{"id":8490,"date":"2023-08-30T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=8490"},"modified":"2023-08-02T06:45:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T11:45:53","slug":"8490","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2023\/08\/30\/8490\/","title":{"rendered":"Source of Strife"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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\/08\/Drive-out-a-scoffer-and-strife-will-go-out-and-quarreling-and-abuse-will-cease-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8491\" width=\"327\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Drive-out-a-scoffer-and-strife-will-go-out-and-quarreling-and-abuse-will-cease-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Drive-out-a-scoffer-and-strife-will-go-out-and-quarreling-and-abuse-will-cease-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Drive-out-a-scoffer-and-strife-will-go-out-and-quarreling-and-abuse-will-cease-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Drive-out-a-scoffer-and-strife-will-go-out-and-quarreling-and-abuse-will-cease-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Drive-out-a-scoffer-and-strife-will-go-out-and-quarreling-and-abuse-will-cease-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Drive-out-a-scoffer-and-strife-will-go-out-and-quarreling-and-abuse-will-cease.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Daily Reading:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Job+34%3A1-36%3A33+&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>Job 34:1-36:33<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=2+Cor.+4%3A1-12&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>2 Cor. 4:1-12<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm+44%3A1-8+&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>Psalm 44:1-8<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Proverbs+22%3A10-12&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>Proverbs 22:10-12<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Daily Verse:<\/strong> <em>\u201cDrive out a scoffer,&nbsp;and strife will go out, and&nbsp;quarreling and abuse will cease.\u201d Prov. 22:10<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source of strife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some people only want to cause trouble, and they do it by instigating quarrels and causing strife.&nbsp; Hecklers only want to cause disruption and have no intentions of doing anything to solve the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf you can\u2019t be part of the solution, don\u2019t be part of the problem,\u201d said a wise pastor during a church meeting.&nbsp; One of the participants wanted to point out all the problems with the church but didn\u2019t offer any solutions for solving the issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every church has issues because imperfect people fill the seats.&nbsp; Learning to deal with and overcome the problems that come with groups of people gathered to worship and serve Jesus requires seeking God and finding Biblical solutions, not mocking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If someone would instead cause quarrels than look for solutions, expelling them from the meeting paves the way for serious discussion to solve the issue.&nbsp; We can\u2019t control other people\u2019s actions, but we don\u2019t have to tolerate them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Removing hecklers ends quarreling.\u00a0 Find peace by eliminating strife.<\/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>Lord, forgive us for pointing out problems instead of finding solutions.&nbsp; Help us advance Your kingdom by seeking You and finding Godly ways to deal with life\u2019s issues.&nbsp; Let us become more like Jesus as we strive to mimic Him.&nbsp; IJNIP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One minute read. Daily Reading: Job 34:1-36:33, 2 Cor. 4:1-12, Psalm 44:1-8, Proverbs 22:10-12 Daily Verse: \u201cDrive out a scoffer,&nbsp;and strife will go out, and&nbsp;quarreling and abuse will cease.\u201d Prov. 22:10 Source of strife. Some people only want to cause trouble, and they do it by instigating quarrels and causing strife.&nbsp; Hecklers only want to&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2023\/08\/30\/8490\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Source of Strife<\/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-8490","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\/8490","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=8490"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8495,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8490\/revisions\/8495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}