" width=\"344\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Be-assured-an-evil-person-will-not-go-unpunished-but-the-offspring-of-the-righteous-will-be-delivered.-Prov.-1121-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Be-assured-an-evil-person-will-not-go-unpunished-but-the-offspring-of-the-righteous-will-be-delivered.-Prov.-1121-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Be-assured-an-evil-person-will-not-go-unpunished-but-the-offspring-of-the-righteous-will-be-delivered.-Prov.-1121-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Be-assured-an-evil-person-will-not-go-unpunished-but-the-offspring-of-the-righteous-will-be-delivered.-Prov.-1121-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Be-assured-an-evil-person-will-not-go-unpunished-but-the-offspring-of-the-righteous-will-be-delivered.-Prov.-1121-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Be-assured-an-evil-person-will-not-go-unpunished-but-the-offspring-of-the-righteous-will-be-delivered.-Prov.-1121.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 344px) 100vw, 344px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Daily Reading:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Numbers+30%3A1-31%3A54&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>Numbers 30:1-31:54<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Luke+4%3A1-30&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>Luke 4:1-30<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm+63%3A1-11&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>Psalm 63:1-11<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Proverbs+11%3A20-21&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>Proverbs 11:20-21<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Daily Verse:<\/strong> <em>\u201cBe assured,\u00a0an evil person will not go unpunished,\u00a0but\u00a0the offspring of the righteous will be delivered.\u201d Prov. 11:21<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Actions have consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our world today struggles to take responsibility for our actions. God knows all perspectives, understanding we all have sinful tendencies that come out. Accepting our imperfections, as well as others, helps us find the truth through Jesus.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Christ\u2019s forgiveness of our sins delivers us from death. No longer do we need to fear the ultimate punishment for our misdeeds. But we will experience consequences in this life.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Racking up credit card debt in my twenties meant I suffered the consequences in my thirties as I worked to pay it off, unable to do things because of my sin. But through that period, God grew me closer to Him as I learned to apply Biblical principles to my life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jesus delivers us from our sins. People who don\u2019t choose Christ will experience eternity separated from Him.\u00a0 But placing our faith in God gives us hope for a better tomorrow and saves us from our sinful ways.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Beach-Wear-Etsy-Banner-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Beach-Wear-Etsy-Banner-1.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Beach-Wear-Etsy-Banner-1-300x39.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lord, thank You for Jesus, who saves us from ourselves. As we walk with Christ, help us become more like Him, leaving our sinful ways behind us as we strive to honor and serve You.\u00a0 IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One minute read. Daily Reading: Numbers 30:1-31:54, Luke 4:1-30, Psalm 63:1-11, Proverbs 11:20-21 Daily Verse: \u201cBe assured,\u00a0an evil person will not go unpunished,\u00a0but\u00a0the offspring of the righteous will be delivered.\u201d Prov. 11:21 Actions have consequences. Our world today struggles to take responsibility for our actions. God knows all perspectives, understanding we all have sinful tendencies&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2023\/03\/20\/7597\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Actions Have Consequences<\/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-7597","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\/7597","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=7597"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7601,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7597\/revisions\/7601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}