{"id":8496,"date":"2023-08-31T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=8496"},"modified":"2023-08-04T07:38:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T12:38:19","slug":"8496","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2023\/08\/31\/8496\/","title":{"rendered":"Excuses of Laziness"},"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\/The-sluggard-says-There-is-a-lion-outside-I-shall-be-killed-in-the-streets-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8497\" width=\"328\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/The-sluggard-says-There-is-a-lion-outside-I-shall-be-killed-in-the-streets-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/The-sluggard-says-There-is-a-lion-outside-I-shall-be-killed-in-the-streets-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/The-sluggard-says-There-is-a-lion-outside-I-shall-be-killed-in-the-streets-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/The-sluggard-says-There-is-a-lion-outside-I-shall-be-killed-in-the-streets-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/The-sluggard-says-There-is-a-lion-outside-I-shall-be-killed-in-the-streets-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/The-sluggard-says-There-is-a-lion-outside-I-shall-be-killed-in-the-streets.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Daily Reading:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Job+37%3A1-39%3A30+&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>Job 37:1-39:30<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=2+Cor.+4%3A13-5%3A10+&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>2 Cor. 4:13-5:10<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm+44%3A9-26++&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>Psalm 44:9-26<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Proverbs+22%3A13&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>Proverbs 22:13<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Daily Verse:<\/strong> <em>\u201cThe sluggard says, \u201cThere is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!\u201d Prov. 22:13<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Excuses of Laziness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sluggards will come up with any excuse not to do something.&nbsp; &nbsp;Ask someone to attend church with you to hear one of the most common excuses, \u201cThey\u2019re all hypocrites.\u201d A friend shared Jamey Ragle\u2019s post that sums it up nicely:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>People come to church because,<\/em> in their deepest, darkest, most painful moments, they heard about a man named Jesus that could save their soul and transform their life,<em> and they\u2019d like to know him.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The man that just snorted cocaine off his kitchen table isn\u2019t a bigger sinner than you, who told your boss a lie on Monday so you could leave work early.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>There isn\u2019t a person in this world too bad, too broken, too mean, or too damaged for Jesus to save.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Romans 10:13 says, \u201cEveryone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t let excuses stop you from experiencing Jesus. Just because you have one bad meal doesn\u2019t mean you never eat again. Sinners who need saving fill church seats, not perfect people. Jesus came to save us from ourselves and give us new life.<\/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 using excuses to stop us from knowing You better. Motivate us today to take the next step in our walk with Christ. Guide and direct us into a new life grounded in Jesus, for which You created us. IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One minute read. Daily Reading: Job 37:1-39:30, 2 Cor. 4:13-5:10, Psalm 44:9-26, Proverbs 22:13 Daily Verse: \u201cThe sluggard says, \u201cThere is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!\u201d Prov. 22:13 Excuses of Laziness. Sluggards will come up with any excuse not to do something.&nbsp; &nbsp;Ask someone to attend church with you to&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2023\/08\/31\/8496\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Excuses of Laziness<\/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-8496","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\/8496","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=8496"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8505,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8496\/revisions\/8505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}