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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nDaily Reading:<\/strong> Ecclesiastes 7:1-9:18<\/strong><\/a>, 2 Corinthians 7:8-16<\/strong><\/a>, Psalm 48:1-14<\/strong><\/a>, Proverbs 22:17-19<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Daily Verse:<\/strong> \u201cThat your trust may be in the Lord, I have made them known to you today, even to you.\u201d Prov. 22:19<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Call to attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Proverbs 17-21 urges the reader to trust the Lord more, promising that reliance on His teachings won\u2019t disappoint you.\u00a0 The four-verse introduction to the concept of greater trust in the Lord reminds us God\u2019s words reveal things to us, requiring a response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For the past two days in my Bible reading group, we\u2019ve learned about Balaam and his talking donkey. Balaam went against God\u2019s will because of money. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Lord does respect our free will, but we must exercise caution in not calling it God\u2019s will when following our desires. Too often, we rush ahead, not waiting on God, and suffer the consequences. Applying Balaam\u2019s story to a situation in my business life, God\u2019s asking me to wait, but I want to rush ahead. Like Balaam, I don\u2019t want to wait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And so the internal struggle begins for me as I wrestle through wanting my will versus doing God\u2019s will.\u00a0 How will I respond? For now, I wait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reading and applying God\u2019s word to our lives requires a response. Scripture calls us to attention and asks us to respond.<\/p>\n\n\n Lord, forgive us for not responding or trying to bend You to our well. Help us answer well when we read Your word, apply it to our life, and grow more like Jesus every day. IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One minute read. Daily Reading: Ecclesiastes 7:1-9:18, 2 Corinthians 7:8-16, Psalm 48:1-14, Proverbs 22:17-19 Daily Verse: \u201cThat your trust may be in the Lord, I have made them known to you today, even to you.\u201d Prov. 22:19 Call to attention. Proverbs 17-21 urges the reader to trust the Lord more, promising that reliance on His teachings won\u2019t… Continue reading Call to Attention<\/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-8529","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\/8529","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=8529"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8534,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8529\/revisions\/8534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8529"}],"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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